Author: Silas K. Hocking
Title: A Collection of Novels and Stories from Silas K. Hocking
Description: London, Frederick Warne and Co. c1890-1900. Cloth. Eight smart volumes of novels from Cornish novelist and preacher Silas Kitto Hocking, with illustrations. Eight volumes. Written by Silas Kitto Hocking, a Cornish novelist and Methodist preacher known for his novel for youth called Her Benny which was a best-seller at the time of publishing. This set includes: Cricket: A Tale of a Humble Life. Illustrated with a frontispiece and three plates. Collated complete. "Chips" "Joe" and "Mike". Illustrated with a frontispiece, four plates, and many in-text images. Collated complete. For Abigail: A West Country Story. Illustrated with a frontispiece and five plates. Collated complete. Illustrated by W. S. Stacey, a British artist and illustrator. Alec Green. Illustrated with a frontispiece and four plates. Collated complete. His Father or A Mother's Legacy. Fifty-sixth thousand. Illustrated with a frontispiece and many in-text illustrations. Collated complete. Dick's Fairy: A Tale of the Streets and Other Stories. Illustrated with a frontispiece and four plates. Collated complete. For Light and Liberty, 1892. Illustrated with a frontispiece and four plates. Collated complete. Illustrated by Alfred Johnson, an English academic, artist, and expert in typography. Where Duty Lies, 1983. Illustrated with a frontispiece and five plates. Collated complete. Illustrated by Harold Copping, a British artist best known as an illustrator of Biblical scenes. Publisher's advertisements to the rear of some volumes. In the original colour cloth binding with gilt. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine and the odd small mark to the boards. Small splits in the cloth to the head and tail of the spine or board tips. Front hinge just starting but firm to For Abigail with rear hinge starting but firm to For Light and Liberty. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting and the odd mark. Age toning to the endpapers with the odd contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Bookseller's embossed stamp to the front endpaper of Cricket, Chips. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

Keywords: Hocking Cricket Light Liberty Cricket Joe Mike Not Stated


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