[British Isles] Woodward, G(eorge).M(outard). Eccentric Excursions or, Literary & Pictorial Sketches of Countenance, Character & Country in different parts of England & South Wales...

London: Published by Allen & Co., (ca. 1814). Later issue. 4to. (ii), iv, (iii)-iv, v-217, (1) pp. (text leaves variously watermarked 1794, 1799, and 1806); Contents leaf (A2) bound after B2. Illustrated with a hand-colored engraved frontispiece, engraved title-page, and 99 hand-colored engraved plates (three folding), by Isaac Cruikshank after Woodward (frontispiece dated 1807, but plates variously watermarked Willmoth and dated 1808-10). Full contemporary English crimson straight grain morocco, elaborately stamped in blind and in gilt, joints lightly worn, boards lightly worn, spine slightly darkened; all edges gilt; gilt morocco book-plate of Valentine Hollingsworth on front paste-down; contemporary ownership signature on front free endpaper (E.G. Ashby); small abrasion at bottom of title-page from when printed year rubbed out; scattered soiling to text, light offsetting from plates onto same; wear along folds of folding plates.

First published in 1796, with subsequent issues appearing in 1797, 1798, 1799, 1801, 1807, 1814, 1815, 1816, and 1818. With 100 splendid plates by Isaac Cruikshank, father of George Cruikshank. Isaac's plates, "always vigorous and colorful, they range from carefully etched and colored details to mere scrawls of the unimportant parts, with colors perhaps not fitting the lines of the plate." (Krumbhaar 304)

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Raised in northern New Jersey, Darren moved to New York City in 1988 and began his career there as a bookseller in 1995. He spent the next 18 years selling to private clients and at East Coast book fairs. In 2003 he moved with his young family to Sharon, Connecticut where, in 2009, he opened his own bookshop. Darren Winston, Bookseller offered rare and vintage books, prints, fine art, and more, and hosted over 50 book signings and art shows. He was a trustee and, later, Board President, of the Sharon Historical Society, and for six years a trustee of Indian Mountain School in Lakeville, Connecticut.

Darren has hosted the radio program "Darren Winston's Book Report" for NPR-affiliate WHDD since 2009, appeared in the 2014 book-themed documentary The Paper Trail, and in 2024 he joined Antiques Roadshow as a books and manuscripts appraiser. From 1999 to 2005, Darren was the buyer and consultant to the Fine and Rare Books Department at Asprey, the British luxury goods company, at its New York headquarters. While there he spearheaded various in-store events including readings by Salman Rushdie and Dominick Dunne.

In 1993, Darren was hired as a Creative Consultant to Columbia Records, where he assisted in the repackaging of their 12-record Aerosmith back catalogue. He later sold his extensive collection of Aerosmith memorabilia, which he began amassing at the age of 14, directly to the band.

Darren now lives on the Main Line, outside Philadelphia, with his wife, two children, and dog. The family travels frequently to his wife's native England and Scotland. When not bookselling, he plays guitar in Pumped, an Aerosmith tribute band. Darren also appears on the top-rated PBS television program Antiques Roadshow.

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[British Isles] Woodward, G(eorge).M(outard). Eccentric Excursions or, Literary & Pictorial Sketches of Countenance, Character & Country in different parts of England & South Wales...

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