The Isle of Man Guide for 1839, containing an historical sketch, and descriptive views of the island. Illustrated with a map and plates. Fifth thousand
Details
Type of record: Book
Title: The Isle of Man Guide for 1839, containing an historical sketch, and descriptive views of the island. Illustrated with a map and plates. Fifth thousand
Classmark: Bedford Collection G020
Creator(s): Haining, Samuel
Additional creator(s): Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019) (Former owner); Dalton, Pattinson? (Former owner); Charles Thurnam, Carlisle (Bookseller)
Publisher: Published and sold by William Dillon, North Quay; Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., London; Cummings, Dublin; Bancks and Co., Manchester; Benjamin Smith, South Castle-Street, and H. Lacey, Bold-Street, Liverpool
Publication city: Douglas
Date(s): [1839]
Language: English
Size and medium: iii, 201 pages
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/732316
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991019957197505181
Description
The “Prefatory remarks” signed: S. H., i.e. Samuel Haining.
Smith and Gawthorpe, printers, Liverpool.
Bedford Collection G020 copy: map detached. Advertisements on rear flyleaf for Crescent Academy, near Douglas, Isle of Man.
Features
Bindings
Leeds University Library copy at Bedford Collection G020: contemporary green cloth, paper label with title on spine.
Provenance
Leeds University Library copy at Bedford Collection G020: From the John Evan Bedford Library, gifted in 2019. Twenty-first-century pictorial bookplate on front pastedown: John Evan Bedford. Former reference: TD/91. Bookseller's book label on front pastedown: Sold by C. Thurnam Carlisle. MS. inscription on front flyleaf: Pattinson? Dalton? 1847.
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