Recollections of a Rambler

Published by Chapman and Hall, London, 1874

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The first edition of this beautifully illustrated account of an English scholar and poet's walks through the English countryside. The scarce first edition of British classical scholar and poet George Augustus Wilcox's charming autobiographical account of a lifetime of walks in the English countryside. Chapter titles include 'The Future of the Corniche Road', 'The Romantic and the Sublime', and 'Silly Sheep and Jolly Shepherds'.Illustrated with forty full plate engravings. Collated, complete. With endpapers renewed, and a contemporary inscription to a front blank. Simcox died in unexplained circumstances on the Irish coast near the Giant's Causeway. In the publisher's original decorative cloth binding, with gilt detailing. Boards exceptionally bright. Bumping to back strip head and tail. Head of front joint starting, with board firmly held. Endpapers renewed. Inscription to a front blank. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright, with only the odd spot. Very Good.

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Title
Recollections of a Rambler
Author
G. A. Simcox [George Augustus Simcox]
Publisher
Chapman and Hall, London
Publication year
1874
Condition
Very Good
Book Type
book
Binding
Cloth
Illustrator
Not Stated
Edition
First edition.
Item weight
1 kilogram
Dimensions
11.5" by 9.5"

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