Letter of The Rev. John Brand, M.A. To Mr. John Airey, of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne.

BRAND John Rev.

Published by Newcastle: Printed for The Editor, 1842

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Edited by G.N. Clark. Small octavo (19.5 x 12.5cm). One of 50 copies printed, so stated on the verso of the title. pp.11. With a portrait of Airey. An interesting copy with the bookplate of Richard Welford, Newcastle historian, and with his MS note : "This exceedingly scarce tract was presented to R. Welford by the editor, Mr. George Noble Clark, in the autumn of 1884. It forms, according to Lowndes, No. 82 of the publications of the Newcastle Typographical Society. Only fifty copies were printed, of which number a few were specially done for Clark on paper made from Dugdale's Monasticon. This copy is one of the few and it was the last but one remaining in Mr. Clark's possession, the other being his own private copy, bound up with the originals of the letters contained in it." With 8 leaves of MS notes by Welford, plus an autotype facsimile of a 17th C document with the signature of Ambrose Barnes plus an original MS receipt from Airey to Brand dated 1796, The whole bound in late 19th C half morocco, gilt, rubbed but quite sound. The woodcut title believed by Hugo to be by Thomas Bewick. Vg. [Lowndes App. 164; Anderton 44; Hugo 400]. Seller Inventory # 11251

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Title: Letter of The Rev. John Brand, M.A. To Mr. ...

Publisher: Newcastle: Printed for The Editor

Publication Date: 1842