Item #008989 Visits to Remarkable Places; Old Halls, Battle Fields, and Scenes Illustrative of Striking Passages in English History and Poetry. First Series. Two Volumes. William Howitt.

Visits to Remarkable Places; Old Halls, Battle Fields, and Scenes Illustrative of Striking Passages in English History and Poetry. First Series. Two Volumes

Philadelphia: Parry and M'Millan, 1854. Cloth. Good / No Jacket. Item #008989
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Stated third American edition. Green cloth decorated in blind. 295, 322 pp. A travelogue and recap of local history throughout England, commenting sites such as Hampton Court, Staffa and Iona, Edge Hill, Winchester, the Field of Culloden, Lindisfarne, Compton-Winyates and other locations. With references to literature and literary figures. GOOD condition. Moderate fading. Extremities and spines rather browned. Minor soiling. Corner bumped. Spine tips frayed. Ownership signatures present. Scattered minor foxing and soiling throughout. Corner of the first endpaper in volume 1 torn off.

Price: $35.00

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