Walter Besant — As We Are and As We May Be

London, Chatto & Windus, 1903. Cloth. An interesting posthumous collection of essays by novelist and historian Sir Walter Besant (14 August 1836 – 9 June 1901). Termed "the exposition of a practical philanthropist's creed", the essays include musings on the United States - 'The Land of Romance' and 'The Land of Reality' - alongside broader cultural considerations such as 'Art and the People' and 'The Endowment of the Daughter&apos. In a red clothing binding with faded gilt lettering to the spine. Externally sound with some bumping and handling marks. Slight sunning to the spine with old ink stains at the base. Internally generally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with some spotting to the text block edge. W. H. Smith & Sons library bookplate to front pastedown. Good . Ill.: None. Good .