Hardback. Black and brown quarter-bound. Spine, gilt banding, gilt letters on a red background, chipped, bumped and shelf worn, top and bottom. Front-board, rubbed, bumped and shelf worn. Backboard, rubbed, bumped and shelf worn. All edges marble. Used good condition. Paste-downs and end-papers, marbled. Titled page and flyleaf foxed. End page and flyleaf foxed. All other pages clean. The book is shaken. Publisher is Macmillan and Co 1890. Westward Ho! is an 1855 British historical novel by Charles Kingsley. The novel was based on the adventures of Elizabethan corsair Amyas Preston, who sets sail with Sir Francis Drake, Sir Walter Raleigh and other privateers to the New World, where they battle with the Spanish.