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Auction No 423, Category: Antiquarian

13 Lots (displaying 1 - 13)

"The Aldine Half-Holiday Library: a complete story of adventure weekly", volumes for 1899, 1901 and 1907, cloth bound, gilt;

Lot: 13

  • Auction Date: Wed 24th Jan 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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The Aldine Half-Holiday Library: a complete story of adventure weekly, volumes for 1899, 1901 and 1907, cloth bound, gilt; many with annotations to first pages of each issue, generally in pencil, some in crayon, a few with labels added. 1907 volume free of inscriptions. Spine ends worn/frayed.      

Pictorial Sheet Music, all featuring Cats, 19th & early-20th Century, folio, mostly VG,

Lot: 23

  • Auction Date: Wed 24th Jan 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £62
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Pictorial Sheet Music, all featuring Cats, 19th & early-20th Century, folio, mostly VG, two cropped along top edge, two others dust-affected, another lacking back cover. (20)

Two early-19th Century bound volumes of Sheet Music, one containing popular arias etc from operas and operettas, the other dances, sonatas, rondos

Lot: 46

  • Auction Date: Wed 24th Jan 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
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Two early-19th Century bound volumes of Sheet Music, one containing popular arias etc from operas and operettas, the other dances, sonatas, rondos and divertimento adapted for the piano forte, many with title pages. Mixed condition with some foxing and occasional loss. Approx. 52 items

Rene Bull "Black and White War Albums" Nos.1 to 4, first two issues covering the War in Sudan, bound with views of the UK and elsewhere;

Lot: 47

  • Auction Date: Wed 24th Jan 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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Rene Bull Black and White War Albums Nos.1 to 4, first two issues covering the War in Sudan, bound with views of the UK and elsewhere; Views of Ancient and Modern Liverpool, Liverpool Post, 1907, bound volume and 10 loose issues (covers in mixed condition); and a view album of Notts & Lincolnshire with very worn cover.

P.J. Hartog "The Owens College, Manchester: A Brief History", J.E. Cornish, 1900, quarto, gilt cloth,

Lot: 52

  • Auction Date: Wed 24th Jan 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £30
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P.J. Hartog The Owens College, Manchester: A Brief History, J.E. Cornish, 1900, quarto, gilt cloth, worn at extremities, bookplate of Adolphus William Ward, Master of Peterhouse; and related works, together with early 20th Century reports on Manchester Technical Education, the Manchester Babies' Hospital, and Manchester Museum. Varied condition, a few ex-library. (29)

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

Lot: 53

  • Auction Date: Wed 24th Jan 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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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)

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

Lot: 57

  • Auction Date: Wed 24th Jan 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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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.

James Cocks "Memorials of Hatherlow and of the Old Chadkirk Chapel", Stockport, 1895, orig. gilt cloth, large-paper edition, uncut at foot;

Lot: 63

  • Auction Date: Wed 24th Jan 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £30
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James Cocks Memorials of Hatherlow and of the Old Chadkirk Chapel, Stockport, 1895, orig. gilt cloth, large-paper edition, uncut at foot; and other Stockport area titles including A History of Mobberley Village, John Sherratt, 1973, in d/jkt; works on Cheadle Hulme School (2), etc. VG/VF (12)

H.W. Wilson "With the Flag to Pretoria", Harmsworth, 1900, 2 vols, and "After Pretoria:The Guerilla War", Amalgamated Press, 1902, 2 vols,

Lot: 78

  • Auction Date: Wed 24th Jan 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
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H.W. Wilson With the Flag to Pretoria, Harmsworth, 1900, 2 vols, and After Pretoria:The Guerilla War, Amalgamated Press, 1902, 2 vols, tall quarto, bound in quarter-leather, gilt, VG, very clean internally, no inscriptions. (4)

Warren Moorehead "Fort Ancient, the Great Prehistoric Earthwork of Warren County, Ohio", Robert Clarke, 1890, VG;

Lot: 86

  • Auction Date: Wed 24th Jan 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £100
SOLD £82
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Warren Moorehead Fort Ancient, the Great Prehistoric Earthwork of Warren County, Ohio, Robert Clarke, 1890, VG; Wallis Nash Two Years in Oregon, D. Appleton, 1882, worn at extremities o/w VG; Webber Romance of Sporting; or Wild Scenes and Wild Hunters, Lippincott, 1854, worn cloth, variable foxing throughout; and five others, USA related, mostly 19th Century, in mixed condition. (8)

Thomas Rose "Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham & Northumberland", Fisher, Son & Co., 1833, Vols.1 & 2 (of 3).

Lot: 87

  • Auction Date: Wed 24th Jan 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
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Thomas Rose Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham & Northumberland, Fisher, Son & Co., 1833, Vols.1 & 2 (of 3). Vo1.1 damaged, lacking front board, Vol.2 in worn half-leather; the many engraved plates complete. Some foxing, mostly confined to the tissue-guards. (2)

M. Gordon "Journal from Liverpool to Archangel, and thence to Petrosovodsky, St. Petersburg, Copenhagen and Hamburg and back, Summer 1827"

Lot: 88

  • Auction Date: Wed 24th Jan 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £125
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M. Gordon Journal from Liverpool to Archangel, and thence to Petrosovodsky, St. Petersburg, Copenhagen and Hamburg and back, Summer 1827. A typescript on 82 foolscap sheets, single sided, front cover detached. Well written, with much attention to detail, this journal does not appear to have been previously published. On arrival at Archangel the journey to Petrosovodsky and St. Petersburg was conducted overland on horseback or on foot.

Joseph Barlow Robinson "Derbyshire Gatherings: a Fund of Delight", J.R. Smith, 1866, complete with the b/w plates;

Lot: 89

  • Auction Date: Wed 24th Jan 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £15 - £20
SOLD £32
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Joseph Barlow Robinson Derbyshire Gatherings: a Fund of Delight, J.R. Smith, 1866, complete with the b/w plates; quarto, bound in blind-tooled & gilt cloth by Bemrose of Derby, worn at corners; front inner hinge strengthened with archival tape; some minor foxing; engraved bookplate of Lord Belper to front pastedown.