Author: SOMERVILLE ALEXANDER
Title: The Whistler at the Plough; containing travels, statistics, and descriptions of scenery & agricultural customs in most parts of England: with letters from Ireland: also, "Free Trade and the League"; a biographical history
Description: Manchester, James Ainsworth. 1852, First Edition. 8vo. Complete 3 volumes in 7 parts, collation, Part 1, engraved frontis, [iv]+288pp, Part 2, 289-576pp, Part 3, 577-632-[5]228pp, Part 4,229-516pp, Part 5, 517-640, [3]4-160pp, Part 6, 161-448pp, Part 7, 449-643pp, [1]+3pp index, [1]+8+16+[4]+4[4]+12pp, catalogue and book list, irregular pagination, title pages for Free Trade bound in part 7. Bound in original publishers gilt/blind stamped cloth. Cloth light rubbed, abrasion wear to head and tail of 3 volumes, with some minor wear loss, edge of a few boards bumped, two edges have minor damage, cloth slight faded or dust marked, short split on one hinge joint. Generally all binding in good clean condition. Internally, previous owners bookplate, one volumes has a few creased pages with a few short nicks on edges, one page has some browing, a few page with a small stain on margin, one page with short tear. Generally pages in very good clean condition. Overall this set is in very good condition. A58. Very Good.

Keywords: reform movement victorian england


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