London: Oxford University Press, 1975. Written by himself. Edited, with an Introduction by Iain Bain. Pp. xlvi+258, title page vignette, 8 plates, text illustrations, pictorial head and tailpieces, notes, select bibliography, chronology, index; med. 8vo; brown cloth, spine blocked in green and lettered & decorated in gilt, upper board faintly marked; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed, backstrip faded and damp stained; bookplate of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, top edges of leaves faintly foxed; Oxford University Press, London, 1975. First edition thus. Oxford English Memoirs and Travels series. *Memoirs of the artist, engraver, and copper-plate printer, originally published posthumously in 1862. The present edition is the first with the complete text, all previous editions being based on Bewick's daughter's abridged version of the original manuscript.

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Bookseller: Kay Craddock Antiquarian Bookseller (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 174225
Title: A MEMOIR OF THOMAS BEWICK
Author: Bewick, Thomas
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1975

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