Recommended Books
BROWNE, Phyllis. Cookery For Common Ailments. (1898). SCARCE.
£55.00BROWNE, Phyllis [Arthur Gay Payne] (1840-94). Cookery For Common Ailments. 8vo. London, Cassell and Company, 1898. PROVENANCE: Dr Mackay, Halifax (signature to title page). Offering advice on diet in answer to common ailments. Please note the advice contained within in this book is of its time and may not be relevant today! SCARCE.
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The Young Woman’s Guide To Virtue, Economy and Happiness… (c. 1826). SCARCE.
£250.00ARMSTRONG, John. The Young Woman’s Guide To Virtue, Economy and Happiness. 8vo. Newcastle Upon Tyne, Mackenzie and Dent [no date c.1826]. A fascinating book with a lot of useful domestic related material from the period, excellent for research purposes. Scarce.
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Edmond Holmes. Poems Second Series. (1879) Scarce, SIGNED, PRESENTATION COPY
£60.00HOLMES, E.G.A. [Edmond Holmes] (1850-1936). Poems Second Series. 8vo. London: C. Kegan Paul & co., 1879. Contents include: Nature Lost and Found, To My Mistress, On Snowdon, Whence and Whither, On The Yorkshire Coast, To Slieve Croghaun, Sonnets of the Atlantic, On The Moors, Sunset and Sea, Sonnets To An Imaginary Being. PRESENTATION COPY: SIGNED to reverse of front endpaper by the author Edmond Holmes and dedicated to George Chester Earle, inscription dated September 1903. Other owners inscription at top of the same page. Curiously the inscription is made out to George Chester Earle– who research reveals is recorded as a school master living with poet Eleanor Farjeon. Possibly the same George Chester Earle! Edmond Holmes was an educator, poet and schools inspector (1875 to 1910), educated at St. John’s College, Oxford. His many works included: Walt Whitman’s Poetry: A Study & a Selection (1902), The Triumph of Love (1902), and The Tragedy of Education (1913). Scarce book of poetry, signed by the author.
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How I lost £250,000 in Two Years. [c.1889].
£65.00BENZON, Ernest (1866-?). How I lost £250,000 in Two Years. 8vo. London” Trischler and Company [no date c.1889]. Quite scarce now. Please note that this book is of its time.
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LYTTON, Right Hon. Lord [Edward-Bulwer] (1803-73). The Last of The Barons. 2 volumes. LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR
£110.00LYTTON, Right Hon. Lord [Edward-Bulwer] (1803-73).The Last of The Barons. 2 volumes. SIGNED in pencil/light ink(?) by the Publisher in addition to the plates signed by the illustrator. 8vo. London, G. F. Howell & Co., [no date c. 1910]. LIMITED EDITION OF 250 COPIES OF WHICH THIS IS NUMBER 71. Ernest Francis Sherie (1869-1929), worked as an artist for the Royal Magazine and Illustrated London News. Historical novel, whose plot revolves around the power struggle between the English King Edward IV and his minister Richard Neville – Earl of Warwick, also known as “Warwick the kingmaker”. Scarce.
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LYTTON, Right Hon. Lord [Edward-Bulwer] (1803-73). Harold The Last of the Saxon Kings. LIMITED ED., SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR
£70.00LYTTON, Right Hon. Lord [Edward-Bulwer] (1803-73). Harold The Last of the Saxon Kings. SIGNED in pencil/light ink(?) by the Publisher in addition to the plates signed by the illustrator. 8vo. London, G. F. Howell & Co., [no date c. 1910]. LIMITED EDITION OF 250 COPIES OF WHICH THIS IS NUMBER 71.
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Manual of German Poetry. (1841). BINDING
£28.00MUHLENFELS, Ludwig Von. (1793-1861). Manual of German Poetry 8vo. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1841. PART 2 (Volume 2) ONLY. I.e. Text begins on pp. 339. PROVENANCE: School Prize label to front pastedown from Wm. Wright MA. to Henry de Parva. School Prize label dated ‘Xmas 1842’. Even though this is just part 2, the work appears to be scarce. Please note the poems are in German.
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Concordance To The Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament. (1816)
£28.00BROWN, Rev. John (1722-87). Concordance To The Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament. 12mo. (size, pages bound in gatherings of 9 and not 12). London, J. Walker and Co., 1816. A charming early 19th century binding.
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Recent Cotton Mill Construction and Engineering. ([1894]). SCARCE
£90.00NASMITH, Joseph (1850-1904). Recent Cotton Mill Construction and Engineering. 8vo. Manchester, John Heywood [no date c. 1894]. SCARCE work with some lovely folding plates and period adverts.
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A Manual of Machinery and Millwork. (1887)
£50.00RANKINE, William John Macquorn (1820-72). A Manual of Machinery and Millwork. 8vo. Charles Griffin and Company, 1887. Chapters include: Geometry of Machinery, Of the Motions of Primary Moving Pieces in Machines, Of Elementary Combinations in Mechanism, The Performance of Work by Machines, Of Materials Used in Machinery, Principles and Rules Relating to Strength of Materials.
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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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LEYBOURN, William (1626-1716). Panarithmologia… (1756)
£65.00LEYBOURN, William (1626-1716). Panarithmologia or the Trader’s Sure Guide Containing Exact and Useful Tables Ready to Cast Up, Adapted to the Use of Merchants, Mercers, Bankers, Drapers, Goldsmiths…, And All who Deal by Wholesale, or Retail. Also for Carpenters, Bricklayers, Joyners, Glaziers… 4to. London, A. Wilde, 1756. PROVENANCE: Contemporary, or early 19th century inscriptions to front and rear endpapers.
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A Memoir of The Rev. Henry Martyn, B.D. (1830)
£55.00SARGENT, Rev. John (1780-1833). A Memoir of The Rev. Henry Martyn, B.D. Late Fellow of St. John’s College, Cambridge, and Chaplain to the Honourable East India Company. 8vo. London, R. B. Seeley and W. Burnside, 1830. Chapters include: Mr. Martyn’s arrival at Calcutta, Mr. Martyn is fixed at Dinapore, Commencement of his Ministerial Labours, Duties- Applies for a Chaplainship under the East India Company, Mr. Martyn leaves Bengal for Shiraz. Born in Cornwall, Rev. Henry Martyn (1781-1812). was an Anglican priest and missionary to India and Persia. An attractively bound book on an interesting figure.
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McSpadden, J. Walker (1874-1960). Stories From Wagner. BINDING
£35.00McSpadden, J. Walker (1874-1960). Stories From Wagner. 8vo. London: George G. Harrap & Co., 1910. Chapters include: Parsifal The Pure, The Master Singers, The Flying Dutchman, Tristan and Isolde. PROVENANCE: T.A. Meddycott (?) [School Prize inscription dated 1920]. A neat, lovely binding.
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Britannia in Mourning (1742). SCARCE
£150.00Britannia in mourning, or, A review of the politicks and conduct of the court of Great Britain with regard to France.
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The Heart of England by Waterway… (1933)
£120.00BLISS, William. The Heart of England by Waterway A Canoeing Chronicle By River and Canal. 8vo. London H.F. & G. Witherby, 1933. Chapters include: Thames above Oxford and Cotswold Waters, River Severn, Welshpool to Shrewsbury, Stroudwater Canal and Thames and Severn Canal, Cherwell and Oxford Canal, River Avon…, River Teme… PROVENANCE: Previous owner’s inscription to front endpaper. SCARCE, Charming book, SIGNED by the author. LIONEL FIELDING’S COPY (Author of Beggar my Neighbour) , PRESENTATION COPY- SIGNED BY BLISS.
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Continental Travel … The Remedial Advantages of Travelling. (1848)
£120.00LEE, Edwin (d.1870). Continental Travel with an Appendix on the Influence of Climate, The Remedial Advantages of Travelling. 8vo. London, W.J. Adams, 1848. Chapters include: Routes to Paris-Boulogne, Lyons-The Rhone-Marseilles-Climate of Provence, Toulouse- Pyrenean Baths-Bagnères de Luchon, Pau and its Climate, Nice- Climate and Remedial Advantages, Pisa and its Climate, Rome-Churches and Picture Galleries, Bologna-Parma, Geneva, Munich, and Nassau Baths. SCARCE. Please note the information contained within this book is of its time!
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THOMPSON. Lancashire Lustre. (1937)
£60.00THOMPSON, T (1880-1951). Lancashire Lustre. 8vo. London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1937. PRESENTATION COPY: “To Wendy Hiller with love from T. Thompson and Ethel Thompson”. A series of stories written in the LANCASHIRE DIALECT.
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Lines of Character. (1952)
£28.00ROLT, L.T.C; P.B. Whitehouse. Lines of Character. 8vo. London, Constable, 1952. A fascinating read, produced just prior to the Beeching railway cuts of the 1960s.
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