Lot: 6
Harry Garbett The History of Harthill-w-Woodall, A. Stockwell, 1950, original cloth, front cover discoloured, one plate loose; The Child’s Magazine and Sunday Scholars Companion for 1837, J. Mason, 16mo, orig.cloth, VG; Leyland The Yorkshire Coast, 1892; Burritt A Walk from London to John O’Groat’s, 1864, recased; Hawker Instructions to Young Sportsmen in all that relates to Guns and Shooting, 1825, binding damaged; walking guides by George Birtill (5); Wallace Hills A History of East Grinstead, 1906; and a few others. Mostly good to VF. (17)
Lot: 11
John Harwood Hill The History of the Parish of Langton with…the Hundred of Gartree, Leicestershire, 1867, folio, poor binding, front board detached, VG internally; Tegetmeier Pheasants: Their Natural History and Practical Management, 1881, some pages loose; Woman’s Weekly Nov.4th 1911 to May 4th 1912, bound volume; Bagshaw History, Gazetteer and Directory of Derbyshire, 1846, poor binding, map loose and damp-affected, fine text; and a wide range of others, 19th & 20th Century, a few modern, h/bk and s/bk. Poor to VF (21)
Lot: 52
H(eneage) D(ering) (1665-1750, Dean of Ripon) Reliquiae Eboracenses, John Hildyard, York, 1743, octavo, fine later quarter calf, gilt, rubbed marbled boards; front endpaper with signature of his son John Dering; some foxing to dedication leaf and reverse of title page; eratta page added to in contemp. manuscript; [4],95pp.(This rare title outlines some early historical records of York and is written in Latin hexameters).
Lot: 60
Robert Leader Reminiscences of Old Sheffield, Its Streets & People, Leader & Sons, 1875, recased, new endpapers, original cloth, backstrip repaired; fine internally; 324pp
Lot: 61
History of Brighouse and Its Co-Operative Society, [1863], original gilt cloth, b/w plates; Scruton Pen and Pencil Pictures of Old Bradford, 1891, 2nd Edn; La Page The Story of Baildon, 1951; Brian Law Fieldens of Todmorden, 1995, in fine d/jkt; Witham’s Illustrated Historic Almanac and Barnsley Commercial Advertiser for 1883, Barnsley, original oriented wraps, VG; and other Yorkshire titles. Mainly good to fine. (11)
Lot: 65
A.H. Clough (Ed.) Plutarch's Lives: The Translation called Dryden's, John Nimmo, 1893, 5 volumes, original gilt cloth, wear to top & foot of spines (esp. Vol.5); uncut two sides; armorial bookplates. Clean texts. (5)
Lot: 74
E.W. Brayley & John Britton A Topographical and Historical Description of the County of Chester, Sherwood, Neely & Jones, [1818], octavo, contemp. cloth, VG; fine folding hand-coloured map, plus six engravings, latter with some spotting. 120pp. [Originally published around 1791 as part of the 25 volume The Beauties of England and Wales]
Lot: 77
Gomer Williams History of the Liverpool Privateers and Letters of Marque, with an Account of the Liverpool Slave Trade, Heinemann, 1897, original gilt cloth; four plates; uncut, partly unopened; near fine; xv,718pp
Lot: 78
Henry Fishwick The History of the Parish of Bispham, Chetham Society, 1887, publisher’s cloth, gilt, VG; folding pedigrees; spotting to prelims o/w fine internally. 142pp
Lot: 79
H.T. Crofton A History of Newton Chapelry in the Ancient Parish of Manchester, Chetham Society, 1904-05, three volumes in four, original publisher’s cloth, gilt, VG; each with small rust marks to the endpapers o/w fine internally. (4)
Lot: 80
J. Butterworth An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Town and Parochial Chapelry of Oldham, J. Clarke, 1817, octavo, modern quarter cloth, gilt, marbled boards, new endpapers; complete with 3 folding linen-backed Maps, all showing repairs; text block uncut; repairs to three leaves of the Directory; xii,211,(2)pp.
Lot: 84
Thomas Newbigging History of the Forest of Rossendale, J.J. Riley, 1893, 2nd Edn, octavo, recased, the original gilt cloth relaid, new endpapers; 7 b/w plates; some light browning. 369pp
Lot: 85
J. Marshall Mather Rambles Round Rossendale (Second Series), J.J. Riley, 1894, quarto, original gilt cloth, fine; browning to endpapers, light spotting to tissue-guards, few tone marks in text; 184pp + plates
Lot: 86
Alfred Smith The Harrogate Medical Guide, London, 1847, 2nd Edn; 12mo, original cloth & printed title label, some discolouration & slightly marked; spotting to prelims & final leaf o/w fine internally; xiv,130pp
Lot: 87
Richard Carew and Thomas Tonkin Carew’s Survey of Cornwall; to which are added, Notes Illustrative of its History and Antiquities, J.Faulder, 1811; quarto, full 19th Cent diced calf, gilt borders to covers, raised bands with gilt decorated compartments, a.e.g, hinges strengthened; bookplate of Sir Richard Hussey Vivian (1775-1842); engraved frontispiece; few leaves show minor foxing to margins o/w fine.
Lot: 90
Daniel & Samuel Lysons Magna Britannia; being a Concise Topographical Account of the several Counties of Great Britain, Vol. II, Part II. Containing the County Palatine of Chester. T.Cadell & W.Davies, 1810; quarto, quarter morocco, gilt, fine; complete with 35 Plates, some folding including Map and Plan; slight tone marks in margin affect a few pages but largely fine internally.
Lot: 91
Alfred Ingham A History of Altrincham and Bowdon, Mackie, Brewtnall & Co, 1879, 1st Edn, quarto, recased with original gilt cloth relaid and new endpapers; plates & pedigrees; 195pp. VG
Lot: 94
James Christopher Scholes and William Pimblett History of Bolton: with Memorials of the Old Parish Church, Bolton Daily Chronicle, 1892; quarto, recased, the original gilt cloth relaid, new endpapers; t.e.g., uncut elsewhere; b/w frontisp., and many textual illustrations; fine internally; xii,[3], 555pp. VG
Lot: 98
The New Monthly Belle Assemblee; a Magazine of Literature and Fashion, July-December 1835, bound volume, quarto, contemp. decorated cloth, gilt, VG; fine internally with 7 double-page hand-coloured fashion plates.
Lot: 99
The Works of John Ruskin, George Allen, The Library Edition, 1903-1909, 37 (of 39) volumes, edited by Cook and Wedderburn; original red cloth, gilt, spines sunned o/w VG with all plates and clean interiors; uncut two sides. Lacks volumes 38 & 39 which were issued in 1911/12.