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Auction No 445, Category: Local History

6 Lots (displaying 1 - 6)

Newspapers, a selection including few facsimiles. Originals include "Buxton Advertiser" 1865, "The Manchester Courier" 1825 (issue No.1),

Lot: 12

  • Auction Date: Wed 9th Sep 2026 12:00 BST
  • Est: £30 - £50
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Newspapers, a selection including few facsimiles. Originals include Buxton Advertiser 1865, The Manchester Courier 1825 (issue No.1), The Manchester Examiner 1848, The Manchester Guardian 1929, The North Cheshire Herald 1895 and other local papers. Varied condition. (16)     

Leech "History of the Manchester Ship Canal" Vol.1,1907, with plans and plates, one plan missing; "The Manchester Ship Canal Act 1885",

Lot: 59

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Leech History of the Manchester Ship Canal Vol.1, 1907, with plans and plates, one plan missing; The Manchester Ship Canal Act 1885, a bound photocopy; and Mersey and River Weaver Authority Second Annual Report 1966-67, three maps in rear pocket. Ex-library. Offered on behalf of Englesea Brook Museum.

J.D. Sainter "The Jottings of some Geological, Archaeological, Botanical, Ornithological and Zoological Rambles round Macclesfield", 1878

Lot: 61

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J.D. Sainter The Jottings of some Geological, Archaeological, Botanical, Ornithological and Zoological Rambles round Macclesfield, 1878 with plates & map. Orig. gilt cloth. Ex-library. Offered on behalf of Englesea Brook Museum.  

Edward Hichcliffe "Barthomley: in Letters from a former Rector to his Eldest Son", London 1856, later cloth, gilt leather title, seven litho plates,

Lot: 62

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  • Est: £50 - £70
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Edward Hichcliffe Barthomley: in Letters from a former Rector to his Eldest Son, London 1856, later cloth, gilt leather title, seven litho plates, folding pedigree. Ex-library. Offered on behalf of Englesea Brook Museum.

"Worrall’s Directory of Warrington, Wigan, St.Helens, Widnes, Leigh, Tyldesley….and adjoining Districts", Oldham, 1876, gilt cloth, complete

Lot: 63

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  • Est: £60 - £80
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Worrall's Directory of Warrington, Wigan, St. Helens, Widnes, Leigh, Tyldesley….and adjoining Districts, Oldham, 1876, gilt cloth, complete with adverts, ex-library. Scarce. Offered on behalf of Englesea Brook Museum.

The 38th, 39th and 40th Annual Reports of the Manchester and Salford Boys' and Girls' Refuges and Homes 1907-1909, each volume with orig. printed wrap

Lot: 64

  • Auction Date: Wed 9th Sep 2026 12:00 BST
  • Est: £40 - £50
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The 38th, 39th and 40th Annual Reports of the Manchester and Salford Boys' and Girls' Refuges and Homes 1907-1909, each volume with orig. printed wraps, bound together in a gilt cloth binding, hinges reinforced, each volume approx 112pp with half-tone plates; together with Robert Lee The Cry of Two Cities – Mission Work in Manchester, Salford & District 1927, and Thomas Hayhurst The Conquest of Gentleness – Memorials of Christian Church and Sunday Schools, Bury 1910.  (3)