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[Printed book.] Rules and Catalogue of Books of the North Eastern Railway (Northern Division) Literary Institute [Newcastle-upon-Tyne].
[North Eastern Railway (Northern Division) Literary Institute, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Thomas Elliot Harrison (1808-1888), civil engineer, designer of the Jarrow and Hartlepool Docks; lending libraries]
Verlag: Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Printed by Michael Benson No. 57 Side, 1870
- Hardcover
Anbieter: Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, Vereinigtes KönigreichRichard M. Ford Ltd
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EUR 300,34
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In den Warenkorb12mo, 10 + 67 pp. In original purple morroco binding, with 'PRESENTED TO | T. E. HARRISON, ESQ., | VICE-PRESIDENT.' stamped on the front cover in gilt. A tight copy, in fair condition, on aged paper, with front endpapers sprung, and in a worn binding. Vignette woodcut on title-page, showing man working beside track as locomotive… goes past. The names of the Institute's officers (including Harrison as one of the eight Vice-Presidents) are on p.3, p.4 carries a notice, and pp.5-10 the thirty-four 'Rules, &c.' Rule 2 reads: 'The object of the Institute is to promote the diffusion of scientific, useful, and general knowledge, amongst the officers, clerks, and other servants of the Company, by means of a library, reading room (which shall be supplied with newspapers and periodicals), lectures, and classes.' The catalogue is paginated 1-67, and lists around 3800 titles in alphabetical order, from 'Abbotsford and Newstead' by Irving, to 'Zoe's Brand, 3 vols.' Harrison, who had a home at Whitburn, worked with Robert Stephenson on the High Level Bridge at Newcastle, and when Stephenson retired as railway engineer, took over as engineer-in-chief of the York-Newcastle-Berwick line. Excessively scarce: no copy in the British Library or on WorldCat, and the only copy on COPAC at York Minster.
[ Eighteenth-century English circulating library. ] Printed label of 'the Lending Parochial Library of Woodchurch In the County And Diocese of Chester'.
Lending Parochial Library, Woodchurch, Cheshire; Rev. Dr. Thomas Bray (1656-1730) [English circulating libraries; the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge ]
Verlag: Woodchurch Cheshire. 'Established by Dr Bray's Associates ', 1793
Anbieter: Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, Vereinigtes KönigreichRichard M. Ford Ltd
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EUR 90,10
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In den WarenkorbDimensions roughly 9.5 x 6.5 cm. In good condition, on lightly-aged laid paper. Crisply printed within a decorative border. In the following transcription the manuscript additions in an eighteenth-century hand are placed within square brackets: 'This BOOK | Belongs to the | LENDING | Parochial Library | OF | [Woodchurch] | In th…e County of | [ ] | And Diocese of | [Chester] | Established by | Dr Bray's Associates, | 17[93]'. (The word 'of' in the line 'In the County of' has been deleted.) Note: "The Associates of Dr. Bray was a philanthropic group founded in 1724 by the English clergyman Thomas Bray to educate enslaved African Americans in the British North American colonies. Educated at Oxford, Bray founded two groupsthe Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (1699) and the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (1701)charged with spreading literacy and Christianity throughout England and America. A friend's bequest led to the establishment of the Associates of Dr. Bray, dedicated to the religious education of enslaved African Americans in particular. This organization used a faith-based curriculum to justify slavery in an attempt to force African Americans to accept their roles as enslaved peoples. After briefly merging with a group intent on founding a convict colony in Georgia, the Associates concentrated on their primary function. Missions to Georgia and South Carolina were deemed unsuccessful, but in 1757 Benjamin Franklin suggested that a school be established in Philadelphia. When that provided favorable results, Franklin recommended that Bray schools be opened in New York; Newport, Rhode Island; and Williamsburg.[.]" [Google Dr Bray and associates] See Image.
[Lutterworth New Book Society] Printed label of book from the 'Lutterworth New Book Society, 1839-40', with list of members' names. With additional information in manuscript.
Lutterworth New Book Society, Leicestershire [lending library; circulating libraries]
Verlag: Lutterworth New Book Society Leicestershire. -1840, 1839
Anbieter: Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, Vereinigtes KönigreichRichard M. Ford Ltd
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EUR 96,11
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In den Warenkorb1p., 12mo. In fair condition, on aged paper. The heading reads (with manuscript additions in square brackets): 'No. [358] | LUTTERWORTH | New Book Society, | 1839-40. | To be kept [7] Days. | Ordered by [Mr G. Bottrill] | Price [6/-].' Three columns follow, headed 'When sent', 'To whom sent' and 'When returned'. The middle colum…n contains the printed names of 31 male individuals, from 'Mr. C. Burdett' to 'Mr. Stiles', with the addition of one manuscript name. Dates are written in manuscript in the first and third column. At foot of leaf: 'N.B. Any member, keeping a work longer than the time allowed for reading the same, will be fined One Penny per day. (Rule 2).' No record has been discovered of this Book Society: Alston records a 'Lutterworth Book Society' between 1758 and 1792, and also notes a 'Bottrill's Circulating Library', without dates. Image on request.
