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A Collection of Welch Travels and Memoirs.
by J Torbuck
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Mulranny, Co Mayo., Sligo, Ireland
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About This Item
Clare Court Nr Drury Lane London: Printed for J Torbuck , 1742. Handsomely rebound in brown leather with marbled boards gilt title along spine some damp staining to edges, four copper engravings. Book contains five different tales in pamphlet form, they are, 1- The Briton described or a journey thro Wales . 2 - A trip to North Wales by a Barrister of the Temple. 3 - A Funeral Sermon, Peached by the Parson of Langwillin. 4 - The Welch Schoolmaster , by Dr K-----g. 5 - Muscipula , or the Welch Mouse-trap, a poem in Latin & English by E Holdsworth The whole collected by J T a mighty lover of Welch Travels. Rare. see more books on our websitevanessaparkerrarebooks.com. First Edition. Half Calf. Very Good. Illus. by Ills with Engravings. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall ,slim.
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- Bookseller
- Vanessa Parker Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001110
- Title
- A Collection of Welch Travels and Memoirs.
- Author
- J Torbuck
- Illustrator
- Ills with Engravings
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Printed for J Torbuck
- Place of Publication
- Clare Court Nr Drury Lane London
- Date Published
- 1742
- Keywords
- Wales. 18thc Wales. 18thc Welsh Tales. Welsh Folklore. 18thc.Welsh Play . Early Wales. Early Welch Travel Book.
- Bookseller catalogs
- 18th/19thc Literature; Travel Books; First Editions; Poetry;
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall ,slim
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Vanessa Parker Rare Books
Biblio member since 2011
Mulranny, Co Mayo., Sligo
About Vanessa Parker Rare Books
We are the most westerly Books and antiques shop in Europe ,trading in rare & used books since 1977,we operate from a 17thc Irish thatched cottage overlooking the beautiful Clew bay in the West of Ireland, which is stuffed to the rafters with books including secondhand, Antiquarian, to Fine & Rare books, with an emphasis on children`s, illustrated, Irish, country persuits, literature, poetry & much more. We also have a very large selection of genuine old Prints wrapped ready for framing, and Antiques. Only a fraction of our stock is online See our website www.antiquesandbooks.com
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Spine
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Marbled boards
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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