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1. Fast khakis and blues, for government requirements / Levinstein, Limited, Blackley, Manchester.

Fast khakis and blues, for government requirements / Levinstein, Limited, Blackley, Manchester.
Creator:
Levinstein Limited (firm)
Date:
1914?
Physical Description:
1 sheet ; 23 x 17 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. This work, comprising a series of the most interesting views of old halls, buildings &c. in Manchester and the neighbourhood : is by permission most respectfully dedicated to Sir Oswald Mosley Bart. Lord of the Manor of Manchester / by his obliged and obedient servant H.G. James.

This work, comprising a series of the most interesting views of old halls, buildings &c. in Manchester and the neighbourhood : is by permission most respectfully dedicated to Sir Oswald Mosley Bart. Lord of the Manor of Manchester / by his obliged and obedient servant H.G. James.
Creator:
James, H. G. (Henry Gould), -1842
Date:
[1821]
Physical Description:
6 pt. : chiefly ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Billhead of J.S. Moss & Son, draper and general outfitter, Manchester.

Billhead of J.S. Moss & Son, draper and general outfitter, Manchester.
Creator:
J.S. Moss & Son (Firm : Manchester, England)
Date:
1881
Physical Description:
1 sheet : illustration ; 27 x 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Billhead recording clothing purchased by Mr. Davenport from Joseph Grave, clothiers, Manchester.

Billhead recording clothing purchased by Mr. Davenport from Joseph Grave, clothiers, Manchester.
Creator:
Grave, Joseph (Tailor)
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
1 sheet ; 16 x 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Billhead of John Fletcher, draper, tailor, &c., Manchester, recording clothing purchased by Mr. Davenport, dated 1828.

Billhead of John Fletcher, draper, tailor, &c., Manchester, recording clothing purchased by Mr. Davenport, dated 1828.
Creator:
John Fletcher (Manchester, England)
Date:
1828
Physical Description:
1 sheet ; 17 x 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Billhead of James Sedgwick, Manchester clothier, for purchases by John Davenport, 1811.

Billhead of James Sedgwick, Manchester clothier, for purchases by John Davenport, 1811.
Creator:
Sedgwick, James
Date:
1811
Physical Description:
1 sheet : illustration, 32 x 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. Billhead recording purchases by Mrs. Davenport from Wimpory & Son, ladies shoe makers, Manchester.

Billhead recording purchases by Mrs. Davenport from Wimpory & Son, ladies shoe makers, Manchester.
Creator:
Wimpory & Son (Firm : Manchester, England)
Date:
approximately 1825
Physical Description:
1 sheet ; 12 x 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. Walla Walla Cycling Club minute book.

Walla Walla Cycling Club minute book.
Creator:
Walla Walla Cycling Club (Manchester, England)
Date:
1897-1903
Physical Description:
1 v. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. A concise account of the surprising feats achieved by Signor M. Girmondi's wonderful performing dogs, lately arrived from Paris, Lisbon, Vienna, Madrid, &c. &c. : to which are annexed a brief sketch of their species, a few lines addressed to the proprietor : an anecdote, &c. &c. : with a correct engraving prefixed of their various attitudes.

A concise account of the surprising feats achieved by Signor M. Girmondi's wonderful performing dogs, lately arrived from Paris, Lisbon, Vienna, Madrid, &c. &c. : to which are annexed a brief sketch of their species, a few lines addressed to the proprietor : an anecdote, &c. &c. : with a correct engraving prefixed of their various attitudes.
Creator:
Girmondi, M
Physical Description:
18 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill. ; 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. Critical notices of the pictures and water colour drawings in the Royal Jubilee Exhibition, Manchester, 1887 : originally published in the Manchester Courier.

No cover image available
Date:
1887
Physical Description:
71 p. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. Engravings from the works of Henry Liverseege.

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Creator:
Liverseege, Henry, 1803-1832
Date:
1832-35]
Physical Description:
2 p. ., front. (port.), [35] pl. 44 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. Is it true that Mr. Ruskin's books are "scarce, dear, and difficult to obtain?"

No cover image available
Date:
[1880]
Physical Description:
4 p. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. Letter to I *** A *****, esq. a connoisseur, in London, by William Carey. Printed for private distribution in an amateur circle.

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Creator:
Carey, William, 1759-1839
Date:
1809
Physical Description:
39 p. 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. English Gothic architecture, or, Suggestions relative to the designing of domestic buildings, ornaments, church-yard memorials, chimney pieces, and alphabets / by John Gibbs ...

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Creator:
Gibbs, John, architect
Date:
1855
Physical Description:
13 p., 20 leaves of plates : ill. ; 39 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. Dyeing and calico printing; including an account of the most recent improvements in the manufacture and use of aniline colours. Illustrated with wood engravings and numerous specimens of printed and dyed fabrics. By the late Dr. F. Crace-Calvert ... ed. by John Stenhouse ... and Charles Edward Groves ...

No cover image available
Creator:
Crace-Calvert, F. (Frederick), 1819-1873
Date:
1876
Physical Description:
xxix p., 1 l., 509, [1] p. front. (phot.) illus., fold. tab. 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. This work, comprising a series of the most interesting views of old halls, buildings &c. in Manchester and the neighbourhood : is by permission most respectfully dedicated to Sir Oswald Mosley Bart. Lord of the Manor of Manchester / by his obliged and obedient servant H.G. James.

No cover image available
Creator:
James, H. G. (Henry Gould), -1842
Date:
1825
Physical Description:
[36] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. The album of Manchester views.

No cover image available
Date:
[circa 1880?]
Physical Description:
1 folded sheet (12 panels) : illustrations ; 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. History of the foundations in Manchester of Christ's College, Chetham's Hospital, and the free Grammar School.

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Creator:
Hibbert, Samuel, 1782-1848
Date:
1828-1833
Physical Description:
4 v. in 3 : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. Manchester as it is : a series of views of public buildings in Manchester and its vicinity / photographed and printed by the autotype process by Alfred Brothers ; with an introduction by James Croston.

No cover image available
Creator:
Brothers, Alfred
Date:
1878
Physical Description:
34 p., [40] leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. Pictorial casket : specimen.

No cover image available
Date:
[1852]
Physical Description:
[3]-10 p., [11] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. On dog hair and sand / photographs, Johnny Magee ; words, Darren Umney ; design, Joe Magee ; photographic retouching, John Crabtree.

No cover image available
Creator:
Magee, Johnny
Date:
1995
Physical Description:
215 p. : ill. ; 16 x 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. Osborne's guide to the grand junction of Birmingham, Liverpool, and Manchester railway : with the geography of the country : through which the line passes, and complete guides to the towns of Birmingham, Liverpool, and Manchester : illustrated with numerous wood engravings and maps.

No cover image available
Date:
1838
Physical Description:
iv, 347, 38 p., [4] folded leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

23. John Ruskin, D.C.L.

No cover image available
Creator:
Walker, R. Bailey (Robert Bailey), 1839-1885
Date:
1879]
Physical Description:
4 p. ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

24. Billhead recording purchases by Mrs. Davenport from A. Johnston, silk mercer, haberdasher & lace man, Manchester.

No cover image available
Creator:
Johnston, Alexander (Silk mercer)
Date:
1816
Physical Description:
1 sheet ; 12 x 20 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

25. O full true un pertikler okeawnt o wat me un maw mistris seede un yerd wi' gooin to th' Greyte Eggshibishun e' Lundun, e' eyghtene hundurth un sixty two, printed oer ogen fro th' "Rachde Observer," ... 'lustrayted wi' o rooke o pratty pikters; containing loikewoise o dikshunayry ... be o felley fro Rachde ...

No cover image available
Date:
1864
Physical Description:
1 p. ., [v]-viii, 108 p. front., ill. 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

26. The commercial directory of Scotland, Ireland, and the four most northern counties of England for 1820-21 & 22 : containing a representation of the professional & mercantile inhabitants of the principal town, with sketches of ancient and modern history : and a variety of matter of local and general interest : embellished with neat maps of Scotland & Ireland.

No cover image available
Creator:
J. Pigot & Co
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
viii, 248, xxiv p., [2] folded leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

27. A description of the Hundred of Salford Assize Courts of the county of Lancaster : to which are appended some particulars of the new Gaol of the Salford Hundred : also a brief outline of St. George's Hall, Liverpool and the Leeds Town Hall.

No cover image available
Date:
[1868?]
Physical Description:
42, [6] p., [9] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill., plans ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

28. The history of the siege of Manchester by the king's forces, under the command of Lord Strange, 1642. By John Palmer, architect. To which is added, the complaint of Lieutenant Colonel John Rosworm, against the inhabitants of Manchester, relative to that event ...

No cover image available
Creator:
Palmer, John, 1785-1846
Date:
1822
Physical Description:
2 p. ., iii, 107 p. front. (map) 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

29. A history of British birds. By the Rev. F. O. Morris ...

No cover image available
Creator:
Morris, F. O. (Francis Orpen), 1810-1893
Date:
1864-65
Physical Description:
6 v. col. plates. 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

30. Fine art at the Royal Jubilee Exhibition, Manchester, 1887 : critical notices reprinted from the Manchester Guardian / by Walter Armstrong.

No cover image available
Creator:
Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918
Date:
1887
Physical Description:
62 p. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

31. Hints on the arrangement of colours in ancient decorative art : with some observations on the theory of complementary colours / by G. J. French.

No cover image available
Creator:
French, Gilbert J. (Gilbert James), 1804-1866
Date:
1850
Physical Description:
32 p. ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of William Zachs

32. Fifty years of British art : as illustrated by the pictures and drawings in the Manchester Royal Jubilee Exhibition, 1887 / by J. E. Hodgson ...

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Creator:
Hodgson, J. E. (John Evan), 1831-1895
Date:
1887
Physical Description:
100 p. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

33. The antiquities of the town, and a complete history of the trade of Manchester : with a description of Manchester and Salford : to which is added an account of the late improvements in the town, &c / by James Butterworth.

No cover image available
Creator:
Butterworth, James, 1771-1837
Date:
1822
Physical Description:
[8], v, [1], 302, xii p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

34. Calico printing as an art manufacture : a lecture read before the Society of Arts, April 22, l852 / by Edmund Potter ...

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Creator:
Potter, Edmund, 1802-1883
Date:
1852
Physical Description:
63 p., [3] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

35. [Commemorative printed handkerchief for the Royal Jubilee Exhibition, 1887] [graphic]

No cover image available
Date:
[1887?]
Physical Description:
1 printed handkerchief : linen ; 54 x 58 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

36. Propositio Johannis Russell : printed by William Caxton circa A. D. 1476 / reproduced in facsimile from the copy preserved in the John Rylands Library, Manchester ; with an introduction by Henry Guppy.

No cover image available
Creator:
Russell, John, -1494
Date:
1909
Physical Description:
35, [8] p. : facsim. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

37. On the means of improving public taste : a paper read at a conversazione held at the Royal Institution, Monday, November 25th, J.W. Fraser in the chair : and repeated, by request, at a public meeting of the Athenaeum, Saturday, November 30th, R. Cobden, M.P., in the chair / by George Jackson.

No cover image available
Creator:
Jackson, George
Date:
1844
Physical Description:
23 p. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

38. Arthur Giraffe is better than none!

No cover image available
Creator:
Horl, Mikel
Date:
1989
Physical Description:
[20] p. : ill. ; 37 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

39. On the conduct of man to inferior animals ...

No cover image available
Date:
1797
Physical Description:
134, [2] p. ; 14 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

40. Diary of John Wilson during a tour of Wales.

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Creator:
Wilson, John, 1808-1891
Date:
1825 July 13-August 13
Physical Description:
1 v. ([68] p.) ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

41. An historical and descriptive account of the town and parochial chapelry of Oldham, in the county of Lancaster. Including some biographical sketches of remarkable persons, natives or residents thereof: together with a directory, &c. By J. Butterworth.

No cover image available
Creator:
Butterworth, James, 1771-1837
Date:
1817
Physical Description:
2 p. ., xii, 211, [1] p. fold. front. (plan) fold. map, 2 geneal. tables. 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts