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The Country Spectator
by Thomas Fanshawe Middleton (ed.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Bristol, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Mozley and Co, Gainsborough, 1793. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: 8vo - over 7.75 - 9.75" tall. 266 pp. Hinges beginning to crack and front joint beginning to split but main text block remains firmly bound and board firmly affixed. Spine worn, with loss to top panel. Title piece is loose from spine, but the majority of it is present, loosely inserted. Foxing to front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. C. J. Bird's copy, who was Vicar of Gainsborough. His inscription dated 1843, with ink notes as to the author of each issue and additional notes to text. Marbled edges and end papers. Covers slightly worn. Corners bumped. Comprised of all 33 parts, originally issued periodically, and dated Tuesday, 9 October, 1792 to Tuesday, 21 May, 1793. Here bound as one in half leather with continuous pagination. The editor was a noted Anglican bishop, who in 1814 became the first Bishop of Calcutta. Loosely inserted is a magazine snippet with some details as to his appointment. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: History; England; 18th century; Farming & Rural Life. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 22337. .
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- Bookseller
- Dreadnought Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22337
- Title
- The Country Spectator
- Author
- Thomas Fanshawe Middleton (ed.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Mozley and Co
- Place of Publication
- Gainsborough
- Date Published
- 1793
- Keywords
- BZDB243 history, rural, politics, religion, Christian, literary, social, C18th, England History; England; 18th century; Farming & Rural Life. Thomas Fanshawe Middleton (ed.) The Country Spectator
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Farming & Rural Life;
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About the Seller
Dreadnought Books
Biblio member since 2013
Bristol
About Dreadnought Books
Founded in 2010, Dreadnought Books is a second-hand and out of print book dealer specialising in history, with a particular focus on military, social and labour history.
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