signed first edition Leather bound
1776 · York
by Kennedy, John
York: Printed for A. Ward and the Author, 1776. First Edition. Leather bound. Fair. Octavo. xvi, 420 pages. Marbled paper covered boards. Brown leather spine with gilt decorations. Both covers are detached. Title label missing. The right front flyleaf and the rear end sheets are present but loose. Spine is dry with vertical cracks. The text block is in very good condition. A tipped in receipt of purchase before the title page is signed by the author. Armorial bookplate of "Bryan Cocke, Owston" on the front paste down. Printed name label - "From the Office of Morley Jeffers Williams" located above the bookplate on the front paste down. "Bryan Cocke, Owston" inscription written in old ink on the title page.
(Inventory #: 11973)