SILAS K. HOCKING — Real Grit

London, Fredk. Warne. 0, Not Known. Pictorial Cloth. Book, Brown cloth dec. black & gilt. All edges gilt. 5 b/w plates Dalziel. "With Original Illustrations" No date, late 19th cent. Some damp damage to binding, especially back, and water stains to margins of plates, encroaching on picture slightly in some places. Flyleaf missing. Pictorial cloth gilt. "Silas Kitto Hocking (24 March 1850 - 15 September 1935) was a Cornish novelist and Methodist preacher. He was born at St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall, to James Hocking, part owner of a tin mine, and his wife Elizabeth.". Poor/No Jacket.