Auction No 401, Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST

285 Lots (displaying 41 - 60)

Edward Fernie "The Poll for two Knights of the Shire to represent the Western Division of the County of Stafford….November 1868

Lot: 41

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
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Edward Fernie The Poll for two Knights of the Shire to represent the Western Division of the County of Stafford….November 1868 including the whole of the Registered Electors. Spottiswoode & Co, London, 1869; octavo, contemp. gilt cloth, corners bumped; title and final page browned o/w fine internally. (6),267,(4)pp.

"Cottrill’s Police Directory of the Borough of Newcastle-Under-Lyme for 1836; containing an Alphabetical List

Lot: 42

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
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Cottrill's Police Directory of the Borough of Newcastle-Under-Lyme for 1836; containing an Alphabetical List of the whole of the Inhabitant Householders, with a Classification of Trades. Newcastle-under-Lyme, [1836]; sm.8vo, contemp. diced calf; 26pp of advertisements at rear with additional coloured leaflet tipped in. Near fine. (8),74,(26)(1)pp

John Ward "The Borough of Stoke-Upon-Trent....comprising its History, Statistics, Civil Polity, & Traffic….

Lot: 43

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  • Est: £100 - £150
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John Ward The Borough of Stoke-Upon-Trent....comprising its History, Statistics, Civil Polity, & Traffic….also, the Manorial History of Newcastle-Under-Lyme, W. Lewis & Son, London, 1843; large octavo, contemp.half-leather and patterned cloth, marble edged, gilt titles and decoration to backstrip; some wear, the front board just holding; folding map and pedigree; folding facsimile letter; 19 engraved plates plus 12 additional engravings in text. Some occasional browning, a few plates heavily foxed.

W. & S. Beresford "Beresford of Beresford: Part 1. A History of the Manor of Beresford in the County of Stafford". W.H. Eaton, Leek, [1908];

Lot: 44

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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W. & S. Beresford Beresford of Beresford: Part 1. A History of the Manor of Beresford in the County of Stafford. W.H. Eaton, Leek, [1908]; quarto, orig. gilt cloth; t.e.g., uncut elsewhere; 106pp plus photo-plates and index. VG

"Jones’s Mercantile Directory of the Pottery District of Staffordshire 1864", Jones & Proud, London,1864; octavo, original blind-tooled & gilt cloth,

Lot: 45

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
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Jones's Mercantile Directory of the Pottery District of Staffordshire 1864, Jones & Proud, London, 1864; octavo, original blind-tooled & gilt cloth, a little marked & faded, some wear to extremities; VG internally including 76pp of advertisements and a further 4pp Scottish Widows pamphlet tipped in. Very scarce. 291pp

A selection of works on Newcastle-Under-Lyme 1881-1940; comprising J. Ingamells "Historical Records and Directory", 1881

Lot: 46

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £40
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A selection of works on Newcastle-Under-Lyme 1881-1940; comprising J. Ingamells Historical Records and Directory, 1881 (2 copies in variant bindings); three works by Thomas Pape; Conway's early history; and Bye-Laws and Regulations 1893-94. Good to fine. (7) 

J.J.B. Clarke (Ed.) "An Account of the Infancy, Religious and Literary Life of Adam Clarke, LL.D"., T.S. Clarke, London, 1833, three volumes,

Lot: 47

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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J.J.B. Clarke (Ed.) An Account of the Infancy, Religious and Literary Life of Adam Clarke, LL.D., T.S. Clarke, London, 1833, three volumes, bound in half-leather, gilt, marbled boards & endpapers; some wear; frontispiece to Vol.1 with some foxing, a further plate in Vol.2. Some occasional minor spotting. (3)

Adolf Hitler "Mein Kampf", Franz Eher Nachfolger, 1933, original gilt cloth, a little worn, some fading to spine;

Lot: 48

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £150 - £200
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Adolf Hitler Mein Kampf, Franz Eher Nachfolger, 1933, original gilt cloth, a little worn, some fading to spine; title page with the handstamp of the German Embassy in Lisbon with manuscript catalogue numbers, and a further bilingual handstamp Sold by the Allied Committee on German External Assets in Portugal – 1949. Tissue-guarded frontispiece. The complete text (two vols in one).  VG

George Catlin "Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Conditions of the North American Indians", London, 1892 reprint of the 1841 edition,

Lot: 49

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £100
SOLD £96
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George Catlin Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Conditions of the North American Indians, London, 1892 reprint of the 1841 edition, tall octavo (26cm), two volumes, original gilt cloth, t.e.g.; spotting to endpapers o/w fine internally with maps (one folding) and 400 b/w illustrations. VG (2)      

Charles Mackay "The History of the United States of America", Virtue & Co, London [1861-63], tall octavo (26cm), two volumes,

Lot: 50

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  • Est: £50 - £60
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Charles Mackay The History of the United States of America, Virtue & Co, London [1861-63], tall octavo (26cm), two volumes, original gilt and blind-tooled cloth, rebacked, worn & marked; uncut; few loose pages in Vol.I with edges frayed, plate of James Munro cut down & torn, o/w VG internally with all maps and engravings. 816pp + 772pp

William Sandford Phillips "Considerations on the Increase and Progress of Crime......"

Lot: 51

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £250 - £350
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William Sandford Phillips Considerations on the Increase and  Progress of Crime, accompanied by documentary evidence as to the propriety and necessity of a revision and amendments of the existing penal statutes. With a View to the Abolition of corporeal punishments; and more particularly The Awful Penalty of Death. Liverpool, 1839. Octavo. Fine 20th Century rebind in gilt quarter-calf, marbled boards; viii, 83pp, but lacking prelimary pages v & vi otherwise fine internally. 

Charles G. Wilber "Medicolegal Investigation of the President John F. Kennedy Murder" Charles C. Thomas, 1978, 1st Edn;

Lot: 52

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £10
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Charles G. Wilber Medicolegal Investigation of the President John F. Kennedy Murder, Charles C. Thomas, 1978, 1st Edn; cloth-bound, gilt, in a VG complete d/jkt; fine internally without inscriptions; xv,318pp

Stephen Wooler "Ebbing and Flowing", Wardleworth, Accrington, 1935; octavo, orig.cloth, gilt; signed & inscribed by the author on front pastedown;

Lot: 53

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £15
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Stephen Wooler Ebbing and Flowing, Wardleworth, Accrington, 1935; octavo, orig.cloth, gilt; signed & inscribed by the author on front pastedown; an account of life at Giggleswick school and the topography of Settle, Giggleswick & area, with illustrations. 201pp. VG 

J.E.B. Mayor (Ed.) "Autobiography of Matthew Robinson [Cambridge in the 17th Century]", Cambridge Univ.Press & Macmillan, 1856;

Lot: 54

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £76
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J.E.B. Mayor (Ed.) Autobiography of Matthew Robinson [Cambridge in the 17th Century], Cambridge Univ.Press & Macmillan, 1856; sm.octavo, orig.printed cloth with alternative gilt titles front & back, spine a little rolled o/w near fine. Bookplate of John Gretton. The work includes a lengthy preface, a 140pp Appendix of editorial notes & commentary, and 24pp catalogue of Macmillan publications. Occasional head & tail pieces and illustration of a work written by Robinson, one-time Fellow of St.John's College, Cambridge. xxxii,239,(1),24pp 

"Scale of Charges for the attendance of the Salford Fire Brigade, within and beyond the Borough", County Borough of Salford, 1894; a public notice

Lot: 55

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Scale of Charges for the attendance of the Salford Fire Brigade, within and beyond the Borough, County Borough of Salford, 1894; a public notice, single-leaf, 33cm, folds, laid down on thick board.       

Ernest Bowen-Rowlands "Seventy-Two Years at the Bar: A Memoir" Macmillan, 1924, 1st Edn; orig. gilt cloth, a little worn;

Lot: 56

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  • Est: £20 - £30
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Ernest Bowen-Rowlands Seventy-Two Years at the Bar: A Memoir, Macmillan, 1924, 1st Edn; orig. gilt cloth, a little worn; b/w frontispiece & a coloured plate; ownership signatures to front endpaper; fine internally. A biography of the famous barrister Sir Harry B. Poland; x,401,(2)pp   

"Kelly’s Directory of Leicestershire & Rutland 1941", rebound in cloth with paper title label; complete with map which has a small repair

Lot: 57

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  • Est: £20 - £30
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Kelly's Directory of Leicestershire & Rutland 1941, rebound in cloth with paper title label; complete with map which has a small repair o/w fine internally.    

Jack Doughty "Come at Once - Annie is Dying" (The ‘Oldham Poisoning Case’) Pentaman Press, 1987, cloth bound, fine, in slightly edgeworn d/jkt;

Lot: 58

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  • Est: £20 - £30
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Jack Doughty Come at Once – Annie is Dying (The ‘Oldham Poisoning Case') Pentaman Press, 1987, cloth bound, fine, in slightly edgeworn d/jkt; an account of the trial of Elizabeth Berry accused of poisoning her daughter at the Oldham Union Workhouse. 299pp

Eveline Godley (Ed.) "The Trial of Count Konigsmarck", Peter Davies, 1929, 1st Edn; orig. gilt cloth, VG; neat gift inscription to front endpaper;

Lot: 59

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £15 - £20
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Eveline Godley (Ed.) The Trial of Count Konigsmarck, Peter Davies, 1929, 1st Edn; orig. gilt cloth, VG; neat gift inscription to front endpaper; b/w portrait & three other plates; fine inernally. 204pp. Concerns the murder of Thomas Thynne of Longleat and the scandalous acquittal of Konigsmarck in 1682 by a jury influenced by Charles II.

"Report of the Commission of Enquiry into the Property & Revenues of the Church…with Appendices", Church Assembly and SPCK, 1924;

Lot: 60

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
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Report of the Commission of Enquiry into the Property & Revenues of the Church…with Appendices, Church Assembly and SPCK, 1924; quarto, original printed boards, worn; ex.Westminster Library; VG internally. 412pp