My Pocket Book: Or, Hints for A Ryghte Merrie Tour BOIS Edward Du - A Knight Errant 1774-1850 Publisher: Vernor, Hood and Sharpe Etc Publish Year: 1807 Publish Place: London: Illustrator: Unknown Category: Miscellaneous, Foreign Travel, Antiquarian Book, History, Reference Book No: 000017 Status: For Sale Book Condition: Very Good Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Jacket Condition: Unknown Binding: Hardcover Book Type: Unknown Edition: First Edition Inscription: Unknown £100 Add to Basket Ask a question Refer to a friend Additional information VG, 1st ed, 1807. In blue three quarter crushed morocco over marbled boards, gilt tooling, corners and edges lightly bumped and worn. Spine, raised bands, attractive gilt tooling, titles in gilt, edges lightly bumped and worn. Internally, marbled matching endpapers, (xvii), [1], 222 pp, printed by W Wilson, ffep and ep are watermarked Linen 1876, title page verso has a contemporary dedication, t.e.g., occasional spotting. (186*112 mm). This whimsical treatise contains the first and earliest reference to the custom of bundling in America. References are also made to the same practice in Holland and Wales. According to the author, marriage frequently ensues! Dubois, writer, who urged by publishers, Thomas Hood (1759?-1811) and his partner Sharpe, produced a satirical pamphlet entitled My pocket-book, or, Hints for a 'ryghte merrie and conceitede tour', in quarto, to be called, 'The stranger in Ireland' (1805). This was an effective satire of the travel literature of Sir John Carr, and quickly passed through two editions. See ODNB for a full Bio.
