First edition to carry the E
internally super clean and bright with owner's inked name and date 1955 to first front endpaper
The former Manchester United and Northern Ireland star died at the age of 59 in 2005 due to illnesses linked to alcoholism
who inherited family property which enabled a comfortable lifestyle with a townhouse in London and a small property with a large garden in Surrey
London: Adam & Charles Black
My Pocket Book; or, Hints for "A Ryghte Merrie and Conceitede" Tour, in quarto; to be called "The Stranger in Ireland" in 1805. By a Knight Errant trains First edition to carry theLondon: printed for Ventnor, Hood, and Sharp (et al), 1808. A new edition. 8vo (18 x 12 cms); pp xxxii, 228; folding aquatint frontispiece and four plates, somewhat browned by offsetting, also titlepage. Contemporary half calf, rebacked, corners well rounded and worn, edges rubbed. A burlesque on Sir John Carr's "Stranger in Ireland" that resulted in a libel action that the publishers won.