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Author, Title, Summary Price
Rev. John Yonge

[Pamphlet] John Wycliffe and his Lessons for our Times: A Lecture delivered in Wycliffe Hall, Warrington, Februaruy 25th, 1878.

Pamphlet, 31pp., 8vo, pink front cover only, disbound, library shelfmark base of front cover, some staining, mainly good condition. No other copy traced. None on COPAC/WorldCat.

 £120.00
Trelawney Saunders

[Pamphlet; Palestine] A Brief Geographical Account of the Survey of Western Palestine

Pamphlet, 19pp., 8vo, disbound, library marks on title page. "Read before the Geographical Section of the British Association at York in 1881." The survey included the territory of modern-day Israel. No copy on the market currently (except PODs). Seven copies recorded on COPAC/WorldCat: Glasgow...

£220.00
Rev. J.A. Macfadyen, M.A.

[Pamphlet; Lancashire] Lancashire Congregational Union. The Past and Future of Lancashire Congregationalism. An Address delivered by the Rev. J.A. Macfadyen, M.A., Chairman of the Union, April 9th, 1879.

Pamphlet, 16pp., 8vo, disbound, edges sunned, mainly good condition. Copies at copyright libraries listed on COPAC.

 £100.00
R.W. Dale, M.A.

[Pamphlet] The Politics of Nonconformity. A Lecture by R.W. Dale, M.A. delivered in the Free Trade Hall, Manchester, November 21st, 1871.

Pamphlet, [34]pp., 8vo, disbound, library codes in ink on title, front and back a little grubby, mainly good condition. Final page has a advertisement for other nonconformist lectures. No copy on market currently. Multiple copies listed on COPAC.

 £75.00
James Hibbert, editor

[Free Public Libraries] Notes on Free Public Libraries and Museums Edited by James Hibbert.

"Privately Printed for Distribution". Pamphlet, xiii.110pp., 8vo, with detached folding plan (described below), disbound, library marks and some foxing on title page, good condition. Label on verso of title "Presented by James Hibbert Alderman of the Borough of Preston"; Preface (the origins and...

£180.00
Anon.

[Pamphlet] Spiritual and secular interests compared and reconciled : a discourse addressed to those who exalt the one at the expense of the other.

Pamphlet, [3 = title]-20pp., 8vo, disbound, good condition. Two copies listed on COPAC (CUL and Lambeth Palace).

 £75.00
[Rev. Henry Allon, Nonconformist divine]

[Pamphlet; Non-Conformist] Speech of the Rev. Henry Allon, D.D., at a Public Meeting of the Society for the Liberation of Religion from State-Patronage and Control at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, June 11, 1880.

Pamphlet, 12pp., 8vo, disbound, library marks on title, some marking but mainly good condition. No copy on market currently, three copies recorded on COPAC, not in BL.

 £90.00
Walter William Ouless (1848-1933), RA, British portrait painter from Jersey [John Forbes White of Aberdeen?; Herbert Stacy Marks (1829-1898); Sir Alexander Matheson (1805-1886)]

[Walter William Ouless, portrait painter.] Autograph Letter Signed ('W. W. Ouless') to 'Mr. White' [John Forbes White?], regarding the contribution of paintings to an exhibition in Aberdeen.

3pp., 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition, on lightly aged paper. Ouless regrets that he has 'nothing available' for 'the Aberdeen Exhibition this year', 'unless it be Marks' portrait [Henry Stacy Marks, artist] which is my property & now at Manchester, but as it was painted 12 years ago I do...

£65.00
Sydney Smirke, architect (1798-1877).

[Smirke] Autograph Note Signed to "T.L. Donaldson", 'a pioneer in architectural education, as a co-founder and President of the Royal Institute of British Architects'.

One page, 12mo, fold marks, tipped on to album sheet, good condition. "Now that porr Cockerell has gone, may we not hope that you will permit us to regard you as Trustee of the Architects' Benevolent Soc[iet]y in conjunction with Hardwick and Scott? Do say yes." Note: C.R. Cockerell died in 1863...

£56.00
Sir James Emerson Tennent (1804-1869), Irish traveller and politician, Colonial Secretary of Ceylon, 1845-1850

[Sir James Emerson Tennent, Irish politician and traveller. ] Autograph Note Signed ('J. Emerson Tennent') to Mrs J. R. McClean.

1p., 12mo. In fair condition, lightly aged and worn. Reads: 'My dear Mrs McClean | Will you accept the accompanying Volume from me, as a slight token of my remembrance of old times & old friends | Faithfully Ever | J. Emerson Tennent'.

 £45.00
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