although no earlier copy is sited in UK institutional libraries (see JISC)
Light foxing to final leaves
several surface marks in places on boards including a light partial ring stain on final volume
The former Manchester United and Northern Ireland star died at the age of 59 in 2005 due to illnesses linked to alcoholism
Publisher's black cloth with the excellent
My Pocket Book; or, Hints for "A Ryghte Merrie and Conceitede" Tour, in quarto; to be called "The Stranger in Ireland" in 1805. By a Knight Errant trains although no earlier copy isLondon: printed for Ventnor, Hood, and Sharp (et al), 1808. A new edition. 8vo (18 x 12 cms); pp xxxii, 228; folding aquatint frontispiece and four plates, somewhat browned by offsetting, also titlepage. Contemporary half calf, rebacked, corners well rounded and worn, edges rubbed. A burlesque on Sir John Carr's "Stranger in Ireland" that resulted in a libel action that the publishers won.