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Auction No 370, Category: Books

181 Lots (displaying 61 - 80)

"An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Town of Lancaster", C. Clark, 1811, 2nd Edn,

Lot: 80

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £90
SOLD £50
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An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Town of Lancaster, C. Clark, 1811, 2nd Edn, octavo, original boards, backstrip largely worn away; uncut, fine internally with folding Map, folding Plans (2) and a further plate; lacks front endpaper, half-title intact; index, errata leaf; vii,128,[5]pp

P. Mannex "Topography and Directory of Lancaster and Sixteen Miles Round; with an Essay on the Science of Geology"

Lot: 81

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
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P. Mannex Topography and Directory of Lancaster and Sixteen Miles Round; with an Essay on the Science of Geology. P.Mannex & Co, Preston, 1881; octavo, original cloth discoloured, spine frayed and partly detached, gilt title to front, hinges weak; good clean text including extensive listing of all the householders and their occupations; adverts at front & rear; [8],349,[11]pp

Seymour Hicks "Not Guilty, M'Lord", Cassell, 1939, original cloth, gilt, VG; light browning to endpapers;

Lot: 82

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £20
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Seymour Hicks Not Guilty, M’Lord, Cassell, 1939, original cloth, gilt, VG; light browning to endpapers; photo-plates, 6 wood-cuts by G.L.Thomson; light spotting to fore-edge. 276pp (Sir Edward Seymour Hicks, 1871-1949, the celebrated actor and writer, was a frequent guest at the Old Bailey over a 45 year period).

G.T. Crook "The Complete Newgate Calendar", Navarre Society, 1926, set of 5 volumes, original gilt cloth, VG;

Lot: 83

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £58
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G.T. Crook The Complete Newgate Calendar, Navarre Society, 1926, set of 5 volumes, original gilt cloth, VG; some browning to endpapers; uncut, spotting to prelims and edge of text blocks; fine engravings. Together with Gilbert Armitage The History of the Bow Street Runners 1729-1829, Wishart & Co [1932] orig. printed cloth, VG. (6)

John H. Cooke "Bibliotheca Cestriensis, or a Biographical Account of Books, Maps, Plates, and other Printed Matter

Lot: 84

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £72
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John H. Cooke Bibliotheca Cestriensis, or a Biographical Account of Books, Maps, Plates, and other Printed Matter relating to….The County of Chester. Mackie & Co, 1904, tall quarto, half-vellum, gilt, VG, No. 89 of 200 issued; fine internally; 218pp + index + tissue-guarded half-tone plates. Some light foxing to fore-edge. Upper-right corners bumped.  

[J. Seacome] "The History of the House of Stanley, from the Conquest to the Death of …Edward, late Earl of Derby

Lot: 85

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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[J. Seacome] The History of the House of Stanley, from the Conquest to the Death of …Edward, late Earl of Derby, in 1776…..to which is added a Complete History of The Isle of Man, J. Gleave, 1821; rebound in modern quarter cloth, gilt, over marbled boards; light browning to text, the five plates and title page cleaned; pp.191-230 with variable staining to lower right corner (not affecting text). 260pp

"The Manchester & Salford Director for 1829, containing an Alphabetical List of the Principal Inhabitants;

Lot: 86

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £130
SOLD £135
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The Manchester & Salford Director for 1829, containing an Alphabetical List of the Principal Inhabitants; also a Classification of the Professions, Trades, &c. with a separate list of the Country Manufacturers. M. Wardle, Manchester, [1828]; octavo, modern three-quarter calf over marbled boards, fine; gift inscription of 1888 on reverse of endpaper; title-page partly detached; spotting to prelims and few minor tone marks elsewhere; 6pp of advertisements at rear; viii,224,65,(42)pp. No copies recorded by Copac.     

"Pigot & Deans' New Directory of Manchester, Salford, &c. for 1821-2; containing an Alphabetical List of the Manufacturers

Lot: 87

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £150 - £200
SOLD £145
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Pigot & Deans’ New Directory of Manchester, Salford, &c. for 1821-2; containing an Alphabetical List of the Manufacturers, and Inhabitants in General, with the numbers as affixed to their doors.  R. & W. Dean and J. Pigot, Manchester, [1821], octavo, modern three-quarter calf over marbled boards, gilt, raised bands, VG; complete with two attractive folding maps of Manchester and Lancashire, each with stamps on reverse of the Manchester Law Incorporated Library. Gift inscription of 1888 on reverse of first map. Some occasional foxing but generally clean text. Engraved advertsing plate for J. Pigot after title page; further advert plate at rear. Collated as complete.              

G.H. Tupling "The Economic History of Rossendale", Manchester University Press, 1927,

Lot: 88

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £44
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G.H. Tupling The Economic History of Rossendale, Manchester University Press, 1927, tall octavo, original gilt cloth, spine a little faded, recased with new endpapers; occasional spotting, mainly to text margins; six maps and plans, four folding; 274pp. Good   

John Mills(1821-1896) "Threads from the Life of John Mills, Banker" Manchester, 1899

Lot: 89

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £32
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John Mills(1821-1896) Threads from the Life of John Mills, Banker (Author of Vox Humana) interwoven with some early recollections by his wife, Sherratt & Hughes, Manchester, 1899, original gilt cloth, fine; top edge gilt, uncut elsewhere, partly unopened; fine internally; front endpapers replaced; tissue-guarded frontispiece and 15 other plates; xiv,403pp [This work focuses principally on the subject’s life in Ashton-under-Lyne, with good sections on Bowdon and Nantwich]. Scarce

Thomas Harwood "Alumni Etonenses; or, a Catalogue of the Provosts & Fellows of Eton College & King's College, Cambridge

Lot: 91

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £120
SOLD £70
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Thomas Harwood Alumni Etonenses; or, a Catalogue of the Provosts & Fellows of Eton College & King’s College, Cambridge, from the Foundation in 1443, to the Year 1797, Cadell & Davies, J. Deighton, and M. Pote, 1797; quarto, contemp. worn half leather over marbled boards, marble-edged, by R. Davies of Birmingham; ownership inscription of 1932; fine clean text. pp.viii,363,(1).

"Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society"

Lot: 92

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £20
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Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society, bound volumes for 1930 to 1936, 1938, 1939, 1950 and 1951; uniform gilt cloth, fine.; together with W.D. Simpson Brough-under-Stainmore: the Castle and the Church, Titus Wilson, 1947, printed wraps. (12)

W.T. Freemantle "A Bibliography of Sheffield and Vicinity to the end of 1700", Pawson & Brailsford, 1911

Lot: 93

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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W.T. Freemantle A Bibliography of Sheffield and Vicinity to the end of 1700, Pawson & Brailsford, 1911, quarto, original gilt cloth, VG; well illustrated with 65 plates; signed & inscribed by the the author in 1924 to Joseph Dyson of Sheffield together with a 2-page autograph letter from Freemantle presenting the book to Dyson and dealing with a number of enquiries. The author has made a number of manuscript alterations within the text and makes reference to these in his letter. Fine internally. 285pp.

Epistles & letters of Saint Thomas Becket. "Epistolae Et Vita Divi Thomae Martyris Et Archi-Episcopi Cantvariensis

Lot: 94

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £130
SOLD £115
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Epistles & letters of Saint Thomas Becket. Epistolae Et Vita Divi Thomae Martyris Et Archi-Episcopi Cantvariensis. Nec Non Epistolae Alexandri III. Pontificis, Galliae Regis Ludovici Septimi, Angliae Regis Henrici II. Aliarumque plurium Sublimium ex utroque Foro Personarum. Edited by Christian Lupus from manuscripts held at the Vatican. Printed by Henri Fricx, Brussels, 1682; quarto, 2 volumes, in 18th Century polished calf, gilt; bookplates of James Whatman (1702-1759) paper maker and inventor of wove paper. Occasional minor spotting o/w fine internally; [12],905,[76]pp. VG

"The Railway Year Book for 1919" and for 1920, the Railway Publishing Co, original printed cloth, VG,

Lot: 95

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £34
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The Railway Year Book for 1919 and for 1920, the Railway Publishing Co, original printed cloth, VG, complete with Maps; George Behrend Grand European Expresses, 1962 in d/jkt; Griffiths The Cheshire Lines Railway, Oakwood Press, 1947, in repaired d/jkt; and 4 related. Good to fine. (8)

                        

Railway History and nostalgia, all softbacks, 1950s to modern, including works on Industrial Locomotives;

Lot: 96

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £46
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Railway History and nostalgia, all softbacks, 1950s to modern, including works on Industrial Locomotives; Halliwell The Locomotives of Roumania, 1970; David Tandy Standard Railway Wagon Co Heywood Works, 2009; various Oakwood Press titles; etc. Includes few pamphlets. VG/VF (40)

"Bus and Coach" magazine, Iliffe Transport Publications, 1963- 1967, 40 issues, large format, pictorial wraps

Lot: 97

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £38
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Bus and Coach magazine, Iliffe Transport Publications, 1963-1967, 40 issues, large format, pictorial wraps, mostly good to VF. (40)

"Motor Industry" magazine 1949 (10 issues); "The Automobile Engineer Year Book 1920";

Lot: 99

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Motor Industry magazine 1949 (10 issues); The Automobile Engineer Year Book 1920; Dean-Averns Automobile Chassis Design, Iliffe, 1954, in d/jt; Commercial Motor Index 1913-1924, Autopress reprint, 1964; and related reference works. Fair to VF (18)

Southdown Motor Services Bus Timetables (5) 1959-1972 plus Bus & Coach Timetable brochures & leaflets (49)

Lot: 100

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £66
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Southdown Motor Services Bus Timetables (5) 1959-1972 plus Bus & Coach Timetable brochures & leaflets (49) from 1940; plus related literature including Fleet Lists (11) and Fleet History (18, A5 s/bks). Mainly VG/VF

                                    

UK Bus and Coach Timetable and Excursion Leaflets & Brochures 1950s to 1980s, mostly England and much 1960s to 1980s.

Lot: 102

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £130
SOLD £185
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UK Bus and Coach Timetable and Excursion Leaflets & Brochures 1950s to 1980s, mostly England and much 1960s to 1980s. Some with punched filing holes. Mainly good to VF. (about. 390)