Auction No 424, Wed 6th Mar 2024 12:00 GMT

217 Lots (displaying 21 - 40)

John Graves "The History of Cleveland, in the North Riding of the County of York", Carlisle,1808, complete with fine folding map & pedigree,

Lot: 21

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Mar 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £120
SOLD £64
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John Graves The History of Cleveland, in the North Riding of the County of York, Carlisle, 1808, complete with fine folding map & pedigree, & nine engraved topographical plates; quarto, 19th Cent. half-leather with gilt title label, hinges worn (still holding); the additional engraved title page stained & browned, some occasional browning elsewhere but generally VG internally, no inscriptions. Together with Frank Elgee Early Man in North-East Yorkshire, 1930, ex-library; and Elgee's The Moorlands of North Eastern Yorkshire, A. Brown & Sons, 1912, orig. gilt cloth, VG. (3)

Louis XIII of France (1601-1643): fine complete letter of 1625, written as king, the salutation and signature 'Louis' in the king’s hand,

Lot: 22

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Mar 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £400 - £500
SOLD £430
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Louis XIII of France (1601-1643): fine complete letter of 1625, written as king, the salutation and signature Louis in the king's hand, 16 lines of text in another hand, endorsement at foot in a further hand. The letter concerns the activities of some field marshals in Sedan and the movement of horses under the charge of Louis XIII's cousin the Duke of Bouillon. Foolscap sheet with watermark of the royal monogram, remnants of the royal seal, three lines of instruction for delivery on reverse. Tipped on to an old album leaf. Fine. [Provenance: purchased from the Hazel Gallery, Chicago, in 1986; later sold by Trafford Books, March 2008]

Photographic Stereographs 1900s to WWI, largely by Underwood & Underwood, including scenes from the Russo-Japanese War (23).

Lot: 23

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Mar 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £66
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Photographic Stereographs 1900s to WWI, largely by Underwood & Underwood, including scenes from the Russo-Japanese War (23). Also a viewer. Good to VF (51 + viewer)

H.A. Bullock "History of the Isle of Man", London, 1816, 20th Century quarter-calf, gilt, a.e.g.; engraved frontispiece and folding map;

Lot: 24

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Mar 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £82
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H.A. Bullock History of the Isle of Man, London, 1816, 20th Century quarter-calf, gilt, a.e.g.; engraved frontispiece and folding map; offset browning to title page o/w fine internally. 

German WW2 Military History including Szamveber "Last Panzer Battles in Hungary", 2020; Ursula Hartmann "German Fighter Ace Erich Hartmann", 1992,

Lot: 25

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Mar 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £80
SOLD £76
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German WW2 Military History including Szamveber Last Panzer Battles in Hungary, 2020; Ursula Hartmann German Fighter Ace Erich Hartmann, 1992, in fine d/jkt; Rolf Hinze East Front Drama – 1944, 1996; and other modern works. One with a damaged d/jkt, mostly VG/VF, no ownership inscriptions. (11)

German Tank Warfare WW2 including Zaloga "Patton Versus the Panzers", 2016; Nevenkin "Fortress Budapest", 2020, two vols;

Lot: 26

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Mar 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £62
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German Tank Warfare WW2 including Zaloga Patton Versus the Panzers, 2016; Nevenkin Fortress Budapest, 2020, two vols; Thomas Anderson Panther, 2017; and Armored Bears, 2012, two vols. Fine, no inscriptions. (7)

Ernest H. Shepard: a scrapbook of late-1940s illustrations taken from "Punch" and other periodicals, including political cartoons,

Lot: 27

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Mar 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
UNSOLD
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Ernest H. Shepard: a scrapbook of late-1940s illustrations taken from Punch and other periodicals, including political cartoons, the marriage of Elizabeth & Philip, and verses celebrating life in post-war Britain. A few suffer from browning. (23)    

Holocaust memorabilia comprising group of five snapshot photos of Belsen Concentration Camp taken by a liberating soldier in 1945;

Lot: 28

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Mar 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £86
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Holocaust memorabilia comprising group of five snapshot photos of Belsen Concentration Camp taken by a liberating soldier in 1945; and an armband inscribed Jude employed in the Thersienstadt ghetto. The photos have been tipped on to a backing sheet. Also two items of related literature, one ex-library.

H.M.S. Hood, on tour, 1936-1939: a collection of photographs, 2.5 x 3.5” to PC size, including a group of Spanish Civil War (18)

Lot: 29

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Mar 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £76
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H.M.S. Hood, on tour, 1936-1939: a collection of photographs, 2.5 x 3.5” to PC size, including a group of Spanish Civil War (18) centered on Barcelona, the remaining photos either topographical or relating to the Hood and other British Naval ships. Arranged in album, with corner mounts, each photo with hand-written caption, the album damaged, pages loose, photos fine. (131)

Parliamentary Papers, two bound volumes comprising 1852 Report from the Select Committee on Manchester and Salford Education, 603pp,

Lot: 30

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Mar 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
UNSOLD
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Parliamentary Papers, two bound volumes comprising 1852 Report from the Select Committee on Manchester and Salford Education, 603pp, fifteen coloured maps/plans bound in at rear, all with faults; together with 1852-53 part two of the Report, bound with Minutes of Evidence taken before the Select Committee on the Devon and Dorset Railway Bill and a Report on Communication between London and Dublin. Gilt cloth bindings, VG; ex-library. (2)

"The Manchester Genealogist" 2007 to 2022, 43 issues; Journal of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, 9 issues 1970s/90s;

Lot: 31

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Mar 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £15 - £20
UNSOLD
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The Manchester Genealogist 2007 to 2022, 43 issues; Journal of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, 9 issues 1970s/90s; The Manchester Review, 10 issues, mainly 1930s; and four other journals.

Legal Documents (8) on vellum and paper, Lancs & Cheshire related, including 1853 & 1871 Assignments relating to land at Barlow's Croft, Salford;

Lot: 32

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Mar 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
UNSOLD
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Legal Documents (8) on vellum and paper, Lancs & Cheshire related, including 1853 & 1871 Assignments relating to land at Barlow's Croft, Salford; 1882 Conveyance concerning an Estate & Premises at Brook Meadow, Elton, nr. Bury; 1797 Lease of houses in Cheadle Hulme; 1929 Lease of land at Nether Alderley; and a 1915 Abstract of Title on 24 large sheets relating to Lady Francis Cecil & her Settlement Trustees and lands at Cheadle Bulkeley. VG condition; together with vendor's detailed descriptive notes.

Manchester Grammar School related books (4), prospectus (2), and magazines, mostly 1960s/1980s. VG condition. (22)

Lot: 33

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Mar 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £15 - £20
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Manchester Grammar School related books (4), prospectus (2), and magazines, mostly 1960s/1980s. VG condition. (22)

"Kelly's Directory of Manchester, Salford and Stretford" for 1951 and 1957; the 1951 edition in poor condition but text intact;

Lot: 34

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Mar 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
UNSOLD
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Kelly's Directory of Manchester, Salford and Stretford for 1951 and 1957; the 1951 edition in poor condition but text intact; together with Edward Baines History, Directory, and Gazetteer of the County Palatine of Lancaster, 1824-25, 2 vols, rebound, lacking maps o/w VG. (5)           

Documents & ephemera including Birth Certificates 1867-77 for Edward Frank, Isabella and Fanny Newman of Congleton, and later related items

Lot: 35

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Mar 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Documents & ephemera including Birth Certificates 1867-77 for Edward Frank, Isabella and Fanny Newman of Congleton, and later related items concerning Fanny Dinnis (nee Newman) of Clitheroe and Manchester including a grant of probate (1930), various photos, and 1901 letters (3) from Edward Frank Newman, merchant seaman, one from Hong Kong. (Qty.)     

City of Manchester 1918 Luncheon Menu in honour of David Lloyd George. Includes list of approx. 330 guests. 8pp. Fine

Lot: 36

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Mar 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £20
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City of Manchester 1918 Luncheon Menu in honour of David Lloyd George. Includes list of approx. 330 guests. 8pp. Fine

Scrapbook 1853-1856 compiled by William Rayner, Mayor of Stockport, items tipped-in or loose, including 1853 Mayoral Procession notice,

Lot: 37

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Mar 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £120
SOLD £70
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Scrapbook 1853-1856 compiled by William Rayner, Mayor of Stockport, items tipped-in or loose, including 1853 Mayoral Procession notice, 1853 Stockport Infirmary Annual Ball, 1854 Goldsmiths' Hall menu & invitation, 1855 Dinner Invitation in honour of the 2nd Regt. of Royal Cheshire Militia, 1854 Patriotic Fund notice for bereaved relatives arising from the Crimean War and related printed letter ink-signed by William Rayner, and other items (some laid down). Also 1877 notices of fund-raising events for the Stockport Infirmary and the repair of Stockport Armoury. Also many news-cuttings, mostly laid down. (Qty)

Selection of autographed PC size photos of 1950s BBC presenters including Eamonn Andrews, Sylvia Peters, Peter West and Peter Dimmock. VG Fine. (9)

Lot: 38

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Mar 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £22
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Selection of autographed PC size photos of 1950s BBC presenters including Eamonn Andrews, Sylvia Peters, Peter West and Peter Dimmock. VG Fine. (9)

Glamour autographs, a selection of signed 10 x 8” photos, all (bar one) with COAs, including Halle Berry, Jessica Alba, Megan Fox,

Lot: 39

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Mar 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
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Glamour autographs, a selection of signed 10 x 8” photos, all (bar one) with COAs, including Halle Berry, Jessica Alba, Megan Fox, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Angelina Jolie, Heather Locklear, Jennifer Love Hewitt (2 different), and Amanda Peet. Fine (14)  

Autographed Theatre Programmes, many with multiple signatures, obtained ‘in person’ by the vendor including Vanessa Redgrave, Judi Dench,

Lot: 40

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Mar 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £30
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Autographed Theatre Programmes, many with multiple signatures, obtained ‘in person' by the vendor including Vanessa Redgrave, Judi Dench, Michael Crawford, Lyn Redgrave, Jason Donovan, Dora Bryan and other well-known, all with tickets indicating the date when signed. VG/VF (20)