KINGSLEY, Charles, Rev. (1819–1875). Hereward the Wake, “Last of the English”. London and Cambridge: Macmillan and Co., 1866. 2 volumes, 8vo. Half–titles. Original gilt–stamped red cloth, black coated endpapers (spines gently darkened); cloth slipcase gilt with folding chemises. Provenance: Carroll Atwood Wilson (1887–1947), book label of the author and renowned bibliophile who was a generous benefactor to the Colby College Library Treasure Room. FIRST EDITION, a novel that tells the nonfictional story of the Anglo–Saxon nobleman Hereward the Wake who led a resistance against the Normans in the 11th century. It was Kingsley’s last historical novel that helped propel Hereward into an English folk–hero.