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Reliques of Robert Burns Consisting chiefly of Original Letters, Poems and Critical Observations on Scottish Songs & The Life and Works of Robert Burns - ROCHDALE BINDING BY DYSON AND BROWN — Robert Burns; R H Cromek, James Currie; Alexander Peterkin — 1815
Rochdale bound and owned, a five volume set in good condition, each found in contemporary calf, blind stamped to upper and lower boards, and titled in gilt ‘Burns Works’ to six panelled spines; bumped to corners and a little scuffed throughout. The upper boards of volumes 1 and 5 remain just attached, otherwise bindings and text blocks sound and square. Each volume is stamped in gilt along the turn-in at the fore edge of the front pastedown ‘Bound by Dyson and Brown, Rochdale’. An ownership labe…… Read more
Postal History Album - Addingham, West Yorkshire — [Laycock Family] —
A beautifully presented album in very good condition containing postal ephemera with links to the Addingham, W.Yorkshire area, charting the shifts and rapid evolution in British postal history through its inclusion of early Victorian pre stamp items, attention to postal markings, the world’s first adhesive stamps, the Penny Black and the golden age of Edwardian postcards. Included in the collection are: 1. 3 x handcrafted decoupage style postcards with images made from stamps depicting a Far Eas…… Read more
‘2 pair patent screw jacks for £16.19.00’ Letter and Receipt from John Gladstone & Co. of Liverpool to the Manchester and Leeds Railway Office — John Gladstone, Samuel Swarbuck, Leeds and Manchester Railway — 1847
A 2 page hand written letter and receipt dated 1847 from the prominent 19th-century merchants John Gladstone & Co who were associated with maritime trade and engineering interests in the city of Liverpool. The 2 page document consists of a receipt on paper headed ‘Manufactured by John Gladstone [Sons] & Co’ which outlines an order for ‘2 pair patent screw jacks for £16.19.00’. The receipt is illustrated and headed in a bold font, ‘Brass Box Worm Screws & Improved Patent Worm Screw Jacks’ and han…… Read more
MANUSCRIPT RECORDING AMERICAN COTTON IMPORTS TO LIVERPOOL: Weekly Statement of the Prices, Sales, Stock of Cotton in Liverpool for the Yr 1849 — James Howarth Midgley — 1849
Minutely detailed manuscript record of American cotton imports arriving in Liverpool, written by the Rochdale-born banker and trader James Howarth Midgley. The manuscript contains weekly statements of the sales, imports and stocks of cotton from 1849-1854, breaking down these figures into three categories of cotton, coming from New Orleans, the Port of Mobile in Alabama and Uplands Cotton, grown inland. Midgley records about 5000 data points over the five years of these entries. James Howarth Mi…… Read more
Historical Sketches : The Age of Discovery — John Hampden Gurney - Ambrose Edmund Butler — 1858
School prize awarded to a future forgemaster and Lord Mayor of Leeds, a second Edition in near very good condition. Handsomely bound in soft, dark brown calf, delicately tooled and titled in gilt to upper, lower and spine. Nicked across the centre of the upper; a little bumped to corners; a little chipped along spine hinges and edges. Very fresh marbled endpapers. Preliminaries lightly foxed otherwise text block very sound, clean and unmarked. Printed by T. Richards. 336 pp. An interesting inscr…… Read more
The Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe — Daniel De Foe - Defoe — c1860
An uncommon pocket sized edition printed and bound by Nicholson & Sons Wakefield. Eye catching red roan boards decorated and titled in black with gilt to spine in very good condition; a little shelf worn to corners and spine ends. Binding entirely sound; a little spine slant evident. Endpapers clean front and rear. Inscription to front free reads ‘September 26th 1880. Presented to [.....] by JJ Birst[.....] for good behaviour at Sunday School Christ Church’. Colour frontispiece very fresh. 416 p…… Read more
Illustrations of The Geology of Yorkshire; or a description of the strata and organic remains. Part 1 The Yorkshire Coast — John Phillips — 1875
Third edition with complete maps and illustrations. With provenance to Charles Whitmell of Harrogate, a graduate of Trinity College, Cambridge who placed 1st in the 1st Class of the Natural Sciences Tripos in 1872. A good copy rebound in a later addition dark green embossed cloth, titled in gilt to spine. Upper and lower boards a little scuffed; square and sound. Later endpapers very clean. Vibrantly coloured fold out map to frontispiece in good condition; age toned to margins; a little browned…… Read more
BEVERLEY, HULL AND EAST RIDING RACES - Horse Racing Posters — Beverley, Hull and East Riding Racecourse — 1882; 1883
Four posters advertising Beverley, Hull and East Riding Races in 1882 and 1883 which offer a glimpse into the world of Victorian era horse racing including the names of owners, officials and stewards. Lord Durham and Mr I’Anson’s mounts feature heavily throughout the race card. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 2 x race posters dated June 14th and 15th 1882 to top edges. Measure 50 cm x 40 cm. Each contains a printed summary of day one and day two races. One poster has been printed without the owners and ho…… Read more
JOHN HEYWOOD’S COPY BOOKS No.12 1/2 - HANDWRITTEN INVOICES AND BILLS FOR THE YEAR 1876 — John Heywood — 1876
A lined ‘ John Heywood’ copybook containing 12 pp. handwritten invoices, letters, promissory notes, tradesman’s bills, inland bills and receipts recorded throughout the second half of the year 1876. The transactions within span a large geographical area and take place between a wide variety of clients. James Leech of Leeds requests and pays for goods from Jones and Reid of Bolton. Walter Nicholson of Liverpool promises to pay Mr John Green one hundred pounds stirling. A bill written to Mr John M…… Read more
A Guide to Disley; With Notices of Lyme Hall, New Mills, &c. — Abel Heywood & Son — c1881
In very good condition, an original Abel Heywood Penny Guide Book. An ex Kensington Public Library copy in original bright yellow wrappers bound into robust cloth backed boards lettered in gilt to spine. With the usual library stamps throughout and armorial bookplate of ‘The Royal Borough of Kensington Public Libraries’ to the front pastedown. Contains to preliminaries a folding linen backed map in very good condition titled ‘Map of the Environs of Manchester’. Title page, 16 pp. plus 13 pp. adv…… Read more
Is Love a Crime? — Mrs. Jagger [Mary Anne Jagger] — 1886
First Edition of this Victorian era novel written by Mary Anne Jagger. In fair plus condition showing signs of use. Red roan boards age marked, faded and worn to fore edge and corners. Spine panel darkened; gilt titling still visible; bumped to top and tail. Pictorial endpapers worn and a little nicked to edges. An inscription in a contemporary hand by the author to front free verso reads ‘With the kind regard of the Authoress, Honley Aug 31st / 89’. Text block square and sound; a little age ton…… Read more
Thornton and the Brontes — William Scruton — 1898
First Edition in good condition. Illustrated and with a preface by W.E.B. Priestley. Blue cloth boards titled in gilt featuring a central vignette of the Bronte Parsonage; spine sunned and bumped to top and tail; bevel edges a little shelf worn. Text block sound, square and unmarked throughout. 146pp. Printed by G.F. Sewell, Bradford. Overall a good copy.… Read more
City of Bradford. Constabulary Code. Published by Order of the Watch Committee - WITH NUMEROUS INSERTS — Roderick Ross, Chief Constable — 1899
Printed for the use of Bradford City Police, and apparently not held in any institutional collection, the constabulary’s working copy of printed guidance and instruction for the Officers and Constables of the city of Bradford, with an additional c25 laid in or tipped in bye-laws, rules and amendment acts. Cloth covers show wear; bumped to corners; scuffed; cracking to lower, outer hinge revealing binding beneath. ‘Bradford City Police. 27 Aug 1906’ stamped to front and rear endpapers. Previous o…… Read more
The Bradford Jackdaw 1904-1905 — Kuklos (i.e. W. Fitzwater Wray) and Peter Eland (i.e. Percy Eland Newstead) — 1904
Rare, short-lived high quality satirical journal written and printed in Bradford, with all 52 issues bound into a single volume. The Jackdaw was published in Bradford during 1904-1905 with the intention of poking fun at the local establishment, municipal spending, and the eccentricities of Victorian/Edwardian Bradford society - the very era that J B Priestley would satirise in his novels and plays, notably, An Inspector Calls. Surprising to this cataloguer is the quality of the writing and the n…… Read more
‘WE ARE ALL LONGING TO SHOOT AT SOMEBODY’ - Naval Letters to his Sister from Ralph Campbell Musbury Duckworth — Commander Ralph Campbell Musbury Duckworth - Sylvia Louise Duckworth - Horton-Fawkes — 1917 - 1954
An archive of career spanning and revealing letters written by Lieutenant, later Captain, Ralph Campbell Musbury Duckworth (1907–1983), the majority addressed to his ‘darling sister’ Sylvia who married into the Fawkes family of Farnley in Yorkshire. A lively correspondent with an eye for detail his earliest letters are written to his ‘darling Mama’ aged 10 from school in Winchester. Following passing out in 1924 eleven letters are penned on HMS Frobisher headed paper and 3 written while aboard H…… Read more
‘A pity he’s not the eldest son, I’d have no objection “going for him.”’ A Daughter’s Letters to Viola-Davies Duckworth from Fashionable Bloomsbury-adjacent London, and Italy, in the 1920s — Sylvia Duckworth/ Horton-Fawkes of Farnley Hall, Otley [Virginia Woolf] — 1920 - 1922
An archive of lively and beautifully descriptive letters written by young Sylvia Duckworth (b. 1899, daughter of Major Arthur Campbell Duckworth and Viola Davies-Evans of Orchardleigh, Frome - a relative of Julia Jackson, Duckworth - Stephen - Virginia Woolf’s mother) who navigates the changing world of 1920s England as she embraces the opportunities offered by a mix of new freedoms alongside more traditional expectations. The last of the letters dates from just before her marriage to Major Le G…… Read more
Past Artists of Huddersfield — Peter Cardno — 1923
A scarce copy in good plus condition. Cloth boards a little age toned; endpapers clean with the bookplate of Clifford Stephenson, a long serving politician and prominent local figure from Huddersfield to the front pastedown dated June 1970; just a hint of age spotting to preliminaries; rough cut unmarked leaves; 12 b/w illustrations and biographies. Artists include G D Tomlinson. Samuel Howell, Peace Sykes, James Young’, W H Midwood, John Pearson, Charles France, Annie Wood, Henry Sykes, William…… Read more
Ordnance Maps Bradford and District Volume 4 - With an Index of Public Houses and Off Licences — Messers J. Hey & Co. Ltd - Ordnance Survey — 1922
Very large, elephant folio (72x54cm) bound volume of maps of the Bradford district. Half red roan over green cloth containing a selection of Ordnance Survey maps of the Bradford district: Volume 4. Maps are numbered and presented in the order: 8, 7, 1, 4, 3, 15, 14, 13, 16, 15, 14. Most probably produced for the brewing or inn trade, the front pastedown reveals a colour index to the public houses and off licence shops within the maps. Areas include North Bierley West Ward, Bierley Low Moor, Drig…… Read more
William Eller Esq on his Retirement from the Post of Musical Director of the Manchester Midday Concerts Society — William Ongley Miller, Gustav Behrens, Cecil Bateson, Stanley Withers, John Seller etc — 1923
Illuminated manuscript on vellum presented as a retirement gift to William Eller Esq in recognition of unstinting work as Musical Director of the Manchester Midday Concerts Society - an association that survives to this day. Beautifully written in a calligraphic hand with gold leaf illuminated initials; vibrantly and colourfully illustrated featuring classical female and male figures playing a cello and harp and small angelic figures - cherubs or putti - playing bells and trumpets; decorated to…… Read more
British Medical Association. 92nd Annual Meeting, Bradford, July, 1924. The Book of Bradford — Dr. Hambley Rowe — Bradford
In good condition, an uncommon signed copy of this commemorative historical and local topography book published specifically for the 92nd Annual Meeting of the British Medical Association which took place in Bradford in July 1924. Green cloth covers worn to top edges and spine; titled in gilt to upper and spine panel; a little spine slant evident. Clean and unmarked throughout. Editor’s signature in pencil to front free. Frontispiece portrait very good, protected by tissue guard. Illustrated thr…… Read more
Mayor’s Parlour Visitor's Book - Mayor of Salford — Arthur Millwood, Peter Ashcroft, Edward Pilkington, — 1937 - 1938
Salford Mayoral Visitors’ Book from the 1930s including the signatures of visiting industrialists, foreign officials including the Consuls for Norway, China (the Chinese Kuomintang government officially appointed its first consular representative to Manchester in February 1933), Finland etc and numerous Mancunian dignitaries and power-brokers. Serving as the guest ledger for the new Mayor of the City of Salford, Arthur Millwood and signed by c275 Salford residents and visitors the volume provide…… Read more
J & H Smith Ltd Tools, Equipment and Precision Instruments - The first British Supplier of the Emco Unimat — J & H Smith Ltd — c.1954
In very good condition, the ‘First Comprehensive Tool Catalogue’ issued by this Leeds company. A vintage 1954 tool catalogue produced by J.H. Smith in Leeds, the very first British publication which markets the famous Emco Unimat Universal Miniature Machine Tool, priced within at £27 17s 6. J. H. Smith Ltd were the original sole UK concessionaires of these highly famous Austrian multi tool miniature lathes. 400 pp. A lovely piece of historical industrial ephemera. PHYSICAL CONDITION: Blue cloth…… Read more
The Nature of Cold Weather & Other Poems — Peter Redgrove — 1961
Inscribed to a legendary figure at Leeds University, the Professor of English, Douglas Jefferson. First edition in original jacket in overall very good plus condition. Boards and text block near fine, clean and very fresh. Inscribed on front free ‘Peter Redgrave to DW Jefferson Oct 1962’ - Jefferson possibly in his own hand, 56pp. Original jacket very good; age toned; no nicks or tears. A lovely copy from the collection of a retired University of Leeds academic of English literature who inherite…… Read more
The Premier Book of Drums — Premier Drum Co. Ltd - ‘R S Kitchen Leeds’ — c1945
In very good condition, a rare, complete, pocket trade edition of the famous catalogue L. Stamped to rear by the prominent northern musical supplier, ‘R.S. Kitchen Ltd, Leeds. Phone 22222’. Iconic red, black and silver geometric cover shows everyday signs of wear, just a little scuffed to spine panel; corners remain sharp; cracked to both front and rear over gutters. Text block in very good, bright condition sits loosely within; profusely illustrated throughout with photographs and illustrations…… Read more
The Loiners — Tony Harrison — 1970
First Edition, a very good plus copy in original unclipped jacket. Boards and text block fine. Jacket near very good; lightly shelf worn and a little age toned to edges. 96 pp. A lovely copy of Tony Harrison’s first collection of poems which contains portraits of the citizens of Leeds living around the world and was winner of the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize in 1972.… Read more
Snakes and Girls [&] In all the Spaces on all the Lines — Christopher Pilling — 1971; 1970
Two good plus wrappered editions of the poetry of Christopher Pilling, a graduate of the University of Leeds and first winner of the Leeds University School of English/ Yorkshire Post/ Arts Council of Great Britain, New Poet’s Award with his collection ‘Snakes and Girls’. 1. Snakes and Girls. School of English Press: The University of Leeds, 1970. Printed by The Scolar Press. Inscribed by the author to ‘Alistair April 23rd 1970’; 45 poems; 54 pp.; covers just a little finger marked; text crisp a…… Read more
UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY WITH SIGNED LETTER FROM DAME SYBIL - Sybil Thorndike Casson with a foreword by Dame Sybil — Elizabeth Sprigge — 1971
An uncorrected proof copy in good soft back green paper wrappers stamped ‘UNCORRECTED’ to upper. Original dust jacket in fair plus condition, scuffed to edges, spine top and tail, age toned. Text block sound, annotated occasionally in blue biro throughout. ‘Enjoyable, charming and very genuine - even their imperfections. 430 pm 2/10/71’ written to tail of final leaf. Laid in are two letters; the earliest dated January 19th 1965 is from a director of The National Book Trade Provident Association…… Read more
Six Signed and Inscribed First Editions - Jeffrey Wainwright Collection: Clarity of Death; Heart’s Desire; The Reasoner; Out of the Air — Jeffrey Wainwright — 1978 - 2012
A collection of 6 First Editions in very good plus condition, variously signed and/or inscribed by the author to their previous owner, a retired academic of English at the University of Leeds. Laid in are paper cuttings and 3 printed emails between the two. 1. Clarity or Death. Carcanet Press Ltd: Manchester, 2008. Soft backed First Edition. Inscribed by author to title page dated December 2008. In very good, unmarked condition. Laid in is correspondence between the author and the volume’s previ…… Read more
Objects of Affection and other plays for television — Alan Bennett — 1982
Alan Bennett’s distinctive signature on the title page sits alongside a whimsical self portrait of his face with round glasses and a small smile. The inscription above reads ‘to Alistair with best wishes from’. A soft cover first edition in good plus condition; upper wrapper and early leaves bumped to top right corner; sound and unmarked. 248 pp. A volume of eight plays from the library of a retired University of Leeds academic.… Read more
Cragg Poets 11: Before the Flood — John Goodby — 1986
A good card-wrappered poetry pamphlet inscribed by the author. b/w industrial image on front cover; 23 pp.; covers a little age toned; text clean and unmarked. Laid in is a 2pp. typed poem titled ‘Eighteen Eighteen’. From the collection of a retired University of Leeds academic. Contains 14 poems written by John Goodby who was born in Birmingham and studied at the Universities of Hull and Leeds.… Read more
Ilkley The Victorian Era — David Carpenter — 1986
Limited edition, quarter red leather over red cloth boards in pristine condition throughout, containing over 150 illustrations plus 3 fold out maps and tables. Embossed 6 panelled spine titled in gilt and ‘The Grove Bookshop’ to tail. Title page illustration depicts ‘Ilkley, Yorkshire from the River Wharfe’ by Thomas Griffin. 210 pp. plus bibliography and index. Red card slipcase very good. A very fine volume describing the growth of Victorian Ilkley.
Willa Cather A Life Saved Up — Hermione Lee — 1989
A complex association copy linking the author with a distinguished Professor at Leeds University. Paperbacked first edition in very good condition inscribed to title page ‘To Alistair with love from Hermione, September 1989’. Laid in is a handwritten note headed ‘Hardistys Farm’ written to ‘Dear Alistair, Almost 100 years ago you very kindly asked me which Willa Cather books I didn’t have, They are.....’. The volume comes from the library of a retired University of Leeds academic and laid in is…… Read more
Zoom! — Simon Armitage — 1989
A very good signed copy of Poet Laureate Simon Armitage’s first book of poems. A fresh copy; clean and unmarked; signed by the author to half title page; 80 poems; 80 pp. Renowned poet and playright Simon Armitage was born in 1963 in Huddersfield, worked as a probation officer in Oldham and won an Eric Gregory Award for his poetry in 1988. He succeeded Carol Ann Duffy in 2019 to hold the honorary postition of the 21st UK Poet Laureate.… Read more
SIGNED FIRST EDITION WITH EPHEMERA - Poetry or Bust — Tony Harrison; David Hockney — 1993
A signed and dated limited first edition of Tony Harrison’s play ‘Poetry or Bust’ produced for the play’s premiere event at Salts Mill on September 5th 1993. Features a cover design by David Hockney and tells the story of Airedale poet John Nicholson. From the collection of a retired University of Leeds academic who has tipped in his opening night tickets which are pasted to a postcard depicting the main building at Salts Mill. Additionally laid in is a facsimile of a contemporary paper cutting…… Read more
Christopher Marlowe Poet & Spy — Park Honan — 2005
A fine copy of this scarce first edition in its original dust jacket. Inscribed by the author to the half title ‘To Alistair and Jennifer, with love and homage from Park’. 421 pp. From the collection of a retired University of Leeds academic and former colleague of Park Honan.
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