Presentation of a Great Mace to the City of Manchester.

Two copies: one a revised proof, the other out-of-series, with manuscript additions to the list of subscribers. Both copies 8vo, 25 pp, in original grey printed wraps. Both copies internally tight and clean, in grubby wraps. Attractively printed on thick laid paper, with the wraps printed in red and black. Pp.7-9 of the proof have been deleted, with the manuscript instruction, p.7: 'Take out this & the passages marked on next two pages & insert MS. sent'. The twenty-seven-line manuscript of the passage to be inserted is on one side of a foolscap sheet pinned to the first leaf of deletions. Among the other revisions to the proof are alterations to the list of subscribers. Loosely inserted in the proof copy is an variant of the frontispiece photograph of the mace. Also loosely inserted are two letters from the Birmingham electroplaters Elkington & Co, Limited, both on a printed letterhead from 'St. Ann's Square, Manchester'. The first (28 May 1895, 4to, 1 p) confirms a quote for '5 drawings', and the second (undated, 4to, 2 pp) refers to a possible 'serious mistake of our workmen' and proposes to 'correct a misconception'. Also inserted is an engraving of the mace, on paper 21.5 x 8.5 cm. Also present is a cutting from the Manchester Weekly Times, 28 September 1894, headed 'Answers and Comments. Corporation Insignia.' In manuscript at the head of the front wrap of the proof: 'Please send another revise to C. W. Sutton'. Stamped on the rear wrap of the proof: 'Please to carefully revise this Proof as we cannot be responsible for Errors in Printing after Proofs have been passed. G. Falkner & Sons Manchester and London'. The second copy has the frontispiece in its final, touched-up form, as well as manuscript emendations and additions to the list of subscribers. Scarce: COPAC lists copies at Manchester, Oxford and the British Library.