Auction No 372, Category: History

40 Lots (displaying 21 - 40)

William Anderson "The Speeches and Judgement of the Right Honourable the Lords of Council and Session in Scotland

Lot: 68

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Nov 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £50
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William Anderson The Speeches and Judgement of the Right Honourable the Lords of Council and Session in Scotland upon the important cause, His Grace George James Duke of Hamilton and other, pursuers; against Archibald Douglas, Esq.; Defender. J. Balfour & others, Edinburgh, 1768, octavo, rebound in fine modern half-calf, gilt, marbled boards; uncut two sides, slight staining to margins of some leaves, few contemp. marginal annotations in ink, generally VG internally. vi,[1],620pp.

Sydney Tremayne (Ed.) "The Trial of Alfred Arthur Rouse", 1931; Pearce "Unsolved Murder Mysteries", 1924, in d/jkt;

Lot: 69

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Nov 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Sydney Tremayne (Ed.) The Trial of Alfred Arthur Rouse, 1931; Pearce Unsolved Murder Mysteries, 1924, in d/jkt; Bennett The Amazing Case of the Baron von Schauroth, 1966, in d/jkt; John Rowland The Wallace Case, 1949; and other crime history, from early 20th Century; all h/bks, some with spine faded, many others in good to fine d/jkt. Varied condition. (23)

John Frederic Bateman "History and Description of the Manchester Waterworks", Manchester & London, 1884

Lot: 70

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Nov 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £120
SOLD £115
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John Frederic Bateman History and Description of the Manchester Waterworks, Manchester & London, 1884, large 4to, original gilt cloth, fine, new endpapers, red sides; plates and maps complete; fine internally. 

Roger Wilkes "Wallace: The Final Verdict", 1984 in d/jkt; Paul Capon "The Great Yarmouth Mystery", 1965, in d/jkt;

Lot: 71

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Nov 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
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Roger Wilkes Wallace: The Final Verdict, 1984 in d/jkt; Paul Capon The Great Yarmouth Mystery, 1965, in d/jkt; Joan Paisnel The Beast of Jersey, 1972, in torn d/jkt; Robert Hancock Ruth Ellis, Arthur Barker, 1963, in d/jkt; and other true crime, 1930s to 1990s, all h/bk, many in d/jkts. Mainly good to VF (25)

William Hodge's Famous Scottish Trials series including "Trial of Dr. Pritchard" 1906, "Trial of James Stewart" 1907

Lot: 72

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Nov 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £82
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William Hodge's Famous Scottish Trials series including Trial of Dr. Pritchard 1906, Trial of James Stewart 1907, The Douglas Cause 1909, and other early 20th Century. Fair to VG. (9)

Charles Singer "The Earliest Chemical Industry", Folio Society, 1948, large format h/bk, original cloth, a little faded

Lot: 75

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Nov 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £60
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Charles Singer The Earliest Chemical Industry, Folio Society, 1948, large format h/bk, original cloth, a little faded, gilt leather title label, colour plates, some laid down; No.113 of 1100 issued, publisher’s descriptive leaflet loosely inserted; fine internally. 

[Samuel Parr, and William Beloe] "A Free Translation of the Preface to Bellendenus containing Animated Strictures

Lot: 78

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Nov 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £10
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[Samuel Parr, and William Beloe] A Free Translation of the Preface to Bellendenus containing Animated Strictures on the Great Political Characters of the Present Time. T. Payne and others, 1788, First Edition; octavo, contemp. quarter leather, gilt title label, front board near detached; good internally; contemp. inscription top of title page; x,159pp. [A political tract supporting the Whig cause and attacking Pitt and his government]

Thomas Whitaker "The History and Antiquities of the Deanery of Craven, in the County of York"

Lot: 79

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Nov 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £24
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Thomas Whitaker The History and Antiquities of the Deanery of Craven, in the County of York, edited Morant, 1878, Third Edition with many Addtions and Corrections, large quarto, contemp. gilt cloth binding damaged, the boards near detached; VG internally with all plates, maps and pedigrees.

Marshal-General Plantagenet-Harrison "The History of Yorkshire, Volume 1: The Wapentake of Gilling West"

Lot: 80

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Nov 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £20
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Marshal-General Plantagenet-Harrison The History of Yorkshire, Volume 1: The Wapentake of Gilling West, London, 1885, folio, original boards and darkened title label, recased with new endpapers and cloth backstrip; fine internally with all text illustrations, pedigrees etc. 

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

Lot: 81

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Nov 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £26
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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)

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

Lot: 82

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Nov 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £20
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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. 

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

Lot: 83

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Nov 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £58
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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..." 1770

Lot: 84

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Nov 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £26
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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         

Henry Tennyson Folkard "Works Relating to Freemasonry, Preserved in the … Wigan Free Public Library"

Lot: 85

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Nov 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
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Henry Tennyson Folkard Works Relating to Freemasonry, Preserved in the … Wigan Free Public Library. Wigan, 1882, 2nd Edn, octavo, printed card wraps, VG, fine internally; 32pp          

Wingfield Watson "Prophetic Controversy No. 2", 1887, 28pp, and "The Book of the Mormon", 1899, 18pp;

Lot: 86

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Nov 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Wingfield Watson Prophetic Controversy No. 2, 1887, 28pp, and The Book of the Mormon, 1899, 18pp; Edward Couch The Sabbath and the Restitution, 1891, 81pp; all 1970s reprints, together with other reprinted 19th Century  pamphlets of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. VF (20)

"Trial of Miss Madeline Smith…on the Charge of Poisoning", Edinburgh, 1857, fine modern quarter-leather,

Lot: 87

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Nov 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
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Trial of Miss Madeline Smith…on the Charge of Poisoning, Edinburgh, 1857, fine modern quarter-leather, small hole in page 3 with loss of few words of text; Paul Harris The Garvie Trial: The Crime That Shocked Scotland, 1969 in VG d/jkt; and two other murder trials. Good to VF (4) 

Jonathan Goodman (Ed.) "The Trial of Ian Brady & Myra Hindley", David & Charles ‘Celebrated Trials' series, 1973,

Lot: 88

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Nov 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Jonathan Goodman (Ed.) The Trial of Ian Brady & Myra Hindley, David & Charles ‘Celebrated Trials’ series, 1973, 1st Edn. in VG d/jkt; plus The Archer-Shee Case, Trial of Elvira Barney and The Trial of Ruth Ellis, all in the same David & Charles series, all in good to VF d/jkts. (4) 

J.S. Bayldon "The Art of Valuing Rents and Tillages, and the Tenants Right on Entering and Quitting Farms", London, 1824

Lot: 89

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Nov 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
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J.S. Bayldon The Art of Valuing Rents and Tillages, and the Tenants Right on Entering and Quitting Farms, London, 1824, 2nd Edition (revised), original boards, backstrip very worn; ownership inscription front endpaper; uncut; hand-coloured plan; VG internally. 192pp 

"Pigot and Dean's Directory for Manchester, Salford, &c, for 1824-5", Manchester, 1824, contemp. leather, worn

Lot: 91

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Nov 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £150
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Pigot and Dean’s Directory for Manchester, Salford, &c, for 1824-5, Manchester, 1824, contemp. leather, worn, front board near detached, endpapers browned; fine internally with the two folding Maps. Advertisements bound in at rear.     

Suetonius (Suetonii) "Opera Omnia", A. J. Valpy, 1826, 3 Volumes, octavo, full calf, gilt, backstrips a little rubbed,

Lot: 92

  • Auction Date: Wed 22nd Nov 2017 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £80
SOLD £66
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Suetonius (Suetonii) Opera Omnia, A. J. Valpy, 1826, 3 Volumes, octavo, full calf, gilt, backstrips a little rubbed, a.e.g., spotting to endpapers; Justinius (Justini) Historiae Philippicae, A. J. Valpy, 1822, 2 Volumes, full calf, backstrips a little rubbed, front hinge of volume 2 weak, a.e.g.; and Valpy’s scarce 1826 2 volume edition of Festus’ Latin Vocabulary/Dictionary in VG matching bindings. All seven with bookplates of Sir Robert Shafto Adair (7)