The Manchester guide. A brief historical description of the towns of Manchester and Salford, the public buildings, and the charitable and literary institutions. Illustrated by a map, exhibiting the improvements and additions made since the year 1770
Manchester: printed and sold by Jospeh Aston, No. 84, Deansgate; sold also by all the Booksellers in Manchester; and R. Bickerstaff, Bookseller, Strand, London, 1804. First edition, 8vo, pp. [8], 290, [2]; unopened; leaf Y2 cancelled; engraved folding map; contemporary blue paper-covered boards, tan paper shelfback; corners rubbed and bumped, lower corner of front board cracked; a couple gatherings foxed, some offsetting from map to title page, all else very good. This copy with stab holes present in the gutter, so evidence of a resewing and rebacking. Alston was a local journalist and publisher. He ran the conservative Manchester Exchange Herald, in which he sometimes published his own verse. OCLC attributes this guide to him, but without reference. Item #66449
Price: $350.00
