The Stranger in Ireland: Or, a Tour in the Southern and Western Parts of That Country, in the Year 1805 de Carr, John (Sir) - 1807

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… Leer más

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… Leer más

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.

Philadelphia: Samuel F. Bradford, et al., 1806. First American edition, published the same year as the London edition, but unfortunately without the plates. A lawyer by training, Sir John Carr began to travel for health reasons. He was one of the earlier writers of travel literature and produced a number of accounts of his journeys in various European countries. One folding plate on the state of the weather in Dublin (doesn't seem to have changed much). Early, contemporaneous(?) calf with gilt-lettered red-leather spine label and gilt spine rules. A good only copy with spine and edges worn but binding wholly intact. Though internally very good with no foxing and just one stain to the front endpaper and tiny nick to base of first few leaves.

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.

London: Richard Phillips, c. 1806. A fine copy of this Irish hand-coloured plate book, text and plates are generally clean and crisp.. Edition: First Edition., Binding: Contemporary full calf boards, rebacked expertly, spine in six compartments of raised gilt-lined bands, gilt red morocco label on two. , Notes: According to Abbey, this book was highly popular, and in fact, it “was satirized in My Pocket Book, or Hints for a Ryghte Merrie and Conceited Tour. It resulted in an action for libel, with judgement for the defendant. The author of the satire was Edward Dubois, father of Tom Hood” (Abbey). Soon after Stranger in Ireland was published, Carr was knighted by the Duke of Bedford, the Viceroy of Ireland., Size: 4to. , Illustration: Complete with 17 finely hand-coloured plates, including 16 aquatints and 1 map of the Killarney lakes. 5 plates are folding., References: Abbey Scenery 455 (& 454); IPEX 80:94; DNB III:1079-80; Graesse 2:54; Brunet I:559 (later edition)., Pages: P. blank,… Leer más