My Pocket Book; or Hints for A Righte Merrie and Conceitede Tour in quarto: to be called, The Stranger in Ireland in 1805.

by a Knight Errand by Edward Dubois

$200 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

iv, 146pp. 12mo. Ex -library. later quarter cloth. S & S 12473. Item #367040 A satire, set in Ireland, based upon the travel writings of Sir John Carr, by Edward Dubois. The victim of the satire, John Carr, objected, and brought the London publishers of My Pocket Book, Hood and Sharpe, to court, suing for libel. The booksellers ultimately won the suitThis is the first American has a 2 page advertisement at the beginning

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