Author: SPALDING GENTLEMEN'S SOCIETY.
Title: Catalogue of the Books, Manuscripts, Pamphlets and Tracts in the Library of the Spalding Gentlemen's Society. Compiled by E. W. Maples, B.A., and George Goodwin, and revised by a Committee Consisting of Marten Perry, M.D., President, Rev. Robert Hollis, Rev. T. A. Stoodley, M.A., B.C.L., Librarian. Spalding: Printed and Published by Robt. Appleby's Exors., 1893. 59, [1]pp., interleaved with blank leaves, with numerous additional titles added in pencil to the blank leaves and printed text. [Bound with:] [MOORE (William)] The Gentlemen's Society at Spalding: Its Origin and Progress. London: William Pickering, 1851. [8], 61, [3]pp., "A list of members of The Gentlemen's Society of Spalding": pages [17]-61. [Bound with:] PERRY (Marten) List of Members of the Spalding Gentlemen's Society, Elected since January 1st, 1851 [-2nd May, 1893.]
Description: [Spalding: s.n.,] 1851. 4pp., plus a single leaf giving a resume of the society from 1755 to 1889. 3 items bound in one, 8vo (215 x 140 mm), orig. publishers brick red pebbled cloth, lettered in gilt, a couple of small tears to joints. Founded in 1710, the Spalding Gentlemen's Society is Britain's oldest surviving provincial learned society. As its name suggests, it was a male preserve with its rules excluding female members. Women began to assist the Librarian in the care of the Society's extensive library but it wasn't until 2006 when a historic vote was taken to admit women as members of the Society.

Keywords: LIBRARY CATALOGUES LINCOLNSHIRE SPALDING GENTLEMEN'S SOCIETY