COBBETT William — Rural Rides. An Abridgement with Biographical Introduction. [Illustrations by Thomas Bewick and John Nash]I.

Constable, [1982]. 8vo., First Edition thus, with title-vignette and numerous illustrations in the text; original brown cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. A valuable introduction to the writer-politician and his most famous work. The illustrations include five by John Nash and many by Bewick.