HOULSTON & CO. Houlston's Series of Tracts. 43 items. No. 1-4, 15, 18-20, 22, 25, 29, 33, 34, 37, 41-44, 47-49, 51-54, 71, 72, 74, 79, 80, 82-84, 89, 90, 93-96, 101-104. Houlston & Co. [c.1835-40] 1820/1850
Each 12pp. with title vignette. Contemp. half red roan; sl. rubbed with splits in hinges at tail of spine, name cut from leading free e.p. with repair.
¶Many of the tracts are by Mrs. Sherwood, with others by Mrs. Cameron, Sarah Maria Lloyd and the Author of 'Thomas Brown' (George Mogridge); one is in verse. Bound in are 'Abba, Father; a tract' by Robert Hawker. 5th edn., with additions. A.A. Paris, 1820; and 'Are You Forgiven?' by J.C. Ryle. 8th edn. Ipswich: Hunt & Son, 1850. 32pp. Other separate nos. of this series are listed individually in the main sequence of this catalogue. (BL does not have quite all these in its imperfect run.)
Stock #45167
£380
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