Manchester: J. Gleave: 1813. Contemporary full leather binding, with blind stamped decoration to the spine and boards. Frontispiece. Lovely engraving of "The Royal Psalmist" facing the psalms. Unpaginated. An attractive copy of an early Manchester printing. Joseph Gleave, 1773-1828, was born in Tabley, Cheshire. He was a bookseller and printer, particularly interested in promoting Sunday Schools. The business was taken over in 1828 by his youngest son, also called Joseph. An early Manchester imprint, Manchester was a small town until Arkwright opened the Cotton Mill in 1780. From around 1800, Manchester grew at an astonishing rate, becoming a city in 1835. Collation: A-4N2, [plate], A-P4. pp

London: Executors of Edward Wicksteed for John Hinton, 1750. Reprint. 16mo. Full leather binding. Two parts. Each with their own frontispiece and title page. Half title, which is a warning from the publisher about impersonations (Beware the 'Old Week's preparation' and the fake 'New Week's preparation' Frontis to verso of this. Title, with contemporary ownership signature. Imprimatur of George [II] to the verso of the title. The leather binding is a little rubbed and with a touch of cracking to the front hinge. A new front end paper has been added at some point. Still presentable. Internally in sound, but slightly darkened, state. Annotations / family tree to the rear end paper. Overall a decent copy. xi, 156. 156 pp.