Search Results: a general description of the east by douglas francis

Paisley, 1782. Hardcover. Fair. PRESUME FIRST EDITION ??? >>>Title page has large top corner trimed off. Ink name top of preface. Foxing / spotting . TP 1782 (roman numerals) "Printed for the author, by Alexander Weir ,M.DCC.LXXXII. Preface dtd feb,13 1782 . 310 pg. List of subscribers + errata .Rear endpaper missing. Pencil notes on front & rear pastedowns Bound content tight. No loose/pulled pages. Rear board detached.

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Aberdeen: D. Chalmers & Co, 1826. Second Edition . Hardcover. Fair. Hardback. Externally only fair with rather worn, loose and marked boards and lacking part of spine. Corner cut from front end-paper but otherwise a good copy internally. 247 pages. First published in 1782 the book takes the form of a series of letters sent to a friend while the author was undertaking a journey up the east coast of Scotland in 1780. A good reading or rebinding copy.

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Paisley: Alexander Weir, for the author., 1782. First edition leather bound hardback. The book is bound in rubbed full calf, the binding is rubbed and has repairs including a tape reinforcement between gathers. The title page has an owner's inscription. There is a touch of light foxing in a few pl aces, the text is otherwise clean and crisp.