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12mo, 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.

1p., 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 column 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.