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Old Reminiscences of Glasgow and the West of Scotland. Containing the Trial of Thomas Muir ; The...

Peter Mackenzie

Old Reminiscences of Glasgow and the West of Scotland. Containing the Trial of Thomas Muir ; The Bute Election ; The Trial of Wilson, Hardie and Baird ; The Old Guards of Glasgow ; Robert Carrick and the Old Ship Bank of Glasgow ; The last execution for forgery ; extraordinary bank robbery in Glasgow ; trial of the Rev. Neil Douglas, of Glasgow, for Sedition ; the Twa Fuddled Precentors ; Fraud on the Glasgow Underwriters ; Story of Col. Hamilton of the Scots Greys, killed at Waterloo ; the Calder Farmer and his Heckling Wife ; Robbery of the Edinburgh Excise Office ; first gas illumination in Glasgow ; a Strange Election on the top of Ben Lomond ; the Reform Bill of 1830 ; Henry Bell and first steamer ; bloody riot in Glasgow ; the hangman's whip ; the Spy System ; Glasgow sending its first two members to Parliament ; Burke and Hare ; the fatal doom of the Glasgow butcher.

Glasgow: James P. Forrester, 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. Portrait frontis, 644 pages ; Portrait frontis, 638 pages. 2 volumes, in original brown cloth, gilt lettered with gilt crest to the upper board of each volume, bevelled boards, with blind rules. Very clean and sound throughout. Top edges of each volume..... More

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A Cursory Relation of all the Antiquities & Familyes in Cumberland. By Edmund Sandford, circa...

Edited by the Worshipful Chancellor Ferguson

A Cursory Relation of all the Antiquities & Familyes in Cumberland. By Edmund Sandford, circa 1675. Tract Series, No 4.

Kendal: Printed by T. Wilson, 1890. Softcover. 54 pages. Original printed wrappers. Covers dusty, as are some pages at the margins. Size: Octavo (15 x 23 cms). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; History; New Arrivals; Inventory No: 306187. More

Price: £25.00

1864] On the Early History of Leeds, in Yorkshire, and on some questions of Prehistoric...

Thomas Wright, Esq., M.A.

[1864] On the Early History of Leeds, in Yorkshire, and on some questions of Prehistoric Archaeology agitated at the present time: A lecture read before the Philosophical and Literary society of Leeds, April 19th, 1864.

Leeds: Printed by Edward Baines & Sons, 1864. Softcover. 32 pages. Original printed wrappers. Covers rather dusty. Some pages creased at corners. Size: Octavo (14 x 21.5 cms). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; History; New Arrivals; Inventory No: 306186. More

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Buried Bones About Liverpool and The Elephant In Cheshire. Author's Presentation Copy. F. G. S. G...

G.H. Morton, F.G.S.

Buried Bones About Liverpool and The Elephant In Cheshire. Author's Presentation Copy.

Liverpool: 1899. Softcover. 12 pages, 1 plate. Original printed wrappers. Covers rather dusty. Creased through the centre top to bottom, but contents clean. Small ink stamp of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire to the front cover and a couple of other places. Size: Octavo (14 x 21 cms)..... More

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1883] Notes on Some Early Deeds, Pedigree Rolls, &c., Relating to Cheshire and Lancashire. A...

J.P. Earwaker, M.A., F.S.A.

[1883] Notes on Some Early Deeds, Pedigree Rolls, &c., Relating to Cheshire and Lancashire. A paper read before the Manchester Literary Club. Author's Presentation Copy.

Manchester: A. Ireland & Co., Printers, 1883. Softcover. 20 pages, 1 plate. Original printed wrappers. Size: Octavo (14.5 x 22.5 cms). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; History; New Arrivals; Inventory No: 306174. More

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1871 Warrington] The Geology of The Bewsey Valley. Read before the Warrington Literary &...

Mr. Paterson

[1871 Warrington] The Geology of The Bewsey Valley. Read before the Warrington Literary & Philosophical Society.

Warrington: Printed at The Guardian Steam Printing Works, 1871. Softcover. 16 pages, with three colour plates of geological strata. Original printed wrappers. Covers dusty, contents generally clean. Size: Octavo (12 x 18.5 cms). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; History; New Arrivals; Inventory No: 306170. This item is potentially..... More

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1864 Gungrog House] Reminiscences Connected with Old Oak Panelling, now at Gungrog [near...

Morris Charles Jones

[1864 Gungrog House] Reminiscences Connected with Old Oak Panelling, now at Gungrog [near Welshpool, Montgomeryshire]. Author's Presentation Copy.

Welshpool: Privately Printed, 1864. Softcover. 40 pages. Original printed card wraps. Covers marked, contents generally clean. Ink inscription from the author on the front free endpaper. The object of [this booklet] is to preserve the historical and biographical reminiscences connected with an ancient house in the City of London [No..... More

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1857] Sur La Construction Des Salles Dites Des Geants. S M. Le Roi Frederic VII de Danemark

S.M. Le Roi Frederic VII de Danemark

[1857] Sur La Construction Des Salles Dites Des Geants.

Copenhague: L'Imprimerie De Thiele, 1857. Disbound. 19 pages, with illustrations in the text. Front cover dusty, contents generally clean. Text entirely in French. Note; this is an original publication separated from a larger collection, not a reprint or copy. Size: Octavo (13.5 x 21 cms). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Antiquarian..... More

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1892] Notitia Ecclesiae Cathedralis Carliolensis: et Notitia Prioratus de Wedderhal. D. D. Hugh Todd

Hugh Todd, D.D.

[1892] Notitia Ecclesiae Cathedralis Carliolensis: et Notitia Prioratus de Wedderhal.

Kendall: Printed by T. Wilson, 1892. Softcover. 16 pages. Original printed wrappers. Covers very dusty, contents generally clean. Edges untrimmed. Text entirely in Latin. Size: Octavo (15.5 x 24 cms). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; History; New Arrivals; Inventory No: 306165. More

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1880] Discovery of the Falls of St Anthony. The Hennepin Bi-Centenary. Account of the Celebration...

Louis Hennepin

[1880] Discovery of the Falls of St Anthony. The Hennepin Bi-Centenary. Account of the Celebration by the Minnesota Historical Society, of the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Discovery.

Saint Paul: Globe Print, 1880. Softcover. 6 pages. Original printed wrappers. Covers very dusty, title page dust marked, rest of contents generally clean. Printed in double columns. Size: Octavo (15 x 23.5 cms). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; History; New Arrivals; Inventory No: 306163. More

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1866] A Brief Memoir of Rev. Giles Firmin, one of the Ejected Ministers of 1662. John Ward Dean

John Ward Dean

]1866] A Brief Memoir of Rev. Giles Firmin, one of the Ejected Ministers of 1662.

Boston, Mass. Press of David Clapp & Sons, 1866. Softcover. 16 pages. Original printed wrappers. Covers very dusty, contents generally clean. Edges untrimmed. Size: Octavo (15.5 x 24 cms). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; History; New Arrivals; Inventory No: 306162. More

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1873] Sketch of the Life of John H. Sheppard, A.M. Only 100 copies printed. John Ward Dean

John Ward Dean

[1873] Sketch of the Life of John H. Sheppard, A.M. Only 100 copies printed.

Boston, Mass. Press of David Clapp & Sons, 1873. Softcover. 16 pages. Original printed wrappers. Covers very dusty, contents generally clean. Edges untrimmed. Size: Octavo (15.5 x 25.5 cms). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; History; New Arrivals; Inventory No: 306161. More

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1896] Rev. William Blackstone, The Pioneer of Boston. John C. Crane

John C. Crane

[1896] Rev. William Blackstone, The Pioneer of Boston.

Worcester, Mass. Charles R. Stobbs, 1896. Softcover. 14 pages. Original printed wrappers. Covers very dusty, contents generally clean. Size: Octavo (15 x 23 cms). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; History; New Arrivals; Inventory No: 306157. More

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Reliquiae Antiquae Eboracenses or Remains of Antiquity, relating to the County of York....

William Bowman, Antiquarian Draftsman; assisted by several local antiquaries.

Reliquiae Antiquae Eboracenses or Remains of Antiquity, relating to the County of York. Illustrated by Plates and Woodcuts.

Leeds: Cooke and Clark, Printers, Briggate, 1855. Hardcover. 96 pages, 14 plates (some in colour), 1 folding map (creased), many text illustrations. Original cloth, both boards detached. Contents are clean and sound throughout. Bookplate of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire on the front pastedown. Old library ticket on..... More

Price: £75.00

The Pipe-Rolls, or Sheriff's Annual Accounts of the Revenues of the Crown for the Counties of...

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The Pipe-Rolls, or Sheriff's Annual Accounts of the Revenues of the Crown for the Counties of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Durham, during the Reigns of Henry II., Richard I., and John.

Newcastle: Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1847. First Edition. Hardcover. Bound in brown modern library buckram. Bookplate of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire on the front pastedown. Old library ticket on rear endpaper, and class number on spine. 75 pages in English, remainder (250 pages) chiefly..... More

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The Feudal Barons of Powys. Limited Edition of 100 copies. Jones Morris Charles

Jones Morris Charles

The Feudal Barons of Powys. Limited Edition of 100 copies.

London: J. Russell Smith, Soho Square, 1868. First Edition. Hardcover. Original green cloth, gilt lettered. 165 pages, 11 pages. Bookplate of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire on the front pastedown. Old library ticket on rear endpaper, and class number on spine. Ink stamp of the society on the..... More

Price: £60.00

The History of Wisconsin. In Three Parts, Historical, Documentary, and Descriptive. Compiled by...

Smith William R.

The History of Wisconsin. In Three Parts, Historical, Documentary, and Descriptive. Compiled by Direction of the Legislature of the state. Part 1, Historical. Part 2, Documentary. Presentation copies from the State Historical Society of Wisconsin.

Madison, Wisconsin: Beriah Brown, Printer, 1854. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). 2 volumes (vol 1 & 3), all published (vol 2 never published). 432 pages; 443 pages. Occasional foxing. Bound in original brown cloth, gilt device to the upper board of each volume. Presentation bookplate on each front pastedown. Size..... More

Price: £95.00

The Unton Inventories, relating to Wadley and Faringdon, Co Berks. in the years 1596 and 1620,...

Nichols, John Gough

The Unton Inventories, relating to Wadley and Faringdon, Co Berks. in the years 1596 and 1620, from the Originals in the possession of Earl Ferrers. With a Memoir of the Family of Unton.

London: Printed for the Berkshire Ashmolean Society by John Bowyer Nichols & Sons, 1841. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Presentation inscription on the title page. Original dark blue cloth, gilt lettered spine. A little wear at upper joint, but the entire volume is sound and clean. Bookplate of the Historic..... More

Price: £50.00

The Poor Man's Guardian 1831-1835. Complete in four volumes. Henry Hetherington

Henry Hetherington

The Poor Man's Guardian 1831-1835. Complete in four volumes.

London: Merlin Press, 1969. Hardcover. Complete in four volumes. Facsimile issues from number 1 to 238. Apparently unread, with minor wear to the dustwrappers, and the spines of the dustwrappers are a little sunned. Some rubbing to the lower edges of the green cloth boards. See pictures for more detail..... More

Price: £125.00

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