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The Stranger In France: or, A Tour from Devonshire To Paris
by John Carr
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- Good
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Baltimore: G. Hill, 1805. Leather_bound. Good. 12 mo. in full calf, well rubbed about the edges and boards. Small contemporary hand-signed bookplate front pastedown and with the same signature ("Thos. Miller") top edge title page. The second American edition of the author's first book, originally published in England in 1803. 270 pp. plus single page publisher's ad at rear. Sir John Carr (1772-1832) was an English barrister but is more popularly known as a travel writer. His jouney's around Europe, the accounts of which were known for their light style, inclded France (his first book in 1803), the Baltic including Russia, Denmark, Sweden, Prussia and Germany; Ireland, Holland, Scotland, and Spain and the Baleric Isles. All were first published bewteen 1803 and 1809. Carr was knighted by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland after the publication of that book.
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- Bookseller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- E29980
- Title
- The Stranger In France: or, A Tour from Devonshire To Paris
- Author
- John Carr
- Format/Binding
- Leather_bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- G. Hill
- Place of Publication
- Baltimore
- Date Published
- 1805
- Keywords
- travel, france, paris, tourism,, europe,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel;
Terms of Sale
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
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About the Seller
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
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Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
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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...
- G
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- Title Page
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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...
- Bookplate
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