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Medical Reports, on the Effects of Tobacco in the Cure of Dropsies and Dysuries or Cases of Pain and Difficulty of Passing Urine.

FOWLER, Thomas: · 1788

£200.00 (€239.73 | $264.23 | ¥42,181)

London, Printed for the Author, 1788, second edition, revised, with considerable additions, 8vo, pp. xv, (5), 98. Neat modern half calf with marbled boards, very short tear in fore-margin of title, and repair to lower corner, also 3 or 4 tiny ink spots, else a clean, sound cop...

Physico-Theology: or, a philosophico-moral Disquisition concerning Human Nature, free agency, moral government, and divine providence.

MORGAN, T: · 1741

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.08 | ¥50,617)

London, Printed for T. Cox, 1741, first edition, 8vo, pp. viii, 353, (15). Contemporary speckled calf, one corner bumped, but a nice, attractive copy. There are references to Isaac Newton on Gravity and Light

An Essay on Agriculture, with a View to Inform Gentlemen of Landed Property, Whether Their Estates Are Managed to the Greatest Advantage.

STONE, Thomas: · 1785

£275.00 (€329.63 | $363.32 | ¥57,998)

Lynn, W. Whittingham, 1785, first edition, 8vo, pp. (2), iv, xviii, 261, (1). Neatly bound in period style half calf with marbled boards and red leather spine label. Name partly cropped from top of title-page. Very good, clean condition. Goldsmiths 12846, Perkins 1683.

A Schoolmaster's Notebook.

KELLY, Edith and Thomas: · 1957

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

Manchester,Chetham Society,1957, small 4to,pp. (10),128. Very nice, bright condition in the original cloth. Volume 8 in the third series of the Society's publications. An account of a nineteenth century experiment in social welfare by David Winstanley of Manchester.

Midnight Scenes in the Slums of New York: or, Lights and Shadows.

BELL, Rev. Fred: · 1881

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London and Nottingham, not dated, but preface dated 1881, pp. 254, frontis. portrait of the author. Original decorative red cloth, spine dull, but good, sound condition. Crease in one leaf caused in the binding of the book.

Savonarola: a Short Study of His Life and Character.

HICKS, Edith Adlington: · 1891

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

Manchester, Printed for Private Circulation, 1891, pp. 31. Original cloth just a little rubbed, inner hinges cracked, but still a tight, sound copy. Presentation copy to the author's cousin. Postage will be less than the standard rate.

Where the Birds Sing. A Selection of Rustic Sketches and Idylls of Common Life.

ROPER, Charles: · 1894

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

Manchester, John Heywood, 1894, pp. (10), 203, frontispiece. Original decorative cloth a bit dull, attractive prize label inside, a few light pencil notes, but good, sound condition. Country tales of life around Manchester, but also including chapters on Poaching, Norfolk Witc...

The Riddle of the Sphinx, an Essay.

CAMPION, George G: · 1915

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

privately printed, n.d. (c. 1915), pp. 118. Original wrappers, somewhat dusty and chipped, marginal tear to corner of last leaf,endpapers spotted, but sound. The scarce original edition.

Mémorial pour les Travaux de Guerre.

DUFOUR, G. H: · 1831

£100.00 (€119.86 | $132.11 | ¥21,090)

Paris, Cherbuliez, 1831, second edition, pp. ix,(3),399. Complete with the 6 folding engravings at the end and the itineraire at page 302. Full contemporary calf with gilt spine and gilt armorial stamps to front and back covers. Thumb-nail sized piece missing from the foot of ...

Chester's Triumph in Honor of her Prince as it was Performed upon St. George's Day 1610.

[ Davies, Richard ]: · 1844

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

Manchester,Chetham Society, 1844, small 4to. A very good copy in the original cloth. Chetham Society,First Series,Vol. III.

A Bibliography of the Works Written and Edited by Dr. John Worthington.

CHRISTIE,Richard Copley: · 1888

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

Manchester,Chetham Society,1888, small 4to,pp.x,88 plus report and list of members.Volume 13 of the New Series of Chetham Society publications. Small oval stamp on front endpaper, but a very good copy in the original cloth. Worthington published a translation of " De Imitati...

The Registers of the Parish Church of Standish in the County of Lancaster 1560-1653.

STANDISH, Lancashire: · 1912

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

Cambridge, L.P.R.S., 1912, volume 46 in the series. Transcribed by Henry Brierley. Original cloth, spine ends a trifle rubbed, but sound. Inside are various stamps and numbers of the Law Society Library, but text good and clean.

The Development of Public Education in Nelson.

HAWKES, George I: · 1966

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

Nelson Corporation, 1966, pp. (10), 213, illustrated. Very good in the original cloth.

Records & Traditions of Deane Church, Village, and Parish, in Lancashire, A.D. 597 to 1904.

BOARDMAN, James: · 1904

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

Bolton,1904, two volumes, pp. xv, 1-351, xii, 352-706, numerous illustrations. Original cloth, spines faded, a little rubbed, but sound. Some foxing to beginning and end of the volumes, but contents good. May require extra postage overseas.

Registers of the Parish Church of Walton-on-the-Hill, Volume 1, 1586-1663.

WALTON-On-The-HILL, Lancashire: · 1900

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

Rochdale, L.P.R.S., 1900, volume 5 in the series. Transcribed by Arthur Smith. Near circular stamps of the Law Society here and there,several numbers inside front cover, spine dull, but a good, sound copy.

Sitwelliana 1915-1927: Being a Handlist of Works By Edith, Osbert, and Sacheverell Sitwell and of Their Contributions to Certain Selected Periodicals .

BALSTON, Thomas: · 1928

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,687)

London, Duckworth, 1928, pp. 24, with three portraits by Albert Rutherston. Original patterned paper bords, spine darkened, covers a little dusty, but a good, sound copy. Postage will be less than the standard rate.

The Chethams of Suffolk. Extracted from the "Visitation of Suffolke".

HOWARD, Joseph Jackson, (editor): · 1867

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

Lowestoft, Samuel Tymms, 1867, 4to, pp.7, original pink printed wrappers. Corners creased, fold mark across the centre, but a good, sound copy of a fragile item.

Tracts Written in the Controversy Respecting Amicia, Daughter of Hugh Cyveliok, Earl of Chester, A.D. 1673-1679.

BEAMONT, William, (editor): · 1869

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)

Manchester,Chetham Society,1869, three volumes, small 4to,pp. xciii, (3), 550, frontis. to each volume. Couple of small dents in spine of part 3, but a very nice, bright set in the original cloth. Chetham Society, First series, Vols 78,79 and 80. Heavy, so may require extra po...

At the Sign of the Three Bonnie Lasses.

WRIGLEY, Ammon: · 1925

£12.50 (€14.98 | $16.51 | ¥2,636)

Uppermill, n.d. (c.1925), pp.224. Very light rubbing to spine ends, endpapers a little browned, but a very good copy in the original cloth-backed boards. Frontispiece portrait of Wrigley by Sam Fitton.

The Office of Justice of the Peace in England in Its Origin and Development.

BEARD, Charles Austin: · 1904

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

The Columbia University Press, New York, 1904, pp. 184, original wrappers bound in the back. Half morocco with marbled paper boards. Ex-library with label and a few unobtrusive stamps. binding a bit rubbed and dusty, a few dusty finger-marks inside, but a good, sound copy of t...