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Etat : Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A good 1st Edition copy lacking jacket. Boards and spine are rubbed and scuffed to edges with some marks. Fading and stains to fore edges of boards. Textblock pulling from binding. Contents have previous owners bookplate to front pastedown and are tanned and thumbed but overall a good copy.

Hardcover. Etat : Fair. No jacket. A. Brown & Sons, [nd]. Hardback, 8vo, [iii],266pp, illust, [6]pp publisher adverts. some foxing to prelims and adverts. Original red cloth, gilt, slightly bumped, spine a little mottled and frayed. A fair copy. /0.9uk.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No jacket. A. Brown & Sons, [nd]. Hardback, 8vo, [iii],266pp, illust, [6]pp publisher adverts. Owner name/date (1901), some foxing to prelims and adverts. Original bevelled blue cloth, gilt, top edge gilt, slightly bumped and rubbed. A good copy. /0.8uk.

1p., 4to. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper. The first paragraph reads: 'Dear Cuming Walters, | Forgive me for not writing sooner. The fact is I have been down with influenza and pneumonia for the last three weeks. The worst time of the year for me! After the first week I contrived with difficulty to carry on with things, lying on my back dictating letters to my daughter, who has helped me enormously. But I am up again, and though not allowed out of doors have for the last four days been working in my room here, so shall manage all right and get my Christmas No. [of 'The Bookman'], which I believe will be about the best we have done. Luckily I had arranged for all my chief articles before I caved in, and the only trouble has been raking in the pictures.' He next turns to Cuming Walters' 'Charm of Lancashire', which he describes as 'a delightful book' and 'intensely interesting', adding that he is 'borrowing the drawing of Manchester from it to use with the review'. He considers that the book was 'worth doing and you have done it uncommonly well'. He has 'dropped my B. W. column and some outside work for a month, as I find the Christmas Bookman is as much as I can manage'. He thanks him for his comments on his 'Collected Poems': 'Shut up here, I do not know how the book is going but hope it is going well.' Adcock's obituary in The Times, 10 June 1930, reports his death after 'a short illness [ ] His elder daughter, Mrs. Marion St. John Webb, author of "The Littlest One" and other stories, died a month ago, and he felt this bereavement severely.'.

4to, 2 pp. Good, on lightly-aged and worn paper. Thirty-seven lines of text. He finds himself 'very much in accord' with the views expressed by Walters in his address on 'The New Religion'. His 'chief difference' is 'a dislike to the use of the word "Religion." It has, to me, associations that are certain to rob it of all good.' As a 'working term', in Cohen's view, it lacks 'satisfactory power'. 'However, the great thing seems to me to keep churches & individuals on the move. Some good then is certain to result.' He considers 'human instincts & tendencies to be fundamentally sound, despite certain unpleasing occurrences with both individuals & mores'. The second page discusses the newspaper world, about which Cohen admits he knows little. He concludes 'One of my dreams has been to run a real weekly news-paper [word 'news' underlined], one that should give a fair hearing to all sides, & give quite news. That, therefore, is likely to remain a dream.'.

A scarce item, no other copy discovered on ViaLibri, WorldCat or JISC LHD. 4pp, 12mo. Paginated bifolium in small print. Aged and worn, with short closed tear in gutter. Folded twice. A discussion of the image of an ideal newspaper , and of the ideals about professional training, status, work, and reward in the journalistic profession, with sideswipes at the New Journalism and those unwieldy amorphous weekly budgets which flourish in America, and which contain everything from the instalment of a novel to a recipe for chipped potatoes, and from a resume of last Sunday s sermons to the portrait of the latest fashionable beauty . From the papers of J. Cuming Walters, editor of the Manchester City News, who has indicated in pencil passages he finds significant.

Manuscript, [21]pp., 8vo, edge of p.[1] dusted, ow all good condition, Heavily worked on discussion of the issue of Capital Punishment, a subject on wh[ich] I feel so deeply, so strongly, so earnestly, that I dare not trust myself to speak upon it without constraint". After many pages of reasoned argument, examining all issues, he concludes "On religious, moral, legal, social, & humanitarian grounds, I beg to say that Capital Punishment is indefensible, that it is wrong in principle, that it is a perversion of reason, that it is injurious in effect, that it is blind, blundering, & cruel in its methods, and that in all civilized countries it ought to be abolished." As the editor of the Manchester City News, it would be reasonable to assume that this constituted a leading article at some time. This MS is accompanied by the following printed items: a. A printed invitation card (in fact a postcard) to a Public Meeting on 6 June [postmark 1923], Cuming Walters named as one of those "supporters" of the main speaker, The Bishop of Manchester; b. S. Margery Fry; leaflet, "Some Facts Regarding Capital Punishment" E.O. Beck, Printer, 27 Ivy Lane, EC4, [1923?] "Published jointly by the Committee for the Abolition of Death Penalty [.] and the Howard League for Penal Reform." Four pages, 8vo, not bound, a number of small closed tears and fold marks, some dusting, but text clear and complete. It describes policy worldwide, giving relevant statistics.Scarce. Only recorded copy at BL.

Both items in fair condition, on lightly aged and worn paper. ONE: 8 December 1929. 4pp., 12mo. Bifolium. He begins by stating that he has read Walters' 'Charm of Lancashire' with great enjoyment, and considers it one 'of which every Lancashire family and lover of the county should possess a copy'. He continues: 'I myself was born between Pendle and Boulsworth. My Father's stock farmed around Trawden and the Boulsworth side, and my mother's around Blacko and the Pendle slopes, so your section devoted to this locality has an especial attraction for me. Many an afternoon as a boy have I waded i'thwatter-gait at Barrowford, and higher up at Roughlee.' As an 'animadversion' on Walters' book, he corrects his use of a dialect phrase: 'Out o't'gait! Is a colloquialism frequently heard in that locality, "gait" signifying "way"; watter-gait water-way: but water-gate is like saying water-door, or barrier, or obstacle, whereas the other signification is intended.' He points out a 'printers error', and then states that he has 'written to several of my friends up north and recommended them to secure for themselves a copy of "The Charm of Lancashire"'. He ends with news of an exhibition he will be having at Eastertime, at which 'there will be one or two pictures in which Pendle looms in the background'. Pencil note at foot of letter: 'This is Orlando Greenwood a Painter in Oils'. TWO: 31 October 1930. 1p., 12mo. He thanks him for 'the notice of the publication of "Romantic Cheshire", informs him that he has ordered the book, and wishes him 'all the success that you had with your book on Lancashire'. According to one authority: 'Orlando Greenwood was born in Nelson, Lancashire. He studied at Goldsmiths College of Art, his studies interrupted by the First World War, when he was conscripted into the Royal Engineers. | His first major exhibition was held at Spinks, London in 1925, which was reported as "a triumph" by the Daily Mail. | Greenwood became a full member of the Royal Society of British Artists in 1922, and exhibited at the Royal Academy 1920-1933, the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours and the Royal Society of Portrait Painters, as well as widely across London at Colnaghi, Beaux Arts Gallery, The Groupil Salon Gallery, and the Leicester and Grosvenor Galleries. A centenary exhibition was held at The Bloomsbury Workshop in 1992. | Greenwood completed iconic poster designs for the London Underground and the Great Western Railway, and designs for London shops such as Liberty and Whiteleys. | His works can be found in numerous public collections in the UK including Manchester City Galleries, Towneley Hall Art Gallery & Museum, Harris Museum & Art Gallery and Grundy Art Gallery.'.

A useful background guide is Geoffrey Russell Searle's 'Country before Party: Coalition and the Idea of "National Government' in Modern Britain, 1885-1987' (London, 1995). As the manuscripts in this collection indicate, Cuming Walters cherished the idea of a national party from the 1890s, and he was able to re-use material from that period on the formation of the National Party in 1920 (not to be confused with the party of the same name, a pamphlet relating to which is present, dating from 1917). The collection is in fair condition, with most items lightly-aged and worn, but with one or two with slight loss and damage. ONE: Corrected Autograph Manuscript Draft of unpublished paper by J. Cuming Walters: 'A National Party'. Dated 'October, 1890'. 35pp., 12mo. Heavily revised. TWO: Part of later corrected Autograph Manuscript Draft of Item One by J. Cuming Walters. Conclusion of lecture. Dated at end 'October, 1890'. On 28 pieces of paper (mostly 12mo), with the main section paginated 16-41. THREE: Corrected Autograph Manuscript of unpublished lecture by J. Cuming Walters: 'The Need of a National Party | A Lecture delivered at the Ladywood Conservative Club, October 8th., 1890, by J. Cuming Walters'. [2] + 14pp., 12mo. Heavily revised, with numerous deletions. Introductory 'Note' by 'J. C. W.': 'Very hastily written, but not hastily conceived, this Lecture can only claim attention for any new ideas it may contain, & not for the manner in which they are expressed. I have tried to speak plainly and without fear; & I only ask in return that the plain issues should be considered & criticised. To the members of the Ladywood Conservative Club, for whom it was written & who received it so cordially, this Lecture is dedicated.' FOUR: Galley proofs of both parts of article 'Political Ideals. Why not a National Party? By an Ex-M.P.' [1911.] Initialled at head of first part by Cuming Walters, with autograph note: 'Uncorrected Proof'. FIVE: Newspaper cutting of 'Political Ideals. Why not a National Party? By an Ex-M.P.' Manchester City News, 11 February 1911. SIX: Five pages of manuscript start of article 'Political Ideals | Why not a National Party? | By an Ex-M.P.' In Cuming Walters' hand, and with instructions by him to printers. With a three miscellaneous autograph leaves, letterhead of the Manchester Evening Chronicle, card addressed to Cuming Walters. SEVEN: Pamphlet: 'The National Party to promote Reform, Union and Defence. A Statement of Policy.' Published by The Provisional Committee of The National Party, at 22, King Street, St. James', London, S.W.1. [1917] 15pp., 8vo. Stapled. With stamp on cover of the 'Secretary National Party, | 23 Kilvert's Buildings, | Withy Grove, | Manchester.' List at front of 27 'Members of both Houses of Parliament and other public men' who issued the 'original Manifesto', from 'Colonel Lord Ampthill, G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E.' to 'Lt.-Col. Lord Stafford, D.S.O.' Headings include 'Failure of the old Party System' and 'Aims of the National Party'. Datable from the following: 'The Empire has now been engaged for three years in a war which our leading party statesmen claim to have foreseen.' Only three copies on COPAC: at the Imperial War Museum, National Library of Scotland and Oxford. Items Eight to Ten are printed articles extracted from magazines. EIGHT: S. Hutchinson Harris, 'A Plea for a National Party'. [Fortnightly Review, 1904.] 10pp., 8vo, paginated 1028-1037. NINE: John Beattie Crozier, 'Suggestions for a New Political Party. Its Principles and Methods, with Some Applications'. [Fortnightly Review, 1905.] 16pp., 8vo, paginated 195-210. TEN: Henry Jones, 'Idealism and Politics. I.' [Contemporary Review, 1907.] 12pp., 8vo, paginated 610-621. ELEVEN: Newspaper cuttings from Manchester Evening Chronicle, 16 July 1919. Report titled 'To-day's Political Sensation. New Centre Party Launched for Reconstruction Era. Premier as Leader. Great Lobby Excitement: Coalition Funds Amalgamated.'; and editorial titled 'New Party and the New Problems'. The editorial begins: 'As was generally anticipated, the dinner to Mr. Winston Churchill last night possessed great political significance. Mr. Churchill, who had just returned from a long conference with the Prime Minister, delivered a carefully prepared speech in which he dilated on the necessity of forming a permanent Centre Party out of the elements of the present Coalition. Sir George Younger for the Unionists and Captain Guest for the Coalition Liberals associated themselves with the views expressed by Mr. Churchill.' TWELVE: Newspaper cutting from the Manchester City News, 17 January 1920. Article titled 'A National Party'.