Recommended Books
Gothic Ornaments in the Cathedral Church of York. 1831.
£140.00York Cathedral [York Minster]. Beautiful book of plates. HALFPENNY, Joseph. Gothic Ornaments in the Cathedral Church of York. [12], [50]. 105 engraved plates. [monochrome plates, 2 of which are in colour]. Interior: staining to lower margins throughout, pages age toned. Exterior: later quarter green morocco with marbled boards (worn). Folio. York: John and George Todd, 1831.
The Walsall Apprentice and the Little Boy That Could Not Tell A Lie. 1831.
£18.00[ANON] The Walsall Apprentice and the Little Boy That Could Not Tell A Lie. 8pp. (Light foxing). Publisher’s pink, printed wrappers (upper wrapper torn to upper wrapper, bottom right-hand corner with loss, stitching (binding) loose/nearly detached, as stitches missing). 48mo. (65 x 100mm). Birmingham: J. Moore, 1831.
The Pious Young Waterman. 1831.
£22.00SYER, John. The Pious Young Waterman. 8pp. (Pages lightly soiled, occasional light spotting). Publisher’s pink pictorial wrappers (charming woodcut of a ship to upper wrapper, contents detached as stitching has perished). Charming wood cut of a ship to the head of penultimate page “The Pious Sailor’s Song.” 48mo. (65 x 100mm). Birmingham: J. Bolton, 1831.