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Corley, James. BENEDICTS PLANET
Yorkshire 1976 Elmfield Press. Octavo, 170pp., hardcover. Fine in Fine DJ. (a66692)
$22.00Anonymous. ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN DIARY OCTOBER 8, 1836 TO MARCH 14, 1837 OF BOSTONIAN MAN TRAVELLING TO EUROPE
1836 , 1837. Diary is just volume one (of at least 2 volume set). One volume 7-1/4 x 4 -1/2 inches, 80pp., limp leather-covered boards. Brown ink manuscript entries, very legible. Author was a Bostonian who travelled to Boston to New York then on to Liverpool, Belfast, Dublin, Manchester, London, Paris. He travelled on the ship "George Washington" under command of Captain Holdridge. He travelled with fellow Bostoninans Mrs. Thorndike, Shaw, Cushing, A. Slade, Josiah Colby, J. B. Hutchinson and New Yorkers Norton, Kelly, Hay. A total of 45 persons plus 8 servants were aboard. Author is clearly highly intelligent and writes in an engaging, even funny style: "Time spent on shipboard is nothing but a blank to me. so much blotted out of existance. The pain of going to bed. the misery of getting up, the pleasures of eating and greater pleasure of vomiting for the benefit of the fishes." Lots of interesting observations: "In coming from Manchester through Yorkshire I was exceedingly struck with the great contrast between the lower classes in this country and in our own. Intemperance, licentiousness and every other sin that degrade people prevail here to a more alarming extent."(Glasgow Nov. 18). "Anywhere but in France it would have seemed strange to see a madam of 65 waltzing and dancing, but so it is here. Pelasure, present enjoyment seems to be the whole object of a Frenchman's life". (Paris Feb. 23rd) Louvre was "too much crowded to see the paintings. It is quite as much as one cna do to keep from being trode upon." Note at end indicates volume 2 follows but we do not have any other volumes beyond this first one. Good, solid, light wear, becoming loose in cover. (a83513)
$450.00 Gooder, A, (editor) . THE PARLIAMENTARY REPRESENTATION OF THE COUNTY OF YORK 1258-1832 VOLUME I and VOLUME 2
1935 , 1938 first edition Yorkshire Archaeological Society. Hardcover. Two Octavo volumes, 263p., 203p., cloth. Volume 1: Near Fine, light wrinkling of blank end paper inside front cover (from publisher). Volume 2: Fine. Two volume set, complete. (a87631)
$65.00 Clay, Charles Travis (editor) . YORKSHIRE DEEDS VOLUME VII
1932 first edition Yorkshire Archaeological Society. Hardcover. Octavo, 251p., frontis illustration, cloth. Near Fine, no DJ. Volume VII only. (a87752)
$45.00 Clay, Charles Travis (editor) . YORKSHIRE DEEDS VOLUME VI
1930 first edition Yorkshire Archaeological Society. Hardcover. Octavo, 241p., frontis illustration, cloth. Near Fine, no DJ. Volume VI only. (a87753)
$75.00 Clay, Charles Travis (editor) . YORKSHIRE DEEDS VOLUME VIII
1940 first edition Yorkshire Archaeological Society. Hardcover. Octavo, 226p., frontis illustration, cloth. Near Fine, no DJ. Volume VIII only. (a87754)
$75.00 Dennett, J. (editor) . BEVERLEY BOROUGH RECORDS 1575-1821
1933 first edition Yorkshire Archaeological Society. Hardcover. Octavo, 220p., cloth. Fine, no DJ. No ownership marks. (a87757)
$95.00 Baildon, William Paley . NOTES ON THE RELIGIOUS AND SECULAR HOUSES OF YORKSHIRE VOLUME II
1931 first edition Yorkshire Archaeological Society. Hardcover. Octavo, 149p., cloth. Fine. no DJ. No ownership marks. Volume 2 only. (a87775)
$65.00 Barley, M. W. (editor) . PAROCHIAL DOCUMENTS OF THE ARCHDEACONRY OF THE EAST RIDING AN INVENTORY
1939 first edition Yorkshire Archaeological Society. Hardcover. Octavo, 168p., cloth. Near Fine, no DJ. No ownership marks. (a87782)
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