The Old Folks from Home: Or A Holiday in Ireland in 1861. GATTY Mrs Alfred 1809-1873 Publisher: Bell and Daldy Publish Year: 1862 Publish Place: 186 Fleet Street, London Illustrator: Unknown Category: Miscellaneous, Foreign Travel, Antiquarian Book, History, Reference Book No: 004375 Status: For Sale Book Condition: Very Good Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Jacket Condition: Unknown Binding: Hardcover Book Type: Unknown Edition: Second Edition Inscription: Unknown £60 Add to Basket Ask a question Refer to a friend Additional information VG, 2nd ed, 1862. In green cloth with blind tooling, corners a little worn and bumped. Spine has title ion gilt, edges bumped and worn. Internally, half title, [5], (vi-viii), [1], 2-256 pp, small faint thumb print to base of title page, printed by John Edward Taylor, Little Queen Street, Lincolns Inn Fields, published the same year as the first edition. Book based on 12 letters. Not often seen! (197*124 mm). Gatty [née Scott], Margaret (1809-1873), writer on natural history and children's writer, had a lifelong passion for the collection and classification of seaweeds. See ODNB.
