Narrative of A Journey Associated With A Fly From Gloucester To Aberystwyth and From Aberystwyth Through North Wales July 31st To September 8th 1837

Turner, Thomas

Published by Printed for Private Circulation Only, London, 1840

About this Item

An attractive copy, quarter bound with a brown leather spine with gilt decoration/titling and green cloth boards, corners rubbed but otherwise Clean, all hinges tight and generally Very Good. Internally plain, clean lemon endpapers. The front pastedown bearing the bookplate of Joseph Carless, a notable Herefordshire personage, who was the Mayor of Hereford City Council in 1861 and the Town Clerk in 1868. The second free endpaper bears a an old mss presentation inscription "With the Author's Compliments". Page edges have some ingrained dust and the top of the Introduction pages have been roughly opened - an old clear closed repair to the top of page vi - otherwise internally a few odd spots/foxing here and there, but generally very clean. Some offetting/ light browning to the pages by the plates. (xii) + (4) + 222 pp + blanks. Half-title, Portrait frontispiece and eleven tissue guarded engraved plates as listed An Errata slip tipped in on the plate list page. Plates generally very clean but some very light foxing to the blank margins on a couple of plates/tissue guards. See Images; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 119942

Bibliographic Details

Title: Narrative of A Journey Associated With A Fly...

Publisher: Printed for Private Circulation Only, London

Publication Date: 1840

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good-

Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: First Edition; First Printing.