A new edition "including many pieces not in the former edition and several never before printed". First edition of the first volume of this serial anthology; the seventh, and final volume, appeared in 1799. viii+ 5-404p.Tight in orioginal pale blue card covers; titling on worn spine in manuscript. clean and tight without internal marks. Paginated leaves start at page 5, apparently as issued. Corners dog eared. See scans. Seller Inventory # 006542

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Title: An Asylum for Fugitive Pieces in Prose and ...

Publisher: Printed for J. Debrett (ORIGINAL EDITION), London

Publication Date: 1785

Binding: Original Soft Pale Blue Card

Condition: Good +

Edition: New Edition

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"Creaking Shelves Books" has been selling (and buying) books on line since 1999. Based now in Spean Bridge, ten miles from in Fort William beneath Ben Nevis. I have a varied stock with a particular emphasis in Scottish History and topography, mountaineering, geology, natural history and ephemera. Unusual items and small rarities are a speciality!

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