Auction No 366, Category: History

18 Lots (displaying 1 - 18)

Gilbert Burnet "The Memoires of the Lives and Actions of James and William, Dukes of Hamilton and Castleherald, &c.

Lot: 32

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Mar 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £100
SOLD £38
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Gilbert Burnet  The Memoires of the Lives and Actions of James and William, Dukes of Hamilton and Castleherald, &cIn which an Account is given of the Rise and Progress of the Civil Wars of Scotland. With other great Transactions both in England and Germany, from the Year 1625, to the Year 1652. Together with many Letters, Instructions, and other Papers Written by King Charles the I.  R. Royston, London, 1677, folio, contemp.leather covered boards, rebacked with gilt title label, new endpapers; complete with all four engraved portraits and rarely found intact; light damp-staining largely confined to lower margins; repair to margin of pp.57/58; frontisp, (20),436,(12) pp. Wing 5832

"The Chronicle of the Society of Old Brentwoods", 1931-1944, octavo, six volumes in attractive black half-leather,

Lot: 33

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Mar 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £30
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The Chronicle of the Society of Old Brentwoods, 1931-1944, octavo, six volumes in attractive black half-leather, gilt with raised bands, dark red title labels; original owner’s bookplates. Clean text. Some slight wear at top of spines. (6)

"Fairbairn's Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland….. Revised by Laurence Butters"

Lot: 34

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Mar 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £12
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Fairbairn’s Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland…..Revised by Laurence ButtersThomas C. Jack, [1860], 2 volumes, original publisher’s blind-tooled cloth, gilt titles, a little frayed at top and tail of the spines; vol.2 complete with 144 plates (a few loose). Clean internally.

"A New Baronetage of England; Or A Genealogical and Historical Account of the Present English Baronets,

Lot: 35

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Mar 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £15
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A New Baronetage of England; Or A Genealogical and Historical Account of the Present English Baronets, With their Arms accurately engraved and blazoned, J.Almon, London, 1769, 12mo, 3 volumes; full leather, gilt; front board of Vol.1 detached, binding to Vol. 3 shabby; plates & text fine and complete. 

Britannicus "A review of a late treatise, entituled An account of the conduct of the Dowager D-- of M--, &c.

Lot: 36

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Mar 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £24
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Britannicus A review of a late treatise, entituled An account of the conduct of the Dowager D-- of M--, &c.  in a letter to a person of distinction, comprising  title + 74pp; bound with A continuation of the review of a late treatise, entituled An account of the conduct of the Dow--r D- of M-, &c. In which many misrepresentations are detected. In a second letter to a person of distinction; title + 68pp (lacks final leaf). J. Roberts, 1742. Few ink annotations to title pages. Bound in contemp. full leather, title label largely chipped away. 

John Rushworth "Historical Collections Of Private Passages of State, Weighty Matters in Law,

Lot: 37

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Mar 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £40
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John Rushworth Historical Collections Of Private Passages  of State, Weighty Matters in Law, Remarkable Proceedings in Five Parliaments. Beginning The Sixteenth Year of King James, Anno 1618, And ending the Fifth Year of King Charls, Anno 1629, Digested in Order of Time, And now Published by John Rushworth of Lincolns-Inn, Esq., George Thomason, London, 1659, folio, full panelled calf, boards detached, backstrip worn; title page a little dust-affected o/w VG internally with two engraved portraits and folding map (strengthened at one fold), text clean and intact. 

Giulio Ferreti "IULII FERRETTI RAVENNATIS.DE RE ET DISCIPLINA MILITARI,

Lot: 38

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Mar 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £300 - £400
SOLD £200
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Giulio Ferreti  IULII FERRETTI RAVENNATIS.DE RE ET DISCIPLINA MILITARI, Aureus Tractatus ac coelestis, spiritualis, legalis, armatae, instauratae, et illustratae militiae praeceptis: Venice, 1575; folio, vellum covered boards grimed; fine internally; pp.[108], 426, [2], index on [92] pages preceding text.    

[Robert of Avesbury] "Roberti de Avesbury Historia de mirabilibus gestis Edvardi III"

Lot: 39

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Mar 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £20
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[Robert of Avesbury] Roberti de Avesbury Historia de mirabilibus gestis Edvardi III. Edited from the manuscript by Thomas Hearne. Oxford, 1720. Octavo, full leather, worn & chipped; clean text but worming affects a few words of the preface. pp.lvi, 385, (1). Folding plate.

Henry Coventry "Philemon to Hydaspes: or, the History of False Religion in the earlier Pagan World:

Lot: 40

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Mar 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £26
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Henry Coventry Philemon to Hydaspes: or, the History of False Religion in the earlier Pagan World: related in a series of Conversations.Robert Urie, 1761, 4th Edition, small octavo, full contemp.calf, gilt, slightly chipped; occasional minor spotting but generally fine internally. 431pp

Joseph Brown "The Tryal of Thomas Duke of Norfolk by His Peers for High Treason Against the Queen

Lot: 41

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Mar 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £26
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Joseph Brown The Tryal of Thomas Duke of Norfolk by His Peers for High Treason Against the Queen on Wednesday the 16th Day of January 1571. J. Morphew, London, 1709, octavo, contemp. worn leather, rear board detached; damp staining at foot affects most of the text; faint signature of George Vertue (antiquary & engraver) on title page. (24),150pp

Richard Price "OBSERVATIONS ON THE NATURE OF CIVIL LIBERTY, THE PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENT,

Lot: 42

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Mar 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £86
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Richard Price OBSERVATIONS ON THE NATURE OF CIVIL LIBERTY, THE PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENT, AND THE JUSTICE AND POLICY OF THE WAR WITH AMERICA. 1776, 7th Edition, [Bound with] ADDITIONAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE NATURE AND VALUE OF CIVIL LIBERTY, AND THE WAR WITH AMERICA: Also Observations on Schemes for raising Money by Public Loans; An Historical Deduction and Analysis of the National Debt; And a brief Account of the Debts and Resources of France., 1777, 3rd Edition,[andJ. Shebbeare An Essay on the Origin, Progress and establishment of National Society, 1776. Octavo, full polished calf, gilt, some wear, lacking title label; some browning to endpapers o/w fine internally.

"Caius Suetonius Tranquillus ex Recensione Jo. Georgii Graevii, cum ejusdem Animadversioniubus

Lot: 43

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Mar 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £32
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[Caius Suetonius] Caius Suetonius Tranquillus ex Recensione Jo. Georgii Graevii, cum ejusdem Animadversioniubus (Lives of the Twelve Caesars), Henricum Wetstenium, Amsterdam, 1691, 12mo, 18th Century worn calf, lacking title label, hinges weak; engraved frontispiece and 12 further plates of the Caesars. Plates and text in VG condition. 445pp plus index & 2-page Addenda. 

John Edward Price "A Descriptive Account of the Guildhall of the City of London: its history and associations"

Lot: 45

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Mar 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £20
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John Edward Price A Descriptive Account of the Guildhall of the City of London: its history and associations. London, 1886, ex-library and nicely bound in black leather, gilt; complete with all coloured & b/w plates plus the folding map; damp stain in lower margin affects a few plates, and couple of text pages with spotting.

"Illustrated London News" for July to December 1882, disbound, few illustrations damaged

Lot: 46

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Mar 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Illustrated London News for July to December 1882, disbound, few illustrations damaged but generally fine internally with good military interest.

Hulton Colliery, Westhoughton, company day-book containing records of Receipts and Disbursements 1807-1811,

Lot: 48

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Mar 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
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Hulton Colliery, Westhoughton, company day-book containing records of Receipts and Disbursements 1807-1811, quarto, original vellum-covered boards (marked & grimed), sound binding, 192pp of manuscript entries written in a clear hand and clean internally.

[Mrs. Charles Mathews] "Memoirs of a Scots Heiress. Addressed to the Right Honourable Lady Catherine

Lot: 62

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Mar 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
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[Mrs. Charles Mathews] Memoirs of a Scots Heiress. Addressed to the Right Honourable Lady Catherine ******. by the Author of Constance, &C. ...T. Hookham, London, 1791, 12mo, 3 vols.,title page missing from Vol.1 but half-title present; contemp. half-leather with backstrips very worn but gilt title and volume labels intact. Clean internally. 

A collection of Letters 1913 to early 1930s addressed to Sarah and Maggie Sutcliffe of Barnoldswick,

Lot: 125

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Mar 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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A collection of Letters 1913 to early 1930s addressed to Sarah and Maggie Sutcliffe of Barnoldswick, from male and female friends, several WWI from a soldier in the King’s Own Rifles, some from Canada. Most with the original stamped envelopes. Good Condition. (37) Also few empty envelopes

Carton with softback guides & histories, journals, a large album of Postcards, and sundry ephemera

Lot: 129

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Mar 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £42
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Carton with softback guides & histories, journals, a large album of Postcards, and sundry ephemera including old card Games in original packs and illustrated tins. (100s)