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Auction No 370, Category: Books

181 Lots (displaying 21 - 40)

George Grosz "A Post-War Museum", Faber, 1931, printed wraps, Criterion Miscellany No.31, fine;

Lot: 26

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £24
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George Grosz A Post-War Museum, Faber, 1931, printed wraps, Criterion Miscellany No.31, fine; and others in Faber & Faber’s Criterion Series including H.G.Wells Imperialism and the Open Conspiracy, and John Middleton Murry The Fallacy of Economics. Good to Fine. (9)

"The Liverpool Lion; or Lancashire Charivari", 1847-48, from Issue No.1, a selection of issues bound together,

Lot: 27

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
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The Liverpool Lion; or Lancashire Charivari, 1847-48, from Issue No.1, a selection of issues bound together, now lacking boards, the binding spine retained; many cartoons in the style of Punch, some full-page plates. Old library stamp on p.11.  Some occasional spotting. Approx 360pp 

"The Liverpool Wasp and Liverpool Punch", 1880, from Issue No. 1, bound volume, now lacking boards,

Lot: 28

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £52
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The Liverpool Wasp and Liverpool Punch, 1880, from Issue No. 1, bound volume, now lacking boards, 53 issues including Christmas Supplement, a few pages repaired

Harold Dearden "Medicine & Duty: A War Diary", William Heinemann, 1928, 1st Edn,

Lot: 29

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £24
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Harold Dearden Medicine & Duty: A War Diary, William Heinemann, 1928, 1st Edn, original gilt cloth, spine a little faded, light browning to endpapers, fine internally; xi,233pp.

Violetta Thurstan "Field Hospital & Flying Column", Putnam, 1915, spine faded; and 3 others

Lot: 30

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £70
SOLD £52
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Violetta Thurstan Field Hospital & Flying Column, Putnam, 1915, spine faded; Arthur Gleason With the First War Ambulance in Belgium, A.L. Burt 1915, front cover discoloured upper right, signed and inscribed by Einar Hilsen (Norwegian-American humanitarian); Frances Wilson Huard My Home in the Field of Mercy, George Doran, 1917, a signed letter from the author on Red Cross notepaper loosely inserted; and Sister Martin-Nicholson ​My Experiences on Three Fronts, 1916, fair condition only. All first editions in original bindings. (4)

Joseph Toole (1887-1945) "Fighting Through Life", Rich & Cowan, 1935, 1st Edn, original printed cloth,

Lot: 32

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £24
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Joseph Toole (1887-1945) Fighting Through Life, Rich & Cowan, 1935, 1st Edn, original printed cloth, some discolouration; light spotting to prelims o/w VG; publisher’s catalogue at rear; (16),239,30pp. Scarce. [Joseph Toole was Labour M.P. for Salford South in the 1920s, and in 1936 became Lord Mayor of Manchester.]

William Royle "History of Rusholme, with a gossipy talk of men and things", Manchester, 1914, original gilt cloth,

Lot: 33

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £52
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William Royle History of Rusholme, with a gossipy talk of men and things, Manchester, 1914, original gilt cloth, presentation copy from the author, folding map & plates, fine, an autograph note by the author loosely inserted; together with Bacon’s Environs of Manchester, coloured folding map, 1” to 1 mile, c.1890, in original gilt cloth cover, VG. (2)

Christopher Whitfield "A History of Chipping Campden", 1958 in VG d/jkt; Norman Jewson "By Chance I Did Rove"

Lot: 34

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £24
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Christopher Whitfield A History of Chipping Campden, 1958 in VG d/jkt; Norman Jewson By Chance I Did Rove, Earle & Ludlow, Cirencester, [1951],one of 250 issued, original pictorial boards, quarter cloth, VG; J.P. Nelson Broad Campden, 1971, one of 500; and another. Good to VF (4)

"Fund for the Relief of Distress in the Manufacturing Districts", Manchester, 1862-63, Reports, Returns & Balance Sheets;

Lot: 35

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £30
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Fund for the Relief of Distress in the Manufacturing Districts, Manchester, 1862-63, Reports, Returns & Balance Sheets; a bound volume, folio, gilt cloth, VG. 

Thomas Baines & William Fairbairn "Lancashire and Cheshire Past and Present", William Mackenzie

Lot: 36

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
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Thomas Baines & William Fairbairn Lancashire and Cheshire Past and Present, William Mackenzie [1868-69], quarto, 2 volumes in 4, original gilt cloth, backstrips a little worn & faded; engravings complete; occasional foxing including a plan of Manchester Waterworks scheme and one page of text heavily foxed. (4)

Commissioners' Reports on Municipal Boundaries, 1830s, a bound volume, folio, original cloth,

Lot: 37

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £200 - £250
SOLD £150
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Commissioners’ Reports on Municipal Boundaries, 1830s, a bound volume, folio, original cloth, each report with one or more hand-coloured maps, comprising Liverpool, Clitheroe, Oldham, Rochdale, Lancaster, Wigan, Newton, Preston, Ashton-under-Lyne. Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Salford, and Warrington, plus general maps of Lancashire. VG

P. Louis Maimbourg "Histoire du Schisme des Grecs", Sebastien Mabre-Cramoisy, Paris, 1677, First Edition,

Lot: 38

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £150
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P. Louis Maimbourg Histoire du Schisme des Grecs, Sebastien Mabre-Cramoisy, Paris, 1677, First Edition, tall octavo, contemp.leather, worn, backstrip damaged, light damp staining to the upper part of the book; fine copper engravings comprise frontispiece, and head & tail pieces to each section; [28],702,[22]pp.

[Richard Keppel Craven] "Sketch of the Late Revolution at Naples. By an Eye-Witness". James Carpenter, 1820,

Lot: 41

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £58
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[Richard Keppel Craven] Sketch of the Late Revolution at Naples. By an Eye-Witness. James Carpenter, 1820, octavo, stitch bound, 51pp, plus publisher’s advertising leaf (dust-affected on second page). VG. Scarce

Archive of papers, documents and photographs concerning the life of Wing Commander F.D. Procter DFC

Lot: 46

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £58
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Archive of papers, documents and photographs concerning the life of Wing Commander F.D. Procter DFC including his war-time career as a pilot of Mosquitos and other aircraft in the R.A.F. especially in the Middle East; including citation for award of the DFC in 1944, album of WW2 photos, family photographs, invitations, letters etc. VG condition (Qty)

A WW2 Correspondence from a driver in the R.A.S.C., many while in the Middle East,

Lot: 49

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £26
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A WW2 Correspondence from a driver in the R.A.S.C., many while in the Middle East, approx. 35 letters; plus RAF Cap Badge and Service Certificates etc; and Sir John French’s Despatches WWI, issued by The Graphic with war maps. Mainly VG/VF (Qty)

 

"Sir Archibald Murray's Despatches (June 1916-June 1917)", Dent 1920, orig. gilt cloth, front cover badly faded,

Lot: 50

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Sir Archibald Murray’s Despatches (June 1916-June 1917), Dent 1920, orig. gilt cloth, front cover badly faded, front inner hinge cracked; complete with the fine set of Maps of Syria & Palestine, Sinai Peninsula, and Egypt, plus a general outline map of the Turkish Empire, all in separate cloth-backed slipcase.

[Avery Allyn] "A Ritual, and Illustrations of Free-Masonry and the Orange and Odd Fellows' Societies"

Lot: 54

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £20
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[Avery Allyn] A Ritual, and Illustrations of Free-Masonry and the Orange and Odd Fellows’ Societies, S.Thorne, 1835, later cloth, 24pp of line-drawings (2 heavily browned), some scattered foxing, 260pp, scarce; and C.W.Leadbeater The Hidden Life in Freemasonry, Theosophical Publishing House, Madras, 1926, 1st Edn, rebound, plates complete, p.324 rather grubby o/w fine internally. (2)

Church Papers, a bound volume of Reports to the House of Commons 1811-1823, modern cloth, gilt,

Lot: 55

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Church Papers, a bound volume of Reports to the House of Commons 1811-1823, modern cloth, gilt, chiefly statistical returns from the Church of Ireland and the Church of England, bound with a few related Acts of Parliament of the period 1824-1840. Few pencil annotations o/w fine. 

Francis William Newman "Lectures on Political Economy", John Chapman, 1851, 1st Edn, original blind-tooled & gilt cloth

Lot: 56

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £40
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Francis William Newman Lectures on Political Economy, John Chapman, 1851, 1st Edn, original blind-tooled & gilt cloth, VG, recased with new endpapers; previous owner’s bookplate removed; spotting to prelims and first few pages of the text o/w fine internally. Uncut lower edge. 

"Memoirs of the Duke of Sully, Prime Minister of Henry the Great: with the Trial of Francis Ravaillac"

Lot: 57

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £56
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Memoirs of the Duke of Sully, Prime Minister of Henry the Great: with the Trial of Francis Ravaillac, Edinburgh, 1819, 5 volumes, octavo, attractive later full calf gilt bindings with raised bands and thistle designs in the compartments, marble edged & endpapers; bookplates of Robert Allfrey; the frontispiece and title pages of each volume heavily toned o/w clean internally. (5)