4 @ 18th - 19th c TRAVEL BOOKS:

1.) Book Title: Volumes I, III and IV – Young’s Northern Tour A Six Months Tour through the North of England.

Containing, an Account of the present State of Agriculture, Manufactures and Population, in several Counties of this Kingdom. Particularly, I. The Nature, Value, and Rental of the Soil. II. The Size of Farms, with Accounts of their Stock, Products, Population, and various Methods of Culture. III. The Use, Expense, and Profit of several Sorts of Manure. IV. The Breed of Cattle, and the respective Profits attending them. V. The State of the Waste Lands which might and ought to be cultivated. VI. The Condition and Number of the Poor, with their Rates, Earnings, &c. VII. The Prices of Labour and Provisions, and the Proportion between them. VIII. The Register of many curious and useful Experiments. Author: Arthur Young. Publisher: London: W. Strahan; W. Nicoll, 1776. Binding: 7.75”h x 5”w. Notes: With several engraved plates and tipped in folding tables, 1900 bookplate from the Yale University Library. Each book with its own condition issues, Vol. I: Front and back covers separated, Vol. III: Front cover separated, back cover missing, Vol IV: Back and front cover separated, spine virtually nonexistent.

2.) Book Title: Elements of General History, Ancient and Modern. Author: Alexander Fraser Tytler FRSE (1747-1813), Professor of History in the University of Edinburgh. Publisher: Concord: Isaac Hill, 1825. Binding: 7.375”h x 4.75”w x 2”h. Notes: Writing on the end-paper, wear and discoloration throughout.

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