The new Bath guide: or memoirs of the B_n_r_d family in a series of poetical epistles.
London: Printed for J. Dodsley, 1779. Eleventh edition, 12mo, pp. viii, 175; engraved folding frontispiece by S. Wale showing the Blunderhead family being led by their noses; bound with: [STEVENSON, JOHN HALL.] Crazy Tales (London: n.p., 1770). Pp. [4], iv, viii-ix, 114-247 (first 3 leaves unsigned, the rest collating complete in 8s beginning with "I"); full contemporary calf, red morocco label bearing the title "Miscellane Poetry" stamped in gilt on gilt-ruled spine; joints cracking and tender, spine ends chipped away. a few signatures of the Stevenson title starting, some brown spotting, foxing, and offsetting scattered throughout text; a good copy of an interesting gathering of 18th-century political satire and humor. Item #25525
Price: $100.00
