Somerville Alexander 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 , Manchester: James Ainsworth, 1852.

First Edition. Very Good. 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 1 hinge joint. Generally all binding in good clean condition. Internally, no loose pages, 1 volumes has a few creased pages with a few short nicks on edges, 1 page has some browing, a few page with a small stain on margin, 1 page with short tear. Generally pages in very good clean condition. Overall this set is in very good condition. (Book ref. 008814)  £650.00

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