TWELVE VOLUMES COMPLETE. BOUND IN HALF VELLUM OVER MARBLED BOARDS MARBLED ENDPAPERS TEG BLACK LABELS TO THE SPINES GILT. THE EARLIEST AND MOST ACCURATE HISTORY OF THE GOVERNMENT OF MANCHESTER AND THE LIFE OF ITS PEOPLE. TAKEN DIRECT FROM THE ORIGINAL COURT MANUSCRIPTS WHICH WERE DONATED BY SIR OSWALD MOSELY THE LORD OF THE MANOR. THEY COVER THE PERIOD 1552 TO 1846 EXCEPT FOR 1687 TO 1731 AS THIS VOLUME WAS MISSING. EDITED WITH CONSIDERABLE EXPANATORY NOTES BY J P EARWAKER. SOME GRUBINESS TO THE VELLUM AND A FEW WORN LABELS BUT A VERY GOOD SET OF THIS COMPLETE SCARCE WORK.
REVISED AND EDITED BY RODERICK ELPHINSTONE NO DATE BUT CIRCA 1860. QUARTO 20 HAND-COLOURED PLATES 481 PAGES. INTERNALLY VERY GOOD EXTERNALLY POOR. ORIGINALLY HALF LEATHER FRONT BOARD AND SPINE DETACHED. A COPY FOR REBINDING OR READING ONLY. SCARCE. PRICED ACCORDINDLY.
OCTAVO. MODERN VERY FINE BINDING IN HALF BLUE LEATHER OVER BLUE CLOTH GILT TITLE NEW END PAPERS. VERY GOOD CONDITION. THE BOOK LISTS IN GREAT DETAIL THE EVENTS IN THE PERIOD 1750 TO 1849. THIS EDITION IS A REVISION OF THE ORIGINAL DATE-BOOK COMPILED BY JOHN FROST SUTTON. REVISED BY HENRY FIELD.
OCTAVO. MODERN VERY FINE BINDING IN DARK RED MOROCCO. HEAVY GILT DECORATION TO BOTH BOARDS AND SPINE. RAISED BANDS. GILT PRINTED TITLE LABEL TO SPINE. MARBLED END PAPERS. EXCEPTIONALY FINE CONDITION. THE BOOK LISTS IN GREAT DETAIL THE EVENTS IN THE PERIOD 1750 TO 1849. THIS EDITION IS A REVISION OF THE ORIGINAL DATE-BOOK COMPILED BY JOHN FROST SUTTON. REVISED BY HENRY FIELD.
