Boruwlaski Count (3 results)

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. No dust jacket. Minor edge wear to brown cloth boards, with gilt titles. A tan to the page edges. Slight cracks to the hinges, but textblock otherwise firm and unaffected. Contents clear throughout. A good condition book.

hardcover. Condition: Good. isbister first edition extremely scrace first edition on blue decorative cloth.

8vo in fours. xi[i], [13]-391pp including subscribers list, errata list to final leaf verso, frontis. Later full calf gilt, modern red calf gilt spine label, marbled leaf-edges. Upper rejoint with repairs to spine head; light spotting to frontis. Sir Robert Johnson Eden's copy with his heraldic bookplate to front paste-down. The final, and most substantial, edition of the memoir. 'The Count', as he was known, had retired to Durham in 1812 and was accepted into 'society', with many friends throughout the north-east. It was one of these, William Burdon, 'The Hartford House Philosopher'(Welford), who was entrusted to edit this new edition; this he did, but died in 1818 before publication. Included in the work is Burdon's assessment of the character of Boruwlaski, written just two weeks before his death; five members of the Burdon family are included in the subscribers list. Boruwlaski's ODNB entry is extensive and together with Tom Heron's 1986 'Boruwlaski, The Little Count', published in Durham and emphasising the Durham connection, provide a good biographical overview of a well-loved Durham character.