A STRANGER IN IRELAND: Or, a Tour in the Southern and Western Parts of the Country in the Year 1805 by Carr, John - 1806

Hartford: Lincoln & Gleason, et al., 1806. First American edition. Hardcover. Fair. Small 8vo, period dark brown calf, fair copy only with slight ex-library marks, front board detached, lacking flyleaf and possibly half title, most of rear flyleaf missing, too, rest of the text present and clean, albeit tanned. xii, 312 pp., folding table at p. 126 missing some pieces.

New York: I. Riley and Co, 1807. Third edition. Leather_bound. Good. Third American Edition stated. 12mo. in oriignal full calf, well worn and with a peeled spot front board. Spine lable lettered in gilt. 334 pp. Frontis engraving "By J___s, it is the only bit of fun I have hadsince I left Ireland" showing an Irish gentleman armed with a club defending himself against a gang of roughs similarly armed (the related story appears on p. 121). Folding chart of a "Synoptical View of the State of the Weather at Dublin, in the Year 1804" at page 102. Scattered foxing and some staining to the text. Sir John Carr (1772-1832) was an English barrister but is more popularly known as a travel writer. His jouney's around Europe, the accounts of which were known for their light style, inclded France (his first book in 1803), the Baltic including Russia, Denmark, Sweden, Prussia and Germany; Ireland, Holland, Scotland, and Spain and the Baleric Isles. All were first published bewteen 1803 and 1809. Carr was knighted… Read More

New York: I. Riley and Co., 1807. Hardcover. Good. . A great copy of this scarce book which was popular and controversial in its day. Full leather binding shows minor wear and rubbing, bumped corners. Pages tanned and foxed with a few shaken leaves, text intact and unmarred, half of blank page in the back of the book missing.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Philadelphia: T. & G. Palmer for Samuel F. Bradford and others, 1806. First American Edition. Hardcover. Fair. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A title scarce in the trade, a copy of the First American Edition, penned by Sir John Carr (1772-1832) in 1804 upon an extensive tour he took there. Original full leather binding, bowed front board, gilt ruled to spine, rubbed spine label, chip missing from spine head. Extensive gift presentation in pen at first free endpaper from 1839, but illegible as to particulars, leading to some off-setting, opposite. Missing half of the Page of Dedication, loss also of some of the Preface, wavy text-block, some marginal notes and some contemporary underlining in sections, penciled math notes at rear opposite pastedown, some tide-lines to margins, else clean and readable, still tightly bound. Devonshire, England-born, John Carr was popular for his breezy, chatty, friendly accounts of his journeys around Europe were popular for their light and chatty style, and closely… Read More

New York: I. Riley & Co., 1807. xi, 334 pp. b/w frontispiece and folding table. A good copy with scattered light foxing. Bound in original full calf with spine label. Some rubbing to backstrip and joints.

New York: I. Riley & Co., 1807. John Carr's (1772-1832) wrote a series of travel books that were popular, but critics thought him pedestrian and some accused him of plagiarism. His works are scarce to rare now. This is a Very Good (Minus) copy of the Third American Edition, published one year after the English. Full leather binding, rather worn but sound. The title on the spine is faint but discernable as red & gilt. The text is clean; 334 pages. Floodmarking throughout, but not contaminated. Previous-owner has signed in the rear endpapers with cartoon heads and replicated "the end" on the last page. Quite interesting period calligraphy! The last signature of the textblock seems weak but holding. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Third Edition.. Full-Leather. Very Good Minus/No Jacket.

Philadelphia, 1806. Used - Good. Full leather, octavo,xi 339 pp. Leather worn and scuffed with joist starting and boards bowed. Ex-libarry with usual markings. foxing as per usual. Sound working copy.

London: Richard Phillips, 1806. Hardcover. Fine. 4to. xiv,(2),530pp. plus (2)pp. publisher's ads. Illustrated with an engraved folding aquatint frontispiece, 16 engraved aquatint plates and an engraved hand-colored map (all plates with tissue guards). Contemporary speckled calf; red lettering label, gilt; spine tooled in gilt and with gilt rules on the boards. Ribbon marker. Gilt ownership initials on the upper board (H.S. to H.S.M.) Tissue guards creased and some are soiled, else a near fine copy with beautiful plates printed in buff after Carter's own designs. With the signature of H. S. Marriott on the front pastedown. Abbey, Scenery, 455.