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Eccentrics.- Life of John Metcalf (The), Commonly Called Blind Jack of Knaresborough. With Many Entertaining Anecdotes of his Exploits in Hunting, Card-Playing, &c..., frontispiece lightly offset, E2 short tear into text without loss and vertical printing flaw, few small marginal defects, some light foxing, light browning, contemporary calf-backed boards, some wear to extremities, spotted and rubbed, York, E. & R. Peck, 1795 § [Roscoe (William)] Memoir of Richard Roberts Jones of Aberdaron, in the County of Carnarvon, in North Wales; Exhibiting a Remarkable Instance of a Partial Power and Cultivation of Intellect, half-title, bookplate of Charles Arthur Wynne Finch, related newspaper clipping laid down to browned front free endpaper, frontispiece damp-stained at head, some light spotting or foxing, later half cloth, slight fraying to spine head, some faint discolouration along upper joint, for T. Cadell, 1822, first editions, engraved portrait frontispieces; and 2 others, including the life of "Converted Clown and Man Monkey" Harvey Teasdale, 8vo (4)

⁂ Despite his blindness, Metcalf was an accomplished rider, swimmer, card player and professional road builder. He attributed his success to his excellent memory for detail, developed as a result of his condition.

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