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A group of four volumes, including:
The Washington Guide. City of Washington: S. A. Elliot, 1826. Second edition, corrected and enlarged. 24mo, quarter calf, marbled boards. Leather at corners lacking over the boards; rubbing to boards and spine; shelfwear; edgewear; corners bumped and rubbed. Label of the Mechanic's Institute on pastedown. [Together with] Dialogues on the Uses of Foreign Travel; Considered as a Part of An English Gentleman's Education: Between Lord Shaftesbury and Mr. Locke, by the Editor of Moral and Political Dialogues. London and Cambridge: A. Millar and W. Thurlbourn, Woodyer, 1764. Second edition. 8vo, modern cloth boards, leather label on spine, foxed, title-pages strained, initials on title-page; ex libris James G. J. Penderel Brodhurst, Count de Boscobel (with dragon and griffin armorial bookplate by J. Soane). [Together with] English Traits. Boston: Phillips, Sampson, 1856. 8vo, original brown cloth, gilt-lettered spine. Chipping to top and bottom of spine; rubbing to boards; shelfwear; corners bumped and rubbed; very mild foxing throughout. [Together with] A Passage to India. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1925. First American edition, later printing with dust jacket. 8vo, black cloth, with title printed in yellow. Eleventh printing; chipping to jacket at top and bottom edges; losses to jacket at head and tail of spine.
Estimate $ 200-400
Property from the Estate of Joel Scarborough, Payson, Illinois
The first edition was in 1822. Not issued with a map.