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Auction No 369, Category: History

65 Lots (displaying 1 - 20)

"Guide for Officers, Warrant Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers, and Privates of The Church Lads' Brigade,

Lot: 1

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Guide for Officers, Warrant Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers, and Privates of The Church Lads’ Brigade, and Church Lads’ Brigade Infantry Training, London 1910, pocket-size softback, original printed wraps with piece missing from upper left corner of front cover;  inscribed Orsett Troop (Essex) in ink along fore-edge, some light browning to text o/w fine internally; 262pp including 27 half-tone plates or diagrams. Scarce.

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

Lot: 2

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  • 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.

Legal Documents, Certificates and miscellaneous papers concerning land, properties and families of Heysham,

Lot: 5

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £130 - £160
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Legal Documents, Certificates and miscellaneous papers concerning land, properties and families of Heysham, 1719 to 1890, mostly on vellum including various indentures (37); several concerning the Parish Church. The 1719 document badly wormed otherwise fair to fine. (52)

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

Lot: 15

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £12
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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)  

[Robert Ferguson] "An Enquiry into, and Detection of the Barbarous Murther of the late Earl of Essex,

Lot: 17

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £52
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[Robert Ferguson] An Enquiry into, and Detection of the Barbarous Murther of the late Earl of Essex, or, a Vindication of that Noble Person, from the guilt and infamy of having destroyed himself. 1689, small 4to, later half-leather, marbled boards; backstrip missing, front board  and first few leaves detached, (4),75pp; bound with Lawrence Braddon A Letter to a Friend, 1690, title page missing; (6),62pp. Clean texts. 

"Atlas to the Memoirs of John Duke of Marlborough Containing Maps and Plans Illustrative of the Campaigns,

Lot: 18

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Atlas to the Memoirs of John Duke of Marlborough Containing Maps and Plans Illustrative of the Campaigns, Fac-Simile Autographs, Armorial Bearings etc. Henry G. Bohn, 1848, quarto, original blind-tooled cloth, lower right corner bumped; 15 Maps, mostly folding. VG

Cardinal Guido Bentivoglio "Raccolta di Lettere Scritte del Cardinal Bentivoglio in Tempo Delle sue Nuntiature

Lot: 19

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £20
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Cardinal Guido Bentivoglio Raccolta di Lettere Scritte del Cardinal Bentivoglio in Tempo Delle sue Nuntiature di Fiandra e di Francia, Rome, 1647; 12mo, contemp. vellum, darkened; front endpaper repaired; occasional light damp-staining; (4), 256pp

Capt. F.L. Maitland "Narrative of the Surrender of Buonaparte and of His Residence on Board H. M. S. Bellerophon;

Lot: 20

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
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Capt. F.L. Maitland Narrative of the Surrender of Buonaparte and of His Residence on Board H. M. S. Bellerophon; with a detail of the Principal Events that Occurred in that Ship, Henry Colburn, 1826, First Edition; leather-covered boards detached; fine folding Map; clean text. Publisher’s catalogue dated 1st May 1826. 

[Jacques Abbadie] "The History of the Late Conspiracy against the King and the Nation. With a Particular Account of the Lancashire Plot"

Lot: 21

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £38
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[Jacques Abbadie] The History of the Late Conspiracy against the King and the Nation. With a Particular Account of the Lancashire Plot, Daniel Brown and Thomas Bennet, London, 1696; late-19th Century blind-tooled and gilt calf, recased with new endpapers; spine faded; clean text. (2),195pp

[C.A. Carter] "Victoria, the British El Dorado; or, Melbourne in 1869 shewing the Advantages of that Colony as a Field for Emigration"

Lot: 23

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £48
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[C.A. Carter] Victoria, the British El Dorado; or, Melbourne in 1869 shewing the Advantages of that Colony as a Field for Emigration, Edward Stanford, 1870; octavo, original green gilt cloth, VG; front inner hinge weak; folding coloured map and two tissue-guarded colour plates; tissue-guards browned o/w fine internally. 214pp + 28pp publisher’s catalogue.

John Curwen "The Ancient Parish of Heversham with Milnthorpe",Titus Wilson, Kendal, 1930

Lot: 25

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £10
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John Curwen The Ancient Parish of Heversham with Milnthorpe,Titus Wilson, Kendal, 1930, tall octavo, original printed cloth, VG; seven b/w plates; uncut and unopened. Light toning to front endpaper o/w fine internally; 89pp 

W.I.Wild "The History of the Stockport Sunday School and its Branch Schools", 1891,

Lot: 26

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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W.I.Wild The History of the Stockport Sunday School and its Branch Schools, 1891, softback, original printed wraps dust-affected and chipped; VG internally; 399pp + 10 plates. Scarce

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

Lot: 27

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  • Est: £40 - £50
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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 Holt "Occasional Verses", Stand, nr. Bury, printed at the Radcliffe Times, 1912; small octavo,

Lot: 28

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
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John Holt Occasional Verses, Stand, nr. Bury, printed at the Radcliffe Times, 1912; small octavo, original gilt cloth, fine; a selection of verses written during the 1870s to 1890s, mostly in Lancashire Dialect. B/w portrait. 75pp + prelims. Rare title. A single copy held at the Bodleian library.

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

Lot: 29

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
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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]

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

Lot: 30

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  • Est: £40 - £50
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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)

P.A. Whittle "Bolton-Le-Moors and the Townships in the Parish: An Historical, Statistical, Civil, and Moral Account

Lot: 32

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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P.A. Whittle Bolton-Le-Moors and the Townships in the Parish: An Historical, Statistical, Civil, and Moral Account of the Corporate and Parliamentary Borough of Bolton, in the Division of the Hundred of Salford, County Palatine of Lancaster. John Crompton, Bolton, 1857; half-leather, worn, hinges weak and reinforced internally; double-page engraved Map; clean text. (4), 434pp. 

Henry, the Lord De la Mere "The Late Lord Russel's Case with Observations Upon It"

Lot: 35

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Henry, the Lord De la Mere The Late Lord Russel’s Case with Observations Upon It, Awnsham Churchill, 1689, quarto, 16pp including Advertisement leaf at rear; stain in lower margin, few fox marks. In a modern card binder.

                        

[Lord John Russell] "The Causes of the French Revolution", Longman, Rees, Orme, 1832, 1st Edn, octavo,

Lot: 36

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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[Lord John Russell] The Causes of the French Revolution, Longman, Rees, Orme, 1832, 1st Edn, octavo, original cloth-back boards, bumped corners, worn backstrip & title label; bookplate of Arthur Henry Davenport; uncut; light spotting to endpapers; clean text. (4),274pp.

 

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

Lot: 38

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £150
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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).