Auction No 401, Category: Antiquarian

38 Lots (displaying 21 - 38)

Local History titles, 19th & early 20th Century, with works on Grimsby, Dundee, and Poole, plus Parish Registers of Sheffield (5 vols). Fair to fine.

Lot: 67

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £20
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Local History titles, 19th & early 20th Century, with works on Grimsby, Dundee, and Poole, plus Parish Registers of Sheffield (5 vols). Fair to fine.  (8)

"The Strand Magazine", George Newnes, July 1892 to June 1893, and Jan. 1898 to June 1899, complete in 5 bound volumes (lacking pictorial wraps)

Lot: 72

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £56
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The Strand Magazine, George Newnes, July 1892 to June 1893, and Jan. 1898 to June 1899, complete in 5 bound volumes (lacking pictorial wraps), in worn half-leather bindings; all with contributions by Arthur Conan Doyle including Sherlock Holmes. Some pages with fox marks o/w VG internally. (5) 

[Frank E. Smedley] "Frank Fairleigh, or Scenes from the Life of a Private Pupil. With Illustrations by George Cruiksank", Virtue Brothers, 1866;

Lot: 76

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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[Frank E. Smedley] Frank Fairleigh, or Scenes from the Life of a Private Pupil. With Illustrations by George Cruiksank, Virtue Brothers, 1866; octavo, original decorated gilt cloth, worn at corners o/w VG; endpapers browned; uncut two sides; engraved title page and 30 steel engraved plates. Occasional marginal finger mark o/w fine internally.

"The Edinburgh Review" Longmans and A. & C. Black, Jan. & April 1883; octavo, half-leather, gilt, VG; articles on Immanuel Kant (45pp),

Lot: 85

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
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The Edinburgh Review Longmans and A. & C. Black, Jan. & April 1883; octavo, half-leather, gilt, VG; articles on Immanuel Kant (45pp), George Sand (20pp), Raphael (37pp), Volcanoes (34pp) and others. Spotting to endpapers o/w fine.

"Temple Bar: A London Magazine for Town and Country Readers" Ward & Lock, 1861-1863, Vols 1 to 7; octavo, half-leather over marbled boards,

Lot: 86

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
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Temple Bar: A London Magazine for Town and Country Readers Ward & Lock, 1861-1863, Vols 1 to 7; octavo, half-leather over marbled boards, some minor wear, fine internally. (7)

James Badnall (Ed.) "The Poems of George Heath, the Moorland Poet. Memorial Edition". Bemrose & Sons, 1870, 1st Edn.

Lot: 96

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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James Badnall (Ed.) The Poems of George Heath, the Moorland Poet. Memorial Edition. Bemrose & Sons, 1870, 1st Edn. Octavo, recased employing most of the original gilt cloth, now faded; VG internally with lithographed frontispiece & three other plates; vi,263,(2)pp; together with the expanded 2nd Edition of 1880 published by Simpkin, Marshall & Co in VG condition. (2)

Staffordshire Poets, a collection of 19th & 20th Century works, several privately published, including Susanna Trubshaw 1863, James Alsop 1880,

Lot: 97

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £100
SOLD £46
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Staffordshire Poets, a collection of 19th & 20th Century works, several privately published, including Susanna Trubshaw 1863, James Alsop 1880, F.R. Bartlett 1886, Elijah Cope 1875, Elijah Travis 1877, William O'Keeffe 1858, Edward Allen 1892, and Alfred Hine (4 different, 1890s/1900s, one with letter from the author tipped in). The Susanna Trubshaw is a presentation copy to her niece. Varied condition. (16)  

Philaletheses [Thomas Taylor] "An Appeal to the Public: whether a Calvinist can, with a good conscience, be a Minister of the Church of England"

Lot: 101

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
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Philaletheses [Thomas Taylor] An Appeal to the Public: whether a Calvinist can, with a good conscience, be a Minister of the Church of England. 1780. A pamphlet. 12pp. Disbound. VG

"The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments". Oxford, 1868, octavo, full blind-tooled morocco, gilt title, a.e.g.; brass corners & clasps,

Lot: 102

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £30
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The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments. Oxford, 1868, octavo, full blind-tooled morocco, gilt title, a.e.g.; brass corners & clasps, two ribbon markers; 1880 gift inscription and some foxing to free endpaper o/w fine and attractive.

Samuel Jackson (1785-1861) Nine Pamphlets on the education of children in Wesleyan Day and Sunday Schools, Leeds and London, 1847-59.

Lot: 103

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £22
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Samuel Jackson (1785-1861) Nine Pamphlets on the education of children in Wesleyan Day and Sunday Schools, Leeds and London, 1847-59. Disbound. Eight with original printed wraps (one with rear cover missing). VG. Also four related papers. (13)

"The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments", Rivingtons, Cambridge & London c.1870; crown 8vo, fine binding by Townsend of Sheffield

Lot: 106

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £32
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The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments, Rivingtons, Cambridge & London c.1870; crown 8vo, fine binding by Townsend of Sheffield in purple morocco with elaborate gilt decoration, raised bands, gilt dentelles to inner margins of boards and gauffered gilt edges with a fleur de lys pattern, ribbon bookmarker. Endpapers foxed, ownership inscription partly erased, first leaf of Genesis torn & in need of repair.

"The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray", Smith, Elder & Co, 1893-95, set of 26 volumes in attractive maroon half-leather bindings,

Lot: 108

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £220 - £260
SOLD £160
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The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray, Smith, Elder & Co, 1893-95, set of 26 volumes in attractive maroon half-leather bindings, the spines with raised bands, gilt title labels & decoration to the compartments; marbled boards with matching sides and endpapers. Some scuff marks. Internally fine with wood engravings in text; free from inscriptions. (26)

Edward Waring "A Letter to The Reverend Dr.Powell….In Answer to his Observations on the First Chapter of a book called Miscellanea Analytica

Lot: 109

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
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Edward Waring A Letter to The Reverend Dr.Powell….In Answer to his Observations on the First Chapter of a book called Miscellanea Analytica, and his Defence of those Observations, Thurlbourn & Woodyer, Cambridge, 1760, 47pp plus plate; bound with [W.S. Powell] A Defence of the Observations on the First Chapter of a Book called Miscellanea Analytica, T. Merrill, Cambridge, 1760, 38pp; and [John Wilson] A Vindication of the Miscellanea Analytica: in Answer to a late Pamphlet entitled Observations, &c. T. & J. Merrill, Cambridge, 1760, 22pp plus blank leaf. Octavo, disbound, remains of leather backstrip. Good clean text, plate and title pages. (3)

"Letters from Eminent Historical Writers relating to the Public Records", Record Commission, London,1836; octavo, contemp. wraps;

Lot: 110

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
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Letters from Eminent Historical Writers relating to the Public Records, Record Commission, London, 1836; octavo, contemp. wraps; blindstamp of the Essex Institute 1846 and small catalogue stamp at foot of title page; a collection of letters from many contributors relating to the work of the Public Record Office and its publications. 76pp. Very Good

Annie Howell (Ephziba) "Elim: or Harrogate in Prose & Verse", R. Ackrill, Harrogate, 1892; small octavo, original gilt & blind- tooled cloth,

Lot: 111

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Annie Howell (Ephziba) Elim: or Harrogate in Prose & Verse, R. Ackrill, Harrogate, 1892; small octavo, original gilt & blind-tooled cloth, a little worn; endpapers browned; first gathering of text fairly loose o/w fine internally; gilt edged; wood-engravings in text; xv,127pp. R. Ackrill, 1892 

"A Short Account of John Marriott, including extracts from some of his Letters. To which are added, some of his Poetical Productions". D.Boys,1803

Lot: 112

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £15 - £20
SOLD £19
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A Short Account of John Marriott, including extracts from some of his Letters. To which are added, some of his Poetical Productions. D. Boys, Doncaster, 1803, First Edition; 12mo, full tree-calf, gilt decoration & title label to spine, peripheral wear, front hinge weak; ownership signature dated 1805; fine internally. [8], 194, [2] pp.  

[Charles Benjamin Taylor, 1797-1875] "A Fireside Book, or the Account of a Christmas Spent at Old Court", J.A. Hessey, London, 1828;

Lot: 119

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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[Charles Benjamin Taylor, 1797-1875] A Fireside Book, or the Account of a Christmas Spent at Old Court, J.A. Hessey, London, 1828; first edition, sm.octavo, original boards, scuffed & marked, the later paper backstrip and title label fine; uncut; engraved frontispiece after George Cruikshank; small repair to corner of the Dramatis Personae leaf o/w VG internally, a few minor tone marks; no inscriptions; (3)229,(2)pp.    

Daltry and Masefield "Macro-Lepidoptera of North Staffordshire and Cannock Chase", J. & C. Mort, Stafford, 1898; octavo, orig. gilt cloth, 29pp;

Lot: 127

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £10
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Daltry and Masefield Macro-Lepidoptera of North Staffordshire and Cannock Chase, J. & C. Mort, Stafford, 1898; octavo, orig. gilt cloth, 29pp; addendum slip tipped-in. Fine