The Saint's Tragedy; Or, the True Story of Elizabeth of Hungary

by Charles Kingsley

$450 · Offered by John Windle Antiquarian

First edition

London: John W. Parker, West Strand, 1848. 8vo, iv , 271 pp. with 8pp. ads at rear. Original blue-gray cloth, paper label on backstrip. A sharp, near fine copy with only slight toning to the backstrip, in a custom quarter red morocco box. Gift inscription on the half title Ellen Burmester May 23rd 1853. With a sister's fond love . § First edition of Kingsley's first book. A life of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary 1207-1231 , which grew from a prose account he had

• Binding: Leather

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