Auction No 371, Category: Books

136 Lots (displaying 41 - 60)

James Barron "A History of the Ribble Navigation from Preston to the Sea", Preston Corporation, 1938,

Lot: 52

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £72
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James Barron A History of the Ribble Navigation from Preston to the Sea, Preston Corporation, 1938, tall quarto, original cloth, gilt, t.e.g., a little faded, fine internally with all maps, plates & diagrams.

                                                                                                

"The Industries of Yorkshire, Part First: Leeds and Bradford, Dewsbury, Batley, Keighley, &c,"

Lot: 53

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
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The Industries of Yorkshire, Part First: Leeds and Bradford, Dewsbury, Batley, Keighley, &c, Historical Publishing Co. (c.1890), quarto, orig. gilt cloth, new endpapers, 348pp, VG; The Century’s Progress – Lancashire, London Printing & Engraving Co, 1892, quarto, orig. gilt cloth, 294pp, VG; and Robert Clough The Lead Smelting Mills of the Yorkshire Dales, Leeds, 1962, quarto, photo-plates & diagrams, fine. (3)

Mathew "For Lawyers and Others", 1937; E.S. Fay "The Life of Mr. Justice Swift", 1939, in worn d/jkt;

Lot: 54

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £28
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Mathew For Lawyers and Others, 1937; E.S. Fay The Life of Mr. Justice Swift, 1939, in worn d/jkt; Cecil Bishop C.I.D. From Information Received, 1932; Arthur Griffiths Memorials of Millbank and Chapters in Prison History, 1884, binding repaired; and others on Crime and the Law. All h/bk. Fair to fine. (13)

                                    

W. Hutton "The History of Derby; from the remote ages of Antiquity, to the year MDCCXCI",

Lot: 55

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
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W. Hutton The History of Derby; from the remote ages of Antiquity, to the year MDCCXCI, London, 1791; octavo, lacking boards, backstrip and endpapers; complete with folding Map and folding East Prospect, and further 17 plates; inked date to title page, remaining text and illustrations VG. A good binder’s copy. 

Antiquarian selection needing rebinding including Gardiner "Englands Grievance Discovered, in relation to the Coal Trade"

Lot: 56

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £52
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Antiquarian selection needing rebinding including Gardiner Englands Grievance Discovered, in relation to the Coal Trade, 1796, complete with Map of the Tyne & Newcastle, and other plates; Clarendon and Whitlock Compar’d. London, 1727, full leather, front board detached; and Langdale A Topographical Dictionary of Yorkshire, 1822, with folding map and table. Mixed condition. (6)

"Kelly's Directory of Cheshire 1914", complete with folding coloured map; quarto, original gilt cloth,

Lot: 57

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £56
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Kelly’s Directory of Cheshire 1914, complete with folding coloured map; quarto, original gilt cloth, worn at extremities, spine a little faded; previous owner’s bookplate on free endpaper; 1084pp plus adverts. Good

"The Trial of German Major War Criminals" Nov. 1945 to June 1946, complete in 16 volumes,

Lot: 58

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £26
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The Trial of German Major War Criminals Nov. 1945 to June 1946, complete in 16 volumes, H.M.S.O., 1946-1948, small quarto, original printed wraps, Vol. 1 rather worn. (16)

"Kelly's Directory of Cheshire 1902", complete with folding coloured map; quarto, original gilt cloth,

Lot: 59

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £56
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Kelly’s Directory of Cheshire 1902, complete with folding coloured map; quarto, original gilt cloth, spine and rear cover stained; VG internally; 1003pp plus adverts.

"Slater's Royal National Classified Commercial Directory and Topography of the County of Lancashire and the Manufacturing District"

Lot: 60

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £74
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Slater’s Royal National Classified Commercial Directory and Topography of the County of Lancashire and the Manufacturing District,  Isaac Slater, Manchester, 1851, quarto, lacking boards & backstrip and requiring rebinding; the fine coloured folding maps of Lancashire and Greater Manchester are present, title page & index repaired, and a new spine & endpapers added. 

T. Ormerod "Calderdale: A Descriptive Account of the Streams Forming the Lancashire Calder

Lot: 61

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £24
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T. Ormerod Calderdale: A Descriptive Account of the Streams Forming the Lancashire Calder and of Objects of Interest on or near them, Burnley, 1906, 4to, orig. gilt cloth, worn at extremites, map in rear pocket; Thomas Newbigging History of the Forest of Rossendale, 1893, 2nd Edn, rebound in modern gilt cloth, fine; and J.M. Mather Rambles Round Rossendale, 1894, 2nd Series, Ex-Library, orig.cloth. (3)

Henry Heginbotham "Stockport Ancient and Modern", Sampson Low, 1882-1892, large quarto, 2 Vols,

Lot: 62

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £78
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Henry Heginbotham Stockport Ancient and Modern, Sampson Low, 1882-1892, large quarto, 2 Vols, original gilt cloth, VG, plates and other illustrations complete. (2)

                                                

William Buchanan "Reports of Certain Remarkable Cases in the Court of Session, and Trials in the High Court of Judiciary

Lot: 63

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
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William Buchanan Reports of Certain Remarkable Cases in the Court of Session, and Trials in the High Court of Judiciary, Archibald Constable, Edinburgh, 1813; octavo, fine modern half-leather, marbled boards, gilt; t.e.g., uncut elsewhere; occasional library stamps of the Dundee Advertiser; contemp. ownership signature top of title page; clean text; [viii], 471,133,[2],8pp. Scarce

                                    

"The Trial of Mungo Campbell, before the High Court of Justiciary in Scotland,

Lot: 64

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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The Trial of Mungo Campbell, before the High Court of Justiciary in Scotland, For The Murder of Alexander Earl of Eglintoun. From an Authentick Copy, Extracted from the Records of the Court; bound with Information for Mungo Campbell, Late Officer of Excise at Saltcoats, in a Criminal Prosecution before the High Court of Justiciary in Scotland, for the Alleged Murder of the late Alexander, Earl of Eglinton; Archibald now Earl of Eglinton and James Montgomery Esq. His Majesty's Advocate, Prosecutors. D. Wilson & G. Nicol 1770; contemp. half-leather, very worn; very good internally; [4],111,[6 including map],146pp

 

                                                                        

"Memoir of the Life and Trial of James Mackcoull", Edinburgh, 1822, rebound in modern boards;

Lot: 65

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £36
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Memoir of the Life and Trial of James Mackcoull, Edinburgh, 1822, rebound in modern boards; The Trial of Patrick Herbert Mahon, New York, 1928; Hopkins Life and Death at the Old Bailey, 1935, in VG d/jkt; Deale Memorable Irish Trials, 1960; and related titles, all original cloth; plus a collection of newscuttings of late-19th Century Trials in a leather-bound volume. Good to VF (12)

Crime selection with emphasis on Forensic Science, Violent Crime, and Poisoners including Lefebure "Evidence for the Crown", 1955;

Lot: 66

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £50
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Crime selection with emphasis on Forensic Science, Violent Crime, and Poisoners including Lefebure Evidence for the Crown, 1955; Illustrated Life and Career of William Palmer of Rugeley….Poisoner, 1856, half-leather, some foxing; John Glaister Final Diagnosis, 1964, in d/jkt; Eugene Block The Chemist of Crime, 1959, in d/jkt; and Roger Smith Trial by Medicine, 1981, in d/jkt. All h/bk, many in VG/VF d/jkt. (24)

                                                                        

G.D. Roberts "Without My Wig", 1957; A.E. Bowker "A Lifetime with the Law", 1961; A.E. Bowker "Behind the Bar", 1947;

Lot: 67

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £36
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G.D. Roberts Without My Wig, 1957; A.E. Bowker A Lifetime with the Law, 1961; A.E. Bowker Behind the Bar, 1947; Edward Grice Great Cases of Sir Henry Curtis Bennett, 1937; Jackson The Life and Cases of Mr.Justice Humphreys, 1951; The Last Serjeant: The Memoirs of Serjeant A.M.Sullivan Q.C., 1952; J.D.Casswell A Lance for Liberty, 1961; and other biographical or autobiographical works of Judges and Barristers, many First Editions in d/jkt. Good to VF (15)

"807" [Maude Onions] "A Woman at War: Being experiences of an Army Signaller in France in 1917-1919"

Lot: 68

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £44
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"807" [Maude Onions] A Woman at War: Being experiences of an Army Signaller in France in 1917-1919, Liverpool Daily Post, n.d., original printed boards, fine. 60pp. Scarce

Enid Bagnold "A Diary Without Dates", Heinemann, March 1918, complete with VG original dustjacket

Lot: 69

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £46
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Enid Bagnold A Diary Without Dates, Heinemann, March 1918, complete with VG original dustjacket (slightly chipped at top of spine); contemp.ownership signature front endpaper; light tanning to text due to paper quality; some fox marks to prelims and lower edge of textblock. 146pp

 

Military History including Sheldon "The German Army at Ypres" 1914, 2010; Winston Churchill "The River War", 1940,

Lot: 70

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £40
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Military History including Sheldon The German Army at Ypres 1914, 2010; Winston Churchill The River War, 1940, foxing to endpapers and half-title; Adams Nothing of Importance: A Record of Eight Months at the front with a Welsh Battalion, 1988; Histories of Two Hundred and Fifty-One Divisions of the German Army which participated in the War (1914-1918), 1989 reprint; and other mainly WWI titles. Largely h/bk in fine d/w. (18)    

John Porter "History of the Fylde of Lancashire", W. Porter, 1876, orig. gilt decorated cloth, VG;

Lot: 71

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £42
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John Porter History of the Fylde of Lancashire, W. Porter, 1876, orig. gilt decorated cloth, VG; and Frederic Riley The Ribble from its Source to the Sea, J.W. Lambert, 1914, original cloth, 21 plates and 4 Maps, fine. (2)