A trip to London; or, The humours of a Berwick smack : interspersed with topographical notices
by Robert Jameson
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Ely, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Edinburgh: Macredie Skelly and Muckersy Thomas Underwood and John Anderson London, 1816. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 11 cm x 18 cm x + 241 pages ,large folding map of the coast between Leith and London before title page , 8 cm split to 1 fold . Armorial bookplate of Sir Thos livingstone to front paste down ,bookplate to front end paper of Denis Grey.Occasional age browning to contents otherwise contents clean and tight.Contempoary full calf binding red title label ,cracking to upper hinge but binding tight light rubbing to corners.The second edition has some extra material thea map does not appear in the 1st edition. The topographical notices have been attributed to Sir Walter Scott.
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- Bookseller
- Hereward Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001377
- Title
- A trip to London; or, The humours of a Berwick smack : interspersed with topographical notices
- Author
- Robert Jameson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Publisher
- Macredie Skelly and Muckersy Thomas Underwood and John Anderson London
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1816
- Keywords
- BERWICK SMACK ,BERWICK ,EAST COAST
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