Bolton bibliography, and jottings of book-lore; with notes on local authors and printers

By James Christopher Scholes and Jas. C. Scholes

Book Overview

Bolton is more than mills and smoke. It is a paper trail. A town tells its books. James C. Scholes gathers that trail into an annotated local bibliography and a set of lively jottings of book-lore, mapping Victorian Bolton England through its presses, bookshops, societies, and reading habits. Part guide, part record, it works as a book history reference and an often-surprising printing trade catalogue, noting Lancashire authors and printers alongside the fugitive items that usually vanish first: rare books and pamphlets, local sermons, broadsides, and small-run ephemera. For anyone tracing names, places, or institutions, it also rewards as a tool for genealogy and local history, grounding family stories in the real texture of nineteenth century Lancashire. Scholes writes with the eye of an antiquary and the discipline of a cataloguer, making this a practical librarians cataloging reference as well as a distinctive contribution to provincial publishing history. In the wider landscape of British bibliographical studies, Bolton bibliography stands as a reminder that literary culture is built town by town, job by job, and printer by printer. Casual readers will enjoy the human scale and curiosity; classic-literature collectors will value the specificity, the period detail, and the sheer density of leads for further hunting. It is, in every sense, an antiquarian book collector guide with a local heart. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9389169305
• ISBN13: 9789389169300
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Alpha Edition
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"