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Auction No 370, Category: Local History

40 Lots (displaying 21 - 40)

"The History and Antiquities of the City of Coventry", Rollason & Reader, [1842?], 12mo, full 19th Cent. polished calf, gilt,

Lot: 65

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £44
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The History and Antiquities of the City of Coventry, Rollason & Reader, [1842?], 12mo, full 19th Cent. polished calf, gilt, marble-edged, good; wood-engraved plates (4), one as folding frontispiece; fine internally.

"An Account of the Manchester Musical Festival, 1828….with a Description of the characters who attended the Fancy Dress Ball"

Lot: 71

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £26
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An Account of the Manchester Musical Festival, 1828….with a Description of the characters who attended the Fancy Dress Ball, T.Sowler, Manchester, 1828, octavo, brown paper wraps with remains of original title label on front; worn at corners and last page of text darkened. Frontispiece & two fine folding plates. The publication includes an alphabetical list of all those known to have attended the event detailing their costume for the evening, over 3000 names. 129pp

Jerome Caminada "Twenty-Five Years of Detective Life", Manchester, 1895-1901, 2 Vols, orig.gilt cloth, foxing to prelims;

Lot: 73

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £42
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Jerome Caminada Twenty-Five Years of Detective Life, Manchester, 1895-1901, 2 Vols, orig.gilt cloth, foxing to prelims; Charles Arrow Rogues and Others, 1926, front endpaper partly torn away; and others on crime. Fair to fine. (13)

James Butterworth "A History & Description of the Towns and Parishes of Stockport, Ashton-under-Lyne…

Lot: 74

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £58
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James Butterworth A History & Description of the Towns and Parishes of Stockport, Ashton-under-Lyne….Manchester, 1827; Crump Ancient Highways of the Parish of Halifax, 1914; John Hall A History of South Cave, 1892; Travis Notes…of Todmorden and District, 1896; Recollections of Old Liverpool, J.F.Hughes, 1863; Mather Rambles Round Rossendale, 1888-94, 2 Vols; all with binding and/or other faults, all requiring repair or restoration. (7)

Walter de Gray Birch "The Royal Charters of The City of Lincoln", Cambridge, 1911, original gilt cloth,

Lot: 77

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Walter de Gray Birch The Royal Charters of The City of Lincoln, Cambridge, 1911, original gilt cloth, foot of spine discoloured, endpapers browned, five Plates, few marginal glosses in pencil; Reginald Dudding (Ed.) The First Churchwardens’ Book of Louth 1500-1524, Oxford, 1941, orig.gilt cloth, VG, b/w frontispiece, 234pp; and Eric Iredale A History of Sempringham, 1983, s/bk, 62pp. Good to fine. (3)

Charles Pratt "History of Cawthorne", Barnsley, 1882, octavo, original gilt cloth, nine laid down photographs as plates

Lot: 78

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
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Charles Pratt History of Cawthorne, Barnsley, 1882, octavo, original gilt cloth, nine laid down photographs as plates (one loose); few minor fox marks; binding worn at extremities; vi,175pp

A. Crosfield [and Thomas Langdale] "The History of North-Allerton, in the County of York. To which is added a Description of the Castle-Hills"

Lot: 79

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £58
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A. Crosfield [and Thomas Langdale] The History of North-Allerton, in the County of York. To which is added a Description of the Castle-Hills. J. Langdale, Northallerton, 1791; contemp. quarter calf, marbled boards, worn, head & tail of backstrip chipped; spotting to endpapers, pastedown with bookplate; clean text. 80pp

"An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Town of Lancaster", C. Clark, 1811, 2nd Edn,

Lot: 80

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £90
SOLD £50
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An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Town of Lancaster, C. Clark, 1811, 2nd Edn, octavo, original boards, backstrip largely worn away; uncut, fine internally with folding Map, folding Plans (2) and a further plate; lacks front endpaper, half-title intact; index, errata leaf; vii,128,[5]pp

P. Mannex "Topography and Directory of Lancaster and Sixteen Miles Round; with an Essay on the Science of Geology"

Lot: 81

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
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P. Mannex Topography and Directory of Lancaster and Sixteen Miles Round; with an Essay on the Science of Geology. P.Mannex & Co, Preston, 1881; octavo, original cloth discoloured, spine frayed and partly detached, gilt title to front, hinges weak; good clean text including extensive listing of all the householders and their occupations; adverts at front & rear; [8],349,[11]pp

John H. Cooke "Bibliotheca Cestriensis, or a Biographical Account of Books, Maps, Plates, and other Printed Matter

Lot: 84

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £72
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John H. Cooke Bibliotheca Cestriensis, or a Biographical Account of Books, Maps, Plates, and other Printed Matter relating to….The County of Chester. Mackie & Co, 1904, tall quarto, half-vellum, gilt, VG, No. 89 of 200 issued; fine internally; 218pp + index + tissue-guarded half-tone plates. Some light foxing to fore-edge. Upper-right corners bumped.  

[J. Seacome] "The History of the House of Stanley, from the Conquest to the Death of …Edward, late Earl of Derby

Lot: 85

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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[J. Seacome] The History of the House of Stanley, from the Conquest to the Death of …Edward, late Earl of Derby, in 1776…..to which is added a Complete History of The Isle of Man, J. Gleave, 1821; rebound in modern quarter cloth, gilt, over marbled boards; light browning to text, the five plates and title page cleaned; pp.191-230 with variable staining to lower right corner (not affecting text). 260pp

"The Manchester & Salford Director for 1829, containing an Alphabetical List of the Principal Inhabitants;

Lot: 86

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £130
SOLD £135
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The Manchester & Salford Director for 1829, containing an Alphabetical List of the Principal Inhabitants; also a Classification of the Professions, Trades, &c. with a separate list of the Country Manufacturers. M. Wardle, Manchester, [1828]; octavo, modern three-quarter calf over marbled boards, fine; gift inscription of 1888 on reverse of endpaper; title-page partly detached; spotting to prelims and few minor tone marks elsewhere; 6pp of advertisements at rear; viii,224,65,(42)pp. No copies recorded by Copac.     

"Pigot & Deans' New Directory of Manchester, Salford, &c. for 1821-2; containing an Alphabetical List of the Manufacturers

Lot: 87

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £150 - £200
SOLD £145
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Pigot & Deans’ New Directory of Manchester, Salford, &c. for 1821-2; containing an Alphabetical List of the Manufacturers, and Inhabitants in General, with the numbers as affixed to their doors.  R. & W. Dean and J. Pigot, Manchester, [1821], octavo, modern three-quarter calf over marbled boards, gilt, raised bands, VG; complete with two attractive folding maps of Manchester and Lancashire, each with stamps on reverse of the Manchester Law Incorporated Library. Gift inscription of 1888 on reverse of first map. Some occasional foxing but generally clean text. Engraved advertsing plate for J. Pigot after title page; further advert plate at rear. Collated as complete.              

G.H. Tupling "The Economic History of Rossendale", Manchester University Press, 1927,

Lot: 88

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £44
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G.H. Tupling The Economic History of Rossendale, Manchester University Press, 1927, tall octavo, original gilt cloth, spine a little faded, recased with new endpapers; occasional spotting, mainly to text margins; six maps and plans, four folding; 274pp. Good   

John Mills(1821-1896) "Threads from the Life of John Mills, Banker" Manchester, 1899

Lot: 89

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £32
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John Mills(1821-1896) Threads from the Life of John Mills, Banker (Author of Vox Humana) interwoven with some early recollections by his wife, Sherratt & Hughes, Manchester, 1899, original gilt cloth, fine; top edge gilt, uncut elsewhere, partly unopened; fine internally; front endpapers replaced; tissue-guarded frontispiece and 15 other plates; xiv,403pp [This work focuses principally on the subject’s life in Ashton-under-Lyne, with good sections on Bowdon and Nantwich]. Scarce

William Grainge "The History and Topography of the Townships of Little Timble, Great Timble and .... Snowden,

Lot: 90

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £38
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William Grainge The History and Topography of the Townships of Little Timble, Great Timble and the Hamlet of Snowden, in the West Riding of the County of York, William Walker, Otley, 1895; small 8vo, original printed & gilt cloth, recased with new endpapers; fine internally; two b/w plates; 240pp     

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

Lot: 92

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £20
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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)

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

Lot: 93

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • 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.

Burnley Paper Mill, the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, and East Lancashire Railway, 1880s to 1920s,

Lot: 119

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £36
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Burnley Paper Mill, the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, and East Lancashire Railway, 1880s to 1920s, a group of hand-drawn Plans (9), a blueprint, sales particulars and few items of correspondence relating to contracts concerning the three companies. (Qty.)

[Hugh Shimmin] "Liverpool Life: Its Pleasures, Practices, and Pastimes", Egerton Smith, Liverpool, 1856

Lot: 132

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £50
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[Hugh Shimmin] Liverpool Life: Its Pleasures, Practices, and Pastimes, Egerton Smith, Liverpool, 1856, 19th Century gilt cloth, VG, fine text, 111pp ; bound with C. Dunning Clark Warncliffe, The Wanderer (all of which has been singed by fire!) and two stories extracted from Tales from the Note-Book of a Parish Officer. [Liverpool Life is an excellent survey of popular entertainments of the day including the Theatre, Gambling and Dog Fighting]