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Auction No 403, Category: History

28 Lots (displaying 21 - 28)

Staffordshire Record Society, a collection of works published by or on behalf of the Society, 1915-1988, including a set of maps in slipcase.

Lot: 58

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £40
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Staffordshire Record Society, a collection of works published by or on behalf of the Society, 1915-1988, including a set of maps in slipcase. All (bar two) cloth bound, gilt. One 1960 publication ex-lbrary o/w VG/VF. (15)

Jean-Paul Marat, and A. Vermorel (Editor) "Oeuvres de J.P. Marat", Decembre-Alonnier, Paris, 1869; octavo, quarter red morocco, gilt,

Lot: 59

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Jean-Paul Marat, and A. Vermorel (Editor) Oeuvres de J.P. Marat, Decembre-Alonnier, Paris, 1869; octavo, quarter red morocco, gilt, marbled boards & endpapers, a little worn; ownership signature top of title page; tear to lower margin pp.11/12 needs repair; o/w fine internally; vii,326pp

John [Williams], Bishop of Lincoln "Great Britains Salomon: A sermon preached at the magnificent funerall, of the most high and mighty King, James,

Lot: 60

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
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John [Williams], Bishop of Lincoln Great Britains Salomon: A sermon preached at the magnificent funerall, of the most high and mighty King, Iames, the late King of Great Britaine, France, and Ireland, defender of the faith, &c, John Bull, London, 1625; sm.4to; bound in cloth covered boards, black tape repair to spine; lacks frontispiece; clean text; pp.37/8 torn with temporary repair; colophon page damaged (not affecting text); (2),76,(1)pp.  

Eugene Francois Joseph Tailliar: Four Historical Pamphlets comprising "Notice sur la langue romane d'oil et sur son etat, dans le nord de la France.."

Lot: 61

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £110 - £140
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Eugene Francois Joseph Tailliar: Four Historical Pamphlets comprising Notice sur la langue romane d'oil et sur son etat, dans le nord de la France, aux XIIe et XIIIe siecles, [1837], 80pp; Essais sur L'Historie des Institutions, [n.d.]; Etudes sur les Institutions Dans leurs rapports avec les monuments. 2me Etude Domination Romaine. Periode Anterieure a L'Avenement de Diocletien en 284. [n.d.],46pp + 12 plates; and Notice sur Origine et l'Organisation des Commune dans le Nord de la France. [n.d.]; bound together in a worn & chipped quarto half-leather binding, gilt, title label still fine; marbled endpapers; two private library stamps of Francois Toraven; some pages with spotting but generally clean, the architectural essay & plates fine. 

Local History selection, mostly Staffordshire related, including "Swinscoe, Blore and the Bassetts" 1998; Redfern "History of Uttoxeter", 1865,

Lot: 62

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £100
SOLD £50
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Local History selection, mostly Staffordshire related, including Swinscoe, Blore and the Bassetts 1998; Redfern History of Uttoxeter, 1865, (with map); M. Wright The Best of Cannock Chase, 1933; Stephens History of Congleton, 1970; The Victoria History of the County of Stafford, Vol.VIII, 1963; and various others, mostly h/bk, some in d/jkts, varied condition. (25)

Hermann Goring: autographed page from a notebook, inscribed in pencil "Hermann Goring, 1945, Nurnberg". Some creasing and slight staining o/w VG.

Lot: 63

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £550 - £650
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Hermann Goring: autographed page from a notebook, inscribed in pencil Hermann Goring, 1945, Nurnberg. Some creasing and slight staining o/w VG. Together with a PPC of Goring PU 1940, and a 3-page statement (with covering letter) dated 1981 from one M.F Clarke who attended the Nuremburg Trials as U.S. delegate to the International Military Tribunal and who obtained the autograph through one of Goring's guards.

Boer War letter from 2nd Lieut. Bartram Romilly, Scots Guards, to his mother referring to military actions at Ladysmith & elsewhere.

Lot: 64

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £26
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Boer War letter from 2nd Lieut. Bartram Romilly, Scots Guards, to his mother Lady Arabella Romilly referring to military actions at Ladysmith & elsewhere, 1900; complete with the original cover endorsed No stamp / on active service, and cancelled BRITISH ARMY S.AFRICA  datestamp. Romilly served in the Boer War from 1899 to 1902, was twice mentioned in despatches receiving the Queen's Medal with 5 clasps and was awarded the D.S.O. in 1902.

Thomas Dugdale "England & Wales Delineated", John Tallis [c.1860] Vol.2 only (pp.815-1585), half-leather, gilt, complete, many engravings,

Lot: 65

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Thomas Dugdale England & Wales Delineated, John Tallis [c.1860] Vol.2 only (pp.815-1585), half-leather, gilt, complete, many engravings, some foxing; and a selection of other UK topography. Fair to fine. (14)