1831 · London:
by [PRIESTLEY, Joseph (1733-1804)] RUTT, John Towill (1760-1841).
London:: R. Hunter, 1831., 1831. 2 volumes. 8vo. xii, 424; xv, [1], 552 pp. Early quarter marbled calf, mottled boards; extremities badly worn with exposure and/or water, hitting the upper cover of vol. II, bearing the rough boards under the original marbled paper (missing to the right margin). Dual red gilt-stamped modern leather squares mounted on either sides of the binding (seem to be ‘grab-holds' for the hands, allowing one to not touch the binding itself. Title & 2 other embossed stamps. Vol. II title and other front leaves stained (oddly), binding suffering, some kozo repairs. Very scarce. Embossed ownership stamp on title vol. I. Fair, styled as a working copy.
(Inventory #: PW1581)