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Title

The Journey from Chester to London

[Quarter Leather Binding ~ First Edition]

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Author

Thomas PENNANT

[1726-1798]

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Year of Publication

1782

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Publisher

London: Printed for B White, London. Fleet Street

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Description:

London: B White, Fleet Street, 1782.

First Edition. In quarter leather with marbled boards. This copy measures 32cm or 12 ½ inches tall by 27cm or 10 ½ inches wide. Large paper copy?

Internally, woodcut to title page, [2], (iv), [1], 2-452 pp, [6] index, 23 plates, pages uncut, some foxing & edge browning.

There was a 2nd edition in 1786 with a 3rd in 1811, and there was a Dublin edition in 1783. (ESTC T160571. Allibone 1553. Lowndes 1823. Graesse 192).

PENNANT, naturalist, antiquary, traveller, whose accounts of his journeys in Scotland, to London, and especially in North Wales, are among his best literary works.

12 ½ inches by 10 ½ inches.

 

Condition Report

Externally

  • Spine – very good condition – titles in gilt to black label the spine with raised bands.
  • Joints – very good condition – solid.
  • Corners – very good condition.
  • Boards – very good condition.
  • Page edges – good condition – uncut and wavy.
  • See above and photos.

Internally

  • Hinges – very good condition – solid.
  • Paste downs – very good condition.
  • End papers –  very good condition.
  • Title – good condition – clean.
  • Pages – good condition – foxed, some offsetting from plates.
  • Binding – good condition.
  • See photos

Publisher: see above.
Publication Date: 1782
Binding: Hardback

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