File Boxes 4-6. - Miscellaneous printed books, dated 1823-1942, all in Birdsall bindings. These include two Bibles, one (Old Testament only) bound in memory ...,

Miscellaneous printed books, dated 1823-1942, all in Birdsall bindings. These include two Bibles, one (Old Testament only) bound in memory of Richard Manning Birdsall (dec. 12 Dec. 1942), in a Birdsall binding closely related to that used for the 'Coronation Bible' (see also boxes 2-3, 17); Extracts from the Psalms [1831], printed by James Birdsall; Memorials of Charitable Donations (1815), bound by Anthony Birdsall the elder and bearing his signature; The Denominational Reason Why (1860), bearing the signature of Richard Birdsall and rebound by Anthony Birdsall the younger. Gabriel Wells, Gentle Reactions (1923) presented by the author to Anthony Birdsall; a copy of Lord [Charles John] Darling, Reconsidered Rimes (1930), containing two letters, 1930, relating to the rebinding by Birdsall & Son of books in Lord Darling's possession; a copy of A Literary Friendship: Letters to Lady Alwyne Compton from Thomas Westwood (1914), containing references to Birdsall bindings and related correspondence, 1914-18, together with a sample of the peacock design, the work of Amy Ruth Birdsall, mentioned therein; a bound volume of The Saturday Magazine (1838), with a related letter to Anthony Birdsall the younger, 1942. (For details of other books formerly in the possession of Anthony Birdsall the younger, see Sotheby's sale catalogue, box 17). Three empty bindings, late 19th-early 20th century, one marked 'Unsolicited testimonials received by Messrs Birdsall & Son'.