Familiar letters, from an elder to a younger brother, serving for his freedom in the trinity-house, newcastle upon tyne
by [MARSHALL, George]. [PALINURUS]
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- Seller
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Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Newcastle: Printed for the author, by I. Dinsdale, 1785. [2], 188pp, [2]. With a half-title. Contemporary reverse calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece. Worn, without upper board, with loss to spine and splitting to lower joint. Tear without loss to D1. Presentation copy, inscribed 'The Gift of George Marshall (the Author) to Thomas Collin April 20th 1787'. A rare, gossipy conduct of life work, epistolary in structure, by the sometime East India Company chief officer, poet and member of the Trinity House in Newcastle, George Marshall (c.1740/1-1823). Signed to the preface with the nom de plume 'Palinurus', the 17 letters are addressed to a younger brother 'Jack', and concern, alongside the usual advice on life stages and etiquette, the somewhat more professional-slanted: 'thoughts on the coal trade', 'thoughts on escape from shipwreck' and the 'necessity of commanders setting good examples'. Although identified as the author of this work, and another (Epistles in verse, Newcastle, 1812) in Welford's provincial study Men of Mark 'twixt Tyne and Tweed (London, 1895), this detail, substantiated by the authorial presentation of this volume, appears to have escaped later cataloguers. Rare; ESTC locates just four copies, all in the UK (BL, NMM and two copies at Newcastle Central Library). ESTC T94501.. First edition. 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- Antiquates Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AQ22575
- Title
- Familiar letters, from an elder to a younger brother, serving for his freedom in the trinity-house, newcastle upon tyne
- Author
- [MARSHALL, George]. [PALINURUS]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Printed for the author, by I. Dinsdale
- Place of Publication
- Newcastle
- Date Published
- 1785
- Keywords
- Trade
- Size
- 8vo
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Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
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