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Pleasant walks around Blackburn… [c.1900]. RARE
£60.00Johnson, Thos. Pleasant walks around Blackburn, With Observations By The Way. First [and] Second Series.
“In the following series it is not our intention to draw any hard and fast line as to how far these walks shall extend. Railway facilities are so good and the fares so low now-a-days that anyone having the leisure can enjoy the scenery of the country around adjacent towns when he wants a change from that of his own”.
Large foldout map. Numerous illustrations within the text. 60, 52pp. (2 parts in 1 book). 8vo. Blackburn, Thos. Johnson, [no date c.1900].
A RARE work. Library Hub locates one copy in the Victoria and Albert Museum Library.
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Metropolitan Improvements or London in the Nineteenth Century. (1829)
£120.00ELMES, James (1782-1862). Metropolitan Improvements or London in the Nineteenth Century Displayed in a Series of Engravings of the New Buildings, Improvements. (1829).
81 pages of steel engraved plates (2 half paged plates on each page), one plan (of Regent’s Park), 2 engraved title pages.
A handsome tome, in reasonably good condition, featuring some lovely engravings of bygone London in the late Georgian period.
Please see the main description and photographs for further details.
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Vintage Pamphlet- Taunton St. James [c.1950]
£15.00[HIRST, Rev. Edwin]. Taunton St. James (“Taunton’s Oldest Church”) . [c. 1950, or earlier]. A scarce local history. Please see photos and main description for condition.
8vo. Gloucester, The British Publishing Company, [no date c. 1950, or earlier].
A scarce local history pertaining to St. James Taunton, including some great period advertisements.
PROVENANCE: Previous owner’s inscription to top of first page (adverts page).
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A Descriptive Catalogue of the London Traders, Tavern, and Coffee-House Tokens Current in the Seventeenth Century. (1855)
£75.00BURN, Jacob Henry (1794-1869). A Descriptive Catalogue of the London Traders, Tavern, and Coffee-House Tokens Current in the Seventeenth Century; Presented to the Corporation Library by Henry Benjamin Hanbury Beaufoy Citizen and Distiller.
“The necessitye of these small moneys did appeare here with us in England, where everie chandler, tapster, vintner, and others made tokens of lead and brasse for half-pence, and at Bristol by the late queenes authoritie were made of copper, with a ship on the one side, and C.B. on the other side signifying CIVITAS BRISTOLL…”
8vo. [London], Printed for the use of members of the Corporation of the City of London, 1855.
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Picturesque York. (1886). W.J. Boddy’s Copy.
£85.00BENSON, George (1856-1935) ; J. England Jefferson. Picturesque York. Large 8vo. York, Ben Johnson and Company, 1886. SUBSCRIBER’S COPY. SIGNED by one of the subscribers on the front endpaper: ‘W.J. Boddy’ and dated 1886. Contents include: Railway Station, Marygate, Monk Bar, Coney Street, Old Ouse Bridge, Walmgate Bar.
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St Dunstan’s Clock A Story of 1666. (1893) SCARCE VICTORIAN NOVEL.
£60.00WARD, E. St Dunstan’s Clock A Story of 1666. 8vo. London, Seeley and Co. Limited, 1893. PROVENANCE: Sheffield School Board, school prize label to front pastedown with presentation inscription dated Nov 30th 1894. A fictional account/novel depicting life experienced at the time and during the fire of London in 1666. Scarce victorian novel.
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The Bards of Angus and The Mearns an Anthology of the Counties. (1897)
£50.00REID, Alan. The Bards of Angus and The Mearns an Anthology of the Counties. 4to. (Size) Paisley; J. and R. Parlane, 1897. PROVENANCE: Lively and interesting marginalia throughout, expressing opinions, family relevance, and comments about the text. Please see photos for book’s condition and for further information.
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Historical Antiquities of Fife, Chiefly Ecclesiastical. (1875) 2 Volumes
£50.00TAYLOR, J. W. Historical Antiquities of Fife, Chiefly Ecclesiastical. 2 Volumes. 8vo. Edinburgh, Johnstone Hunter, 1875. Chapters include: Abdie- Lindores Loch and Castle, Flisk- Flisk Church, Collessie- Kinloch, Falkland Palace, St Andrews- St Salvator’s College, Kirkcaldy- Old Church Tower, Dysart- Bell of Dysart, Wemyss- Macduff’s Castle, Scoonie- Rev. Alexander Moncrieff, Markinch- Maidun Castle. PROVENANCE: Previous owner’s signatures inside on front endpapers.
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Mirror for the Burgesses and Commonalty of the City of Bristol… ([1818]). SCARCE.
£130.00CRANIDGE, John. Mirror for the Burgesses and Commonalty of the City of Bristol, in which is Exhibited to their View, a Part of the Great and many Interesting Benefactions & Endowments, of which the City hath to Boast, and for which the Corporation are Responsible, as the Stewards and Trustee thereof. 8vo. Bristol, Jonathan Baller & Co. [no date however – 1818]. PROVENANCE: Previous owner’s name inscribed on title page and dated 1859. Other signature of a previous owner. An interesting and scarce chronicle of important historical buildings/foundations connected with the poor and social conditions in Bristol including: Free Grammar School and Writing School in St. Mary Redcliff Church-Yard, Free School- In Pile Street, Chester’s Almshouse – On Saint James’s Back, Saint Mary Redcliff Parish.
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The Life of John Holland of Sheffield Park. (1874)
£60.00HUDSON, William. The Life of John Holland of Sheffield Park. From Numerous Letters and Other Documents Furnished by his Nephew and Executor, John Holland Brammall. 8vo. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1874. John Holland (1794-1872) was an English poet, newspaper editor (Sheffield Iris and lately with the Sheffield Mercury) , writer on botany and local topographer. His works include a topographical poem on Sheffield Park and a book about the history of shoes and shoemakers. Earlier on in his life he was a Sunday School Teacher. His local history books include: A Tour of the Don (1823) and The History, Antiquities, and Description of the Town and Parish of Worksop (1826).
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Walks Near Edinburgh. (1890)
£30.00WARRENDER, Margaret (1810-83). Walks Near Edinburgh. 8vo. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1890. Chapters include:” Bruntisfield-St Margaret’s Convent…The Wryteshouses”, “Cameron Toll…Duddingston- St Leonards”, “Warrington-…Ravelston”. Please note that the walks (as over 130 years old) may not be accurate anymore! PROVENANCE: Inscription to half title, dated 1992.
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The Church at Longroyd Bridge. 1859-1899. (1899) Rare.
£40.00[SWIRE, A]. The Church at Longroyd Bridge. 1859-1899. 8vo. Huddersfield: B. Brown, 1899. Huddersfield Interest- St. Thomas Church. Includes some additional ephemera – loosely inserted: a monochrome photo of St Thomas’s Church and a colour photo (dated 1990) of the Church, also a small 4pp pamphlet relating to the Commandments. St. Thomas is said to be the first ‘high’ church to be built in Huddersfield. St. Thomas is a Grade 2 * listed building. RARE.
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The Most Interesting House In Warrington. (1899). VERY SCARCE.
£60.00PAGE, H. Stuart. The Most Interesting House In Warrington. 8vo. Warrington: The Sunrise Publishing Company, 1899. Chapters include: The Invitation, Epistle to Dr. Enfield. Letter from Principal Drummond, The Town Council and the Old Academy. This book celebrates the Old Academy building in Warrington, a teaching establishment (in non conformist religion) built in the 1750s. By the 19th century it faced demolition. This book as the Preface confirms is a virtual reprint of an article that appeared in “Sunrise” on April 25th 1896, with a few alterations. The article apparently very speedily ran out of print. [The editor of the “Sunrise”]…..realized the irreplaceable loss to the town that would be caused by the demolition of the Old Academy, which was then imminent. Almost single-handed he championed the cause of the forgotten institution, and by persistent effort succeeded in directing public attention to the matter, and arousing general interest, and some enthusiasm, in a scheme for the preservation of the historic house”. The building was listed in 1949. VERY SCARCE. OCLC locates 2 editions in three libraries.
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Official Programme of the 69th Annual Co-Operative Congress…Bath…1937
£45.00Official Programme of the 69th Annual Co-Operative Congress In The Forum Cinema, Bath… 8vo. [No place, Co-operative Union, 1937]. A fascinating guide, which was presumably produced for the benefit of the members of the co-operative society for a congress on Bath, taking place in May 1937, with historical details and highlights of Bath. A lovely vintage guide and quite scarce.
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The Home of an Old Family. (1891). INSCRIBED. (Devon Interest- Hayne House).
£45.00Devon Interest- Hayne House: LOWTH, G.T. (1808-93).The Home of an Old Family. 8vo. No publisher [privately printed], 1891. PRESENTATION COPY Inscribed : ” Wyndham Inglis… from her affectionate Uncle The Author September 22 1891″. Author George T. Lowth also penned such works as The Wanderer in Arabia; or, Western Footsteps in Eastern Tracks, and The Wanderer in Western France.
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LYNN, Stuart M. (1906- 97) New Orleans. (1949) SIGNED.
£60.00LYNN, Stuart M. (1906- 97) New Orleans. 4to. (Size), New York, Hastings House, 1949. SIGNED by Stuart M. Lynn to front endpaper (other previous owner’s inscriptions on same page). PROVENANCE: Previous owner’s inscriptions on front endpaper. A lovely, vintage photographic record of New Orleans, SIGNED by the author.
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A Sunday In London. Illustrated in 14 cuts by George Cruikshank… (1833)
£70.00WIGHT, John; George Cruikshank (Illus). A Sunday In London. Illustrated in 14 cuts by George Cruikshank and a Few Words by a Friend of His… 8vo. London: Effingham Wilsone, 1833. A jaunty, eccentric, and lively account of London life on a Sunday in 1830s Britain. Cruikshank was well known for his social caricatures of English life. His first major work was Pierce Egan’s Life In London (1821).
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Chelsea: A Lecture delivered in the Town Hall… (1888) SCARCE.
£50.00DILKE, Right Hon. Sir Charles (1843-1911). Chelsea: A Lecture delivered in the Town Hall, Chelsea by the Right Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Bart, on Wednesday, January 11th 1888. 8vo. West Middlesex Advertiser [1888]. A curious historical account, detailing various buildings including public houses, and the Royal Hospital and the Queen’s Elm- where Elizabeth 1st ‘ “stood up” for shelter from a shower with the great Lord Burleigh”.
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Up The River From Westminster to Windsor and Oxford; A Descriptive Panorama of Thames Scenery. [c.1879]
£75.00Up The River From Westminster to Windsor and Oxford; A Descriptive Panorama of Thames Scenery.
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A Series of Random Reminiscences of Batley. (1882). SCARCE.
£45.00Yorkshire Interest – Batley – [BINNS, Isaac, (d. 1884)]. From Village To Town: A Series of Random Reminiscences of Batley During The Last 30 Years. 8vo. Batley: F.H. Purchas, [1882]. A RARE book on this Yorkshire town.
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