Procter Richard Wright 1816 1881 (7 results)

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked, blind-bordered cloth. Professionally recased with the original spine laid back; very impressively finished. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 388 pages; Physical desc. : xxii, 388 p. Front, 27 pl. (1 fold. ) 33cm. Subjetcs; Lancashire - Manchester. Originally published in the Manchester Guardian. Appendix: On the Chetham library & Old Manchester and its worthies. 2 Kg.…

Hardcover. 8vo. pp. xxii, 388. with tipped-in advert leaf & half-title. mounted frontis. portrait & 27 wood-engraved plates (1 folding). original black & gilt-stamped cloth (lower portion of covers stained, several institutional markings, back endpaper partially mounted on paste-down). First Edition.…

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked, blind-bordered cloth. Professionally recased with the original spine laid back; very impressively finished. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 388 pages; Physical desc. : xxii, 388 p. Front, 27 pl. (1 fold. ) 33cm. Subjetcs; Lancashire - Manchester. Originally published in the Manchester Guardian. Appendix: On the Chetham library & Old Manchester and its worthies. 2 Kg.…

The Large Paper Quarto 4to. xxxii, 250pps.including the 6pp subscribers list 4 etched plates including the tissue guarded frontispiece and numerous wood-engraved text illus. (1 full-page) & decorative initials. original Maroon pictorial cloth, t.e.g. & brown coated endpapers. Shop anecdotes and reminiscences of a Manchester barber, including sketches of interesting clients and lore relating to hairdressing, bearded ladies & notable barbers. A greatly expanded edition with a memoir of the author by W.E.A.Axon. Some staining to the cloth and occaisional browning but generally a good sound copy.…

Procter, himself a professional barber and hair stylist, here humorously explores the cultural significance of barbershops, highlighting their role as lively social hubs filled with conversation, history, and amusing anecdotes. Procter was working on this revised and enlarged edition of the tonsorial tome he had originally published in 1856. Nicely illustrated throughout. Bound in olive green cloth over boards with bevelled edges. Spine and upper board decorated in black and gilt, with gilt spine titles, top edge gilt, and dark gray coated endpapers. Minor extremity rubs and shallow fraying. Hinges remain sound. Some minor scattered soil or finger marks in text. Very good to near fine overall. Original cloth over boards. Quarto. xxxii, 250 pages. Illustrated by William Morton (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 4to. pp. xxxii, 250. 4 etched plates (incl. frontis.) & numerous wood-engraved text illus. (1 full-page) & decorative initials. original black & gilt-stamped pictorial cloth, t.e.g., others untrimmed, partly unopened (spine faded, extremities frayed). Second and Best Edition. Shop anecdotes and reminiscences of a Manchester barber, including sketches of interesting clients, and lore relating to hairdressing and to notable barbers. This edition has been revised and substantially enlarged, and contains a memoir of the author by W.E.A.Axon.…

See Procter's entry in the Oxford DNB. 4pp, 12mo. Bifolium with mourning border. In good condition on lightly-aged paper. 85 lines of closely- and neatly-written text. He begins by thanking Sutton for 'the welcome portrait of Sir Edward Lugden'. He gives an example of Lugden's 'happy election repartee'(a joke about 'Lather' and 'the present price of "Soap"'), for which, if no other reason, he 'deserves a niche in my tonsorial gallery'. (Lugden (1781-1875), a noted Conservative politician, was reputed to be the son of a barber.) Stating that he will be happy to tell Sutton 'all I know touching Tom Moody', he gives an account, amounting to a quarter of the letter, of the only occasion on which he 'watched hounds' and 'quaffed brown beer with huntsmen', while going 'with a friend to explore the wild beauties of The Brushes (an enlarged edition of Boggart Ho' Clough,) approaching Saddleworth'. He stating that he 'had several times the pleasure of seeing an oil painting of the famous whipper-in, at a shop in Long Millgate', wondering how it could have travelled 'so far out of its course'. The picture dealer had no doubt ('have picture dealers ever any doubts?') that it was genuine. 'The price was thirty shillings, which Sum I was very nearly expending. The shop is now closed, but the picture might possibly be found in the possession of Kirby Ogden, Undertaker, and dealer in old curiosities.' After a paragraph noting 'the neglected condition of honest Tom's grave in Barrow churchyard' he concludes with reference to 'a sketch of Moody's grave', which an individual 'has promised to unveil - or unearth - some early day.' See Image.…