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    By John Macdonald; ed. by E. Denison Ross and Eileen Power; Intro. by John Beresford
    London   George Routledge & Sons
    9" by 5.5" xxiv, 256, [4]pp.
    A fascinating memoir of Scottish Highlander John Macdonald's days in service as part of 'The Broadway Travellers' series, with a frontispiece and 7 further plates.
    By John Macdonald; ed. by E. Denison Ross and Eileen Power; Intro. by John Beresford

    1927 The Broadway Travellers Memoirs of an Eighteenth-Century Footman John Macdonald Travels (1745-1779)

    London   George Routledge & Sons
    9" by 5.5" xxiv, 256, [4]pp.
    A fascinating memoir of Scottish Highlander John Macdonald's days in service as part of 'The Broadway Travellers' series, with a frontispiece and 7 further plates.
    £49.00
    : 0.75kgs / : 982G25
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    Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, Scarce, Very Scarce

    First published in 1927.

    In publisher's original red cloth binding.

    With a frontispiece and 7 further plates. Collated, complete.

    Part of the series The Broadway Travellers, with details of the other contributing volumes to the rear of the work. 

    John Macdonald was a Scottish Highlander who recorded his memoirs. First published during the French Revolution, the memoirs of his days in service provide a rich panorama of life in the company of blind fiddlers, maid-servants, the Scottish aristocracy, soldiers, historians, Oriental Princes, servants of the East India Company and men of great wealth, including James Coutts the banker.

    Condition

    In publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart. Fading to spine with bumping to the head and tail. Odd mark to boards with fading to edges. Contemporary ink inscription to front free endpaper. Previous owner's sticker to rear paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are clean and bright with light spotting to the front and rear of the work.

    Very Good

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