Two Years Ago 3 Volumes

Cambridge: Macmillan and Company, 1857. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. First edition. In this novel Kingsley writes of the effects of the Crimean War on his doctor hero, and of the cholera epidemic and its surrounding issues of public health and sanitation - and public apathy that takes hold. A secondary plot focuses on denouncing slavery in the U.S.A., and is thought to have been influenced by Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin", which was published a few years earlier in 1852. In original blue cloth with gilt titles to spines. Chipping and wear to spine ends and corners of all volumes and rubbing to all boards. The book cloth along the exterior hinges of volume III is starting to crack, though the boards remain firmly attached. The interiors are clean overall with a few small spots of foxing and a few light smudge marks. Signature of previous owner, Hartley Clarke, to ffep of volume I. Yellow end pages to all volumes. Very good condition. Volume I: 304 pages plus 4 pages of ads; Volume II: 280 pages plus 24 pages of ads dated Jan. 1857; Volume III: 315 pages plus 24 pages of ads dated Jam. 1857. This set may require an extra shipping fee. LIT12/2042.