Provincial Printing And Binding from Zetetic Books

Newcastle: Sol. Hodgson for Beilby & Bewick, 1797. Three volumes, 1797-1804; Volume One - Land Birds, [3], iv-xxx, [3], 2-335pp, [1]; [3], 2-46pp, [2]; Volume Two - Water Birds, [3], iv-xx, [1], 2-400pp; [3], 2-43pp, [1]; [1], 2-7pp, [1]; and Volume Three - Quarupeds, x, [1], 2-525pp, [1]. Uniform later (probably mid-nineteenth century) full morocco for the bookseller George Rutland,… Read more about this item

Various: Various, 1792. Sammelband of eight pamphlets on Methodism. Comprising: 1. 'An Address to the Members and Friends of the Methodist Society in Newcastle', no publisher, no place ?(Newcastle), 1792, [2], iii-vi, 6-24pp; 2. 'An Account of the Trials of Alex. Kilham at Two District Meetings Previous to His Trial at the Conference Held at London 1796, Written by Himself',… Read more about this item

London; Truro: Baldwin and Craddock; G. Clyma; G; Taylor, 1830. Five works bound as one - 1. 'Some Account of the Proceedings at the Election for Truro, August 3-6, 1830', London, 1830, [3], 4-40pp; 2. 'Supplement to the Account of the Election for Truro; Containing Petitions of the Candidates and Burgesses, Complaining of an Undue Return', London, 1831, [2], 3-16pp;… Read more about this item

Guildford: J. And S. Russell, 1790. [3], ii-vii, [2], 2-61pp, [1]. Modern cloth, title and author in gilt to spine. Text lightly browned, tiny nick to title, light stain to top corner, otherwise quite bright and clean. Potter was a lawyer. Uncommon, ESTC shows only two locations (BL and Queen's University). Maxwell and Maxwell, page 152. First Edition. Hardback. Good.… Read more about this item

Exeter: Flindell [Printer] Single sided printed broadside, approximately 175mm x 220mm in size, n.d. c.1820? Quite bright and clean. The full title is 'Wanted Immediately, Many Thousands, to Pay Off Old Scores and New Ones. For Which Purpose an Auction Will be Held of All That Inn Famous Concern, Situate in Bampfylde-Lane, at the Sign of the Great Cann, in… Read more about this item

Exeter: Cullum [Printer], 1825. 4pp. Lightly browned, upper portion of last page browned, creased from old folds where once sent through the post, with address and ink stamp to bottom portion of last page, and date and note in ink to fore edge margin of upper part of last page. The printer was probably Robert Cullum, see the BBTI. Proposal… Read more about this item

Exeter: S. Hedgeland [Printer], 1820. Single side printed broadside, approximately 210mm x 335mm in size. Lightly creased, with some minor offsetting, small tear to foot, but generally quite bright and clean. Political satire relating to the Cato Street conspiracy dressed as a shipping news announcement. The boat, 'Revolutionaire' is suffering from dry-rot, "owing to her principal Supporters being of 'Thistle-wood',… Read more about this item

Exeter: Moon [Printer], 1818. Single sided printed broadside, approximately 220mm x 280mm in size. Lightly browned, lightly creased, worn to old folds with loss to a couple of letters of text, but with no loss of sense. The printer was [John] Moon of Exeter. Unrecorded broadside, seemingly complaining about a retirement home for dissenting clergy being built in Exeter, noting… Read more about this item

Newcastle: John Sykes, 1823. [5], 2-36pp. Later half roan and marbled paper over boards, title in gilt to spine. Rubbed to extremities, internally the title is foxed, with some light browning and foxing throughout, but tolerably clean. Original upper plain wrapper bound in, with a presentation inscription 'presented to Mr. Jackson by Iona Walton' (presumably related to William Walton, who… Read more about this item

Leeds: B. Dewhirst, 1815. [3], 2-46pp. Modern marbled paper over boards, paper title label to spine. Externally very good, internally the title has been reguarded with some light staining, text is lightly browned, with a few spots of foxing. The printer was B.[enjamin] Dewhirst (fl. 1800-1824), see BBTI. On a charge of removing stamps from executed deeds, Blackburn was found… Read more about this item

Weymouth: J. Commins, 1822. [5], 10-100pp (pi2, B-M4, N2). Modern watered cloth, title in gilt to spine. Light mark to upper cover, internally lightly browned but generally quite bright and clean. The printer was J.[ohn] Commins, (fl. 1816-1836), who was also a bookseller, stationer, bookbinder, and an insurance agent (see BBTI). Attractive use of different typefaces to title. Unrecorded trial,… Read more about this item

Beccles: R.B. Jarman [Printer] Single sided printed leaflet, approximately 185mm x 220mm in size, n.d. but probably c.1830. Lightly browned, stained, with top left hand corner missing, vertical paper flaw affecting a few letters but with no loss of sense. Anti-'Swing' leaflet, decrying the breaking of threshing machines and the burning of barns and corn stacks. "If you burn my… Read more about this item

Bury [St. Edmunds]: J. Rackham, 1814. Single sided printed broadside, approximately 195mm x 300mm in size. Slightly trimmed, lightly browned, small amount of loss to left hand side, probably from once being removed from an album, lightly creased, a couple of small tears to margins, with a couple of pencilled corrections/additions to the text. Festival dinner held in Bury St.… Read more about this item

Warrington: William Eyres [Printer]; T. Cadell and N. Conant, 1777. [9], 2-489pp, [21]; [7], 2-286pp, [10]. Published in 1777 and 1784. Full leather, later rebacked, smooth back, spine divided into six panels by gilt rules, title label to second panel, remaining panels with central gilt lozenge shaped device, gilt roll border to covers and inner edges, spot pattern marbled endpapers.… Read more about this item

Salisbury: James Bennett [Printer] Two single sided printed broadsides, approximately 255mm x 320mm in size. Lightly browned and very lightly creased, but generally quite bright and clean. Relating to the Sebastopol Committee of 1855, relating to the condition of the British Army in Crimea. The Radical M.P. John Arthur Roebuck led calls for an inquiry into the state of the… Read more about this item

Newcastle: Printed for the Author By G. Angus, 1817. [3], iv-viii, [1], 2-223pp, [9]. Original marbled paper over boards, recently rebacked with new paper label. Worn to board edges, paper covering boards rubbed, some discolouration. Internally some light foxing and browning, occasional light soiling, title and plates browned with some off setting, but generally tolerably clean. G2 is missing a… Read more about this item

Nottingham: Bromar Press Eight issues, numbers one to eight (of ten?), between 16 and 24 pages in each issue, n.d. the first issue is 1983, the rest 1984. Original paper covers. Each with a small hole punched to top left hand corner, occasionally catching the odd letter or image but with no loss of sense. Uncommon, one issue (first issue)… Read more about this item

Bury St. Edmunds and London: Gedge and Barker [Printers] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1811. [3], iv-xvi, [1], 2-296pp. Original boards, with original paper label to spine. Worn to extremities, outer joints with Japanese tissue paper repair, spine browned. Internally the text is lightly browned, with sporadic very light foxing, repaired tears to L3 and L4, L4v with… Read more about this item

Bury St. Edmunds and London: Gedge and Barker [Printers] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1811. [3], iv-xvi, [1], 2-296pp. Original boards, with original paper label to spine. Head of spine defective, lacking about an inch, foot of spine slightly chipped, spine browned, edges and corners bumped and worn. Internally some light foxing, but generally fairly bright, largely unopened… Read more about this item

Bath: Binns and Goodwin, 1846. [5], vi-xix, [2], xvii-xx, [2], 3-130pp and sixty-two leaves of grass specimens. Original publishers morocco, bevelled boards, smooth back, spine with title and publisher in gilt within a decorative cartouche, covers with a thick and thin line border, an inner frame made up of a double fillet, a thick blind line and an inner triple… Read more about this item