The Life and Trial of Eugene Aram; Gleanings After Eugene Aram; The Life and Death of Mother Shipton, With the Whole of Her Remarkable Prophecies, Newly Collected and Historically Explained; The Life and Wonderful Adventures of John Metcalfe, Commonly Called Blink Jack of Knaresborough; Memoir of the Life of Sir William Slingsby, Kt, Discoverer of the First Spaw at Harrogate; A Week at Harrogate: A Poem, in a Series of Letters, with an Appendix; The Harrogate Guide and Directory; A Guide to Harrogate and Visitor’s Hand-book of the Town and Neighbourhood; The Harrogate Medical Guide, A Practical Treatise on the Mineral Waters of Harrgate and the Diseases in which they are Useful; The Geology of Harrogate andc

Ten mid 19th century booklets and Chapbooks, all relating to Harrogate and its more famous inhabitants, bound together in one volume. Quarter bound in brown calf’s leather over marbled boards. (Boards lightly worn, a little rubbed and rounded at corners, with large scuff in marbling ob verso). Gilt rules and decoration, titled ‘Pamphlets’ on spine. Marks and scarring on endpapers, else internally neat, bright and fresh. There is a manuscript contents list, in a copperplate hand, on what would have been a blank page. The 10 titles are: 1. The Life and Trials of Eugene Aram, for the Murder of Daniel Clark, of Knaresborough, who was Convicted at York Assizes, Aug. 5th 1759. to which are added the Remarkable Defence He Made on His Trial, his own Account of Himself Written After his Condemnation, with the Apology which he Left in his Cell, for the Attempt He Made on his Own Life, with Notes by Norrison Scatcherd, also, The Dream of Eugene Aram, A Poem by Thomas Hood, New Edition, William Parr Printer and Publisher, Knaresborough 1853. 2. ‘Gleanings’ After Eugene Aram, at Knaresborough, In Yorkshire, and Lynn, in Norfolk, Unexpectedly Gathered since the Publication of his Memoirs by Norrison Scratcherd, Parr, Printer and Publisher, Knaresborough, 1860. 3. (With an engraved frontispiece) The Life and Death of Mother Shipton, with the Whole of her Remarkable Prophecies, Newly Collected, and Historically Explained, Strangely Preserved Amongst Other Writings Belonging to an Old Monastery in Yorkshire, New Edition, William Parr Printer and Publisher, Knaresborough, 1864. 4. The Life and Wonderful Adventures of John Metcalfe, Commonly Called Blind Jack of Knaresborough, Who Lost His Sight in his Infancy; Yet Became Eminent as a Musician, as a Soldier, A Guide over the then Unenclosed Forest, A Common Carrier, A Builder of Bridges and Houses, A Contractor for Making Turnpike Roads, and a Skillful Player at Whist, W Parr Printer and Publisher [not dated but c. 1850]. 5. Memoir of the Life of Sir William Slingsby, Kt, Discoverer of the First Spaw at Harrogate & The Origin of Harrogate, Harlow Hill and Other Poems, by William Grainge, Printed for the Author by C Blenkhorn, Knaresborough. 6. A Week in Harrogate : A Poem, in a Series of Letters, with an Appendix, Fourth Edition with plates, Printed by W Langdale, Knaresborough; 7. The Harrogate Guide and Directory to which is Appended an Account of the Places in the Surrounding District, Most Worthy the Attention of Visitors, by James Torrence, Printed and Published by W Dawson, Harrogate, 1849. 8. A Guide to Harrogate and Visitor’s Hand-book of the Town and Neighbourhood, Containing a History of the Rise and Progress of the Town, An Account of the Mineral Waters, And All Places of Interest in the Vicinity, Illustrated with a Map of the Country as seen from Harlow Tower (fold out map included), by William Grainge, Sold by the Publisher and W. Harrison, Harrogate, 1861. 9. (frontispiece absent) The Harrogate Medical Guide – A Practical Treatise on the Mineral Waters of Harrogate and the Diseases in which they are Useful, with Supplementary Remarks on Diet and Exercise, and some Select Cases, by Alfred Smith, Third edition, Simpkin, Marshall and Co, London, 1860, and 10. The Geology of Harrogate, to which are Appended Statements and Opinions Never Before Published, of Dr William Smith, Professors Phillips, Daniel, and Turner, William West of Leeds; Thos. Sopwith, Professor Johnstone, of Durham, John Buddle and others, on the Origins of the Medicinal Waters of Harrogate, by William Grainge, Printed by Published by R Ackrill, Harrogate, 1864. Chunky 16mo.