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Auction No 368, Category: History

29 Lots (displaying 1 - 20)

Manuscript Prayer Book of Susan Belasyse, dated November 1667; octavo, later full morocco, gilt, VG;

Lot: 52

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £150 - £200
SOLD £440
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Manuscript Prayer Book of Susan Belasyse, dated November 1667; octavo, later full morocco, gilt, VG; bookplate of Harold Marshall; inscribed Sus: Belasyse, hir Book on front endpaper; 61pp of prayers prepared for different occasions; the first page of prayers adhering to the inscribed endpaper otherwise fine and written throughout in a clear hand. [The Belasyse family were devout Catholics closely allied to Charles I and the Royalist cause. Baron John Belasyse was a commander in the King’s army and fought in various battles; he was subsequently imprisoned in the Tower; after the Restoration he was reprieved and took on a variety of honorary appointments. Susan Belasyse was Baron Belasyse’s daughter-in-law, widowed in August 1667 following the death of her husband Henry in a duel. Charles II’s brother James sought to marry Susan Belasyse but the marriage was blocked by Charles.] 

[Octavien de Guasco, Comte de Clavieres] "De l'usage des statues chez les anciens, essai historique".

Lot: 54

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £42
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 [Octavien de Guasco, Comte de Clavieres] De l'usage des statues chez les anciens, essai historique. J.L. De Boubers, Brussels, 1768; quarto, contemp. full leather, worn, gilt title chipped; 14 fine plates at rear; author’s name entered in ink on title page; xxiii, 505, (2)pp, plus plates. Clean text.

[Rugby School] "The Rugby Miscellany", March 1845-October 1846, nine issues, all bar one with original printed wraps,

Lot: 55

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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[Rugby School] The Rugby Miscellany, March 1845-October 1846, nine issues, all bar one with original printed wraps, the March 1845 issue with cover worn & loose. (9)

                                                

"The Acts Made in the First Parliament of Our most High and Dread Soveraign, Charles the First"

Lot: 56

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £26
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The Acts Made in the First Parliament of Our most High and Dread Soveraign, Charles the First [with] The Laws and Acts Made in the First Parliament of Our most High and Dread Soveraign, Charles the Second [with] The Laws and Acts Made in the Second Parliament of Our most High and Dread Soveraign, Charles the Second. David Lindsay, Edinburgh, 1683; 12mo, 3 books in one, each with separate title pages; nicely rebound in quarter leather, gilt, with raised bands, marbled boards, a.e.g. Light browning to text. 640pp

                        

Agreement for the Commutation of Tithes in the Parish of Tarleton in the County of Lancaster,

Lot: 57

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £52
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Agreement for the Commutation of Tithes in the Parish of Tarleton in the County of Lancaster, 1845, a copy document, folio, half-leather, comprising 90pp of hand-written text with lists of landowners and tenants. Hingeing partly cracked; fine internally.

                                                                        

"The Whole Proceedings in the House of Peers upon the Impeachment Exhibited

Lot: 59

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £28
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The Whole Proceedings in the House of Peers upon the Impeachment Exhibited by the Knights, Citizens and Burgesses, in Parliament Assembled, in the Names of Themselves and of all the Commons of Great Britain; against Simon Lord Lovat, for High Treason. Samuel Billingsley, 1747, folio, worn quarter-leather, 188pp; bound with Proceedings for High Treason against 3 others, 1746, 39pp; text and preliminaries clean and complete. 

Frederick T. Jane "The Torpedo in Peace and War", W.Thacker, 1904, 2nd Edn, oblong quarto,

Lot: 60

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £42
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Frederick T. Jane The Torpedo in Peace and War, W.Thacker, 1904, 2nd Edn, oblong quarto, orig.printed cloth; pronounced browning to prelims and final page of text; b/w art illustrations by the author. 164pp

Christopher Alisby "Waffen-SS: The Unpublished Photographs 1923-1945", in d/jkt;

Lot: 61

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £36
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Christopher Alisby Waffen-SS: The Unpublished Photographs 1923-1945, in d/jkt; When all our brothers are silent: the Book of Photographs of the Waffen-SS, 1988, in d/jkt; and related titles, mostly concerning Germany in WW2. Good/VF (8)

Homer Croy "Trigger Marshal: The Story of Chris Madsen", 1958, in d/jkt; Leon Metz "Dallas Stoudenmire: El Paso Marshal",

Lot: 62

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £36
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Homer Croy Trigger Marshal: The Story of Chris Madsen, 1958, in d/jkt; Leon Metz Dallas Stoudenmire: El Paso Marshal, 1979, in d/jkt; Glenn Shirley Guardian of the Law, 1988, in djkt; and other biography including seven additional Western Frontier subjects. Good to VF (15)

John Watson "The History and Antiquities of The Parish of Halifax, in Yorkshire", T. Lowndes, 1775,

Lot: 63

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £46
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John Watson The History and Antiquities of The Parish of Halifax, in Yorkshire, T. Lowndes, 1775, quarto, full calf, rebacked with gilt title label & raised bands, and new endpapers; title page has signature cut away at top; complete with 10 plates (4 folding); some light browning, largely confined to margins.

Brassey and Leyland (Eds.) "The Naval Annual 1919", William Clowes, 1919, tall octavo,

Lot: 64

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
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Brassey and Leyland (Eds.) The Naval Annual 1919, William Clowes, 1919, tall octavo, orig.gilt cloth, good; endpapers browned o/w fine internally with all photo-plates, diagrams, and adverts at rear. 

"Letters of General C.G. Gordon to his sister M.A. Gordon", Macmillan, 1888, original gilt cloth, VG;

Lot: 65

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £150
SOLD £96
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Letters of General C.G. Gordon to his sister M.A. Gordon, Macmillan, 1888, original gilt cloth, VG; cut signature of General Gordon laid down at top of half-title, additionally signed by his sister at top of title page; related newscuttings affixed to rear of front endpaper and rear of half-title; title page browned; some inked annotations by M.A. Gordon, and literary extracts tipped in.

J. Horsfall Turner "Halifax Books and Authors", 1906; Claridge "Origin and History of Bradford Grammar School", 1882;

Lot: 66

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £24
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J. Horsfall Turner Halifax Books and Authors, 1906; Claridge Origin and History of Bradford Grammar School, 1882; Prehistoric Remains in Barkisland, Longbotham, [1933]; Sedbergh School Record of War Service 1914-1918, 1925, full vellum, gilt; and other Yorkshire local history; all h/bks, two in d/jkt. Fair to VF (10)  

Jack DeMattos "Mysterious Gunfighter", 1992; C. & M. Parsons "Bowen and Hardin", 1991;

Lot: 67

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £10
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Jack DeMattos Mysterious Gunfighter, 1992; C. & M. Parsons Bowen and Hardin, 1991; Castel & Goodrich Bloody Bill Anderson, 1998; all fine 1st Editions in d/jkt; plus a related title. VG/VF (4)

John Harland "The Lancashire Lieutenancy of the Tudors and Stuarts", Chetham Soc., 1859, 2 Vols,

Lot: 68

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £50
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John Harland The Lancashire Lieutenancy of the Tudors and Stuarts, Chetham Soc., 1859, 2 Vols, the plates affected by foxing; Abraham Stansfield Poems, Sonnets & Translations, 1903, 1st Edn, b/w frontispiece, VG; Frederick Overend History of the Ebenezer Baptist Church Bacup, 1912, VG, 19 plates, presentation bookplate of 1948 signed by the Pastor & four others;and other local history, chiefly Lancashire. Fair to Fine.  (15)

Theodore Armstrong "The Hazel Grove Industrial & Equitable Co-Operative Society Ltd 1860-1910: An Historical Sketch",

Lot: 69

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £48
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Theodore Armstrong The Hazel Grove Industrial & Equitable Co-Operative Society Ltd 1860-1910: An Historical Sketch, CWS, Manchester, 1910; small octavo, original gilt cloth, spine faded; light browning to endpapers o/w fine internally; 64pp including 11 full-page photo-plates. Scarce

Thomas W. Thompson "The Spen Valley: A Local History", Heckmondwike, 1925,

Lot: 70

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
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Thomas W. Thompson The Spen Valley: A Local History, Heckmondwike, 1925, small octavo, printed cloth, a.e.g., VG, bound by Clifford Peel of Heckmondwike; previous owners’ labels front pastedown. No.23 of 100 issued, numbered and signed by the author on limitation page; light browning to endpapers with few other pages showing fox marks; largely fine internally. 355pp + 31 half-tone plates.

John Sugden "Slaithwaite Notes of the Past and Present", John Heywood, 1905, First Edn., original printed cloth, VG;

Lot: 71

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
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John Sugden Slaithwaite Notes of the Past and Present, John Heywood, 1905, First Edn., original printed cloth, VG; ownership signatures to front pastedown; fine internally; xvi,220pp, 10 plates.

"The Barbadian Diary of Gen. Robert Haynes 1787-1836", edited M.W. Cracknell, 1934, 1st Edn,

Lot: 73

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
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The Barbadian Diary of Gen. Robert Haynes 1787-1836, edited M.W. Cracknell, 1934, 1st Edn, published by The Azania Press, Medstead, Hampshire; octavo, original cloth, gilt, boards slightly bowed o/w VG; 70pp + 6 half-tone plates. [Robert Haynes, born in Barbados in 1769, became a plantation estate owner, and was a member of the House of Assembly during the time the diary was written]

A. Stanley Carruthers & R.C. Reid "Records of the Carruthers Family", Elliot Stock, 1934,

Lot: 74

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £125
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A.Stanley Carruthers & R.C. Reid Records of the Carruthers Family , Elliot Stock, 1934, quarto, original gilt cloth, slightly chipped at foot of spine o/w fine; includes Subscribers List and 23pp of Genealogical Charts. 198pp. Pages for Notes at rear. Some typed biographical notes by J.E. Carruthers loosely inserted.