Richard Brathwait - Barnabae Itinerarium: Barnabees Journal to Which Is Added the Song of Bessie Bell

London, Penguin Press, 1932. Cloth. A fine copy of Barnabees Journal by the Penguin Press, a first edition thus of the original book from 1638. The 1932 Penguin edition of Richard Brathwait Barnabees Journal, book in verses firstly published in 1683. The story follows a vagabond's wanderings through England when Tavernes boasted that customers could be 'drunk for 1d, dead drunk for 2d, with clean straw provided.'Richard Brathwait is described as a country gentleman of notable wit and poet.In the original publisher's black cloth binding, with unclipped dustwrapper. In the original publisher's cloth binding. With unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, very smart with slight bumping to head and tail of spine and gilted titles to spine. Penguin logo stamped to centre of back board. Dustwrapper very smart with minor shelfwear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with slight offsetting to endpapers. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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