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Auction No 373, Category: History

48 Lots (displaying 21 - 40)

Bundles of legal and financial correspondence 1880s & 1890s and 1900s to 1930s, London and Berwickshire respectively,

Lot: 63

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Jan 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Bundles of legal and financial correspondence 1880s & 1890s and 1900s to 1930s, London and Berwickshire respectively, from wide range of correspondents, many stock exchange related. (100s)

Archive of papers concerning Major John Frankland, gentleman farmer of Branton (West Glanton), Northumberland,

Lot: 64

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Jan 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £150 - £250
SOLD £175
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Archive of papers concerning Major John Frankland, gentleman farmer of Branton (West Glanton), Northumberland, covering the period 1774-1832, including legal papers & documents, accounts, letters (some with annotated transcriptions or typescript copies), farming diaries, etc. Good to VF. (Large qty., in carton & 2 files)

Fred Harrison "Brady & Hindley: Genesis of the Moors Murders", 1986 in d/jkt; Winifred Duke "The Stroke of Murder"

Lot: 66

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Jan 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £30
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Fred Harrison Brady & Hindley: Genesis of the Moors Murders, 1986 in d/jkt; Winifred Duke The Stroke of Murder, Robert Hale, 1937; and a collection of other true crime titles, all (bar one) h/bk,1902 to 1980s, many in d/jkt. Mainly Good to VF (36)

John Parris "Scapegoat: the inside story of the trial of Derek Bentley", 1991 in d/jkt; C.Wendy East "The Green Bicycle Murder"

Lot: 67

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Jan 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £26
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John Parris Scapegoat: the inside story of the trial of Derek Bentley, 1991 in d/jkt; C.Wendy East The Green Bicycle Murder, 1993 in d/jkt; and a collection of other true crime titles from early 20th Century, all (bar one) h/bk with many in d/jkt. VG/VF (38)

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

Lot: 68

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Jan 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £20
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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)

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

Lot: 69

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Jan 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £20
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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)

Admiral Jellicoe "The Grand Fleet 1914-1916", Cassell, 1919, and "The Crisis of the Naval War", Cassell, 1920

Lot: 72

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Jan 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Admiral Jellicoe The Grand Fleet 1914-1916, Cassell, 1919, and The Crisis of the Naval War, Cassell, 1920, complete with plates and charts; together with The Songs of the late Charles Dibdin, 1850, cartoons by Cruikshank, frontispiece foxed; all original gilt cloth. (3)

                                                                                                

G. Tyrrell "Versions and Perversions of Heine and others", Elkin Mathews, 1909, gilt quarter cloth in plain d/jkt;

Lot: 73

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Jan 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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G. Tyrrell Versions and Perversions of Heine and others, Elkin Mathews, 1909, gilt quarter cloth in plain d/jkt; Rafael Sabatini Torquemada and the Spanish Inquisition 1913; and William Andrews Bygone Punishments, 1899 (cloth discoloured). Good to VG (3)

E.W. Brayley & John Britton "A Topographical and Historical Description of the County of Chester"

Lot: 74

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Jan 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
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E.W. Brayley & John Britton A Topographical and Historical Description of the County of Chester, Sherwood, Neely & Jones, [1818], octavo, contemp. cloth, VG; fine folding hand-coloured map, plus six engravings, latter with some spotting. 120pp. [Originally published around 1791 as part of the 25 volume The Beauties of England and Wales]

Gomer Williams "History of the Liverpool Privateers and Letters of Marque, with an Account of the Liverpool Slave Trade"

Lot: 77

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Jan 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £32
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Gomer Williams History of the Liverpool Privateers and Letters of Marque, with an Account of the Liverpool Slave Trade, Heinemann, 1897, original gilt cloth; four plates; uncut, partly unopened; near fine; xv,718pp

Henry Fishwick "The History of the Parish of Bispham", Chetham Society, 1887, publisher's cloth, gilt, VG;

Lot: 78

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Jan 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £40
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Henry Fishwick The History of the Parish of Bispham, Chetham Society, 1887, publisher’s cloth, gilt, VG; folding pedigrees; spotting to prelims o/w fine internally. 142pp

H.T. Crofton "A History of Newton Chapelry in the Ancient Parish of Manchester", Chetham Society, 1904-05

Lot: 79

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Jan 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £80
SOLD £40
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H.T. Crofton A History of Newton Chapelry in the Ancient Parish of Manchester, Chetham Society, 1904-05, three volumes in four, original publisher’s cloth, gilt, VG; each with small rust marks to the endpapers o/w fine internally. (4)

JButterworth "An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Town and Parochial Chapelry of Oldham"

Lot: 80

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Jan 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £120 - £150
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J. Butterworth An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Town and Parochial Chapelry of Oldham, J. Clarke, 1817, octavo, modern quarter cloth, gilt, marbled boards, new endpapers; complete with 3 folding linen-backed Maps, all showing repairs; text block uncut; repairs to three leaves of the Directory; xii,211,(2)pp.

Frederick Overend "History of the Ebenezer Baptist Church Bacup", Kingsgate Press, 1912, original gilt cloth, VG;

Lot: 81

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Jan 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
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Frederick Overend History of the Ebenezer Baptist Church Bacup, Kingsgate Press, 1912, original gilt cloth, VG; nineteen b/w plates; fine internally. 280pp

                                    

James Johnston "Mawdsley Street Congregational Chapel Bolton-le- Moors 1808-1908", Sherratt & Hughes, [1908]

Lot: 82

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Jan 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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James Johnston Mawdsley Street Congregational Chapel Bolton-le-Moors 1808-1908, Sherratt & Hughes, [1908], original gilt cloth, t.e.g., front panel partly discoloured; 11 b/w plates; occasional spotting to text.

T. D. Whitaker "The History and Antiquities of the Deanery of Craven in the County of York", 3rd Edition,

Lot: 83

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Jan 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £24
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T. D. Whitaker The History and Antiquities of the Deanery of Craven in the County of York, 3rd Edition, E.J. Morten, 1973, reprint edition in two volumes, quarto, fine dustjackets; light browning to endpapers o/w VF. (2)

Thomas Newbigging "History of the Forest of Rossendale", J.J. Riley, 1893, 2nd Edn, octavo, recased,

Lot: 84

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Jan 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Thomas Newbigging History of the Forest of Rossendale, J.J. Riley, 1893, 2nd Edn, octavo, recased, the original gilt cloth relaid, new endpapers; 7 b/w plates; some light browning. 369pp

J. Marshall Mather "Rambles Round Rossendale (Second Series)", J.J. Riley, 1894, quarto, original gilt cloth, fine;

Lot: 85

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Jan 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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J. Marshall Mather Rambles Round Rossendale (Second Series), J.J. Riley, 1894, quarto, original gilt cloth, fine; browning to endpapers, light spotting to tissue-guards, few tone marks in text; 184pp + plates

Alfred Smith "The Harrogate Medical Guide", London, 1847, 2nd Edn; 12mo, original cloth & printed title label

Lot: 86

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Jan 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
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Alfred Smith The Harrogate Medical Guide, London, 1847, 2nd Edn; 12mo, original cloth & printed title label, some discolouration & slightly marked; spotting to prelims & final leaf o/w fine internally; xiv,130pp 

Lt.Col. Fishwick (Ed.) "Rochdale Jubilee: A Record of Fifty Years' Municipal Work 1856 to 1906", George Falkner, 1906

Lot: 88

  • Auction Date: Wed 10th Jan 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £120 - £140
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Lt.Col. Fishwick (Ed.) Rochdale Jubilee: A Record of Fifty Years’ Municipal Work 1856 to 1906, George Falkner, 1906; quarto, quarter grained-morocco, gilt, fine; bookplate of Richard Heape of Rochdale, and later ownership inscription dated 1933; light browning to endpapers; colour frontisp. and many b/w illustrations; few minor inked amendments to list of Mayors & Aldermen at rear. 316pp plus prelims.