Auction No 371, Category: Local History

21 Lots (displaying 1 - 20)

John Ward "Moston Characters at Play", 1905, and "Moston Characters at Work", 1911; both orig. gilt cloth;

Lot: 48

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £40
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John Ward Moston Characters at Play, 1905, and Moston Characters at Work, 1911; both orig. gilt cloth; t.e.g., uncut elsewhere, VG; both signed & inscribed, and complete with fine folding maps of Moston in 1848; browning to endpapers; the 1905 title with a patched hole top left of front endpaper. (2)

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

Lot: 53

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
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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: 55

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
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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. 

Antiquarian selection needing rebinding including Gardiner "Englands Grievance Discovered, in relation to the Coal Trade"

Lot: 56

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £52
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Antiquarian selection needing rebinding including Gardiner Englands Grievance Discovered, in relation to the Coal Trade, 1796, complete with Map of the Tyne & Newcastle, and other plates; Clarendon and Whitlock Compar’d. London, 1727, full leather, front board detached; and Langdale A Topographical Dictionary of Yorkshire, 1822, with folding map and table. Mixed condition. (6)

"Kelly's Directory of Cheshire 1902", complete with folding coloured map; quarto, original gilt cloth,

Lot: 59

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £56
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Kelly’s Directory of Cheshire 1902, complete with folding coloured map; quarto, original gilt cloth, spine and rear cover stained; VG internally; 1003pp plus adverts.

"Slater's Royal National Classified Commercial Directory and Topography of the County of Lancashire and the Manufacturing District"

Lot: 60

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £74
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Slater’s Royal National Classified Commercial Directory and Topography of the County of Lancashire and the Manufacturing District,  Isaac Slater, Manchester, 1851, quarto, lacking boards & backstrip and requiring rebinding; the fine coloured folding maps of Lancashire and Greater Manchester are present, title page & index repaired, and a new spine & endpapers added. 

T. Ormerod "Calderdale: A Descriptive Account of the Streams Forming the Lancashire Calder

Lot: 61

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £24
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T. Ormerod Calderdale: A Descriptive Account of the Streams Forming the Lancashire Calder and of Objects of Interest on or near them, Burnley, 1906, 4to, orig. gilt cloth, worn at extremites, map in rear pocket; Thomas Newbigging History of the Forest of Rossendale, 1893, 2nd Edn, rebound in modern gilt cloth, fine; and J.M. Mather Rambles Round Rossendale, 1894, 2nd Series, Ex-Library, orig.cloth. (3)

Henry Heginbotham "Stockport Ancient and Modern", Sampson Low, 1882-1892, large quarto, 2 Vols,

Lot: 62

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £78
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Henry Heginbotham Stockport Ancient and Modern, Sampson Low, 1882-1892, large quarto, 2 Vols, original gilt cloth, VG, plates and other illustrations complete. (2)

                                                

John Porter "History of the Fylde of Lancashire", W. Porter, 1876, orig. gilt decorated cloth, VG;

Lot: 71

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £42
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John Porter History of the Fylde of Lancashire, W. Porter, 1876, orig. gilt decorated cloth, VG; and Frederic Riley The Ribble from its Source to the Sea, J.W. Lambert, 1914, original cloth, 21 plates and 4 Maps, fine. (2)

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

Lot: 79

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £150 - £200
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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.

                                                                                                

 

Henry Fishwick "The History of the Parish of Rochdale", James Clegg and Elliot Stock, 1889, tall quarto,

Lot: 80

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £78
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Henry Fishwick The History of the Parish of Rochdale, James Clegg and Elliot Stock, 1889, tall quarto, contemp. quarter leather, backstrip poor and partly detached; fine internally with all plates plus illustrations in text. 

Legal Documents from 17th to 19th Century, mostly on vellum, pertaining to lands and families in Surrey, Wales,

Lot: 82

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £66
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Legal Documents from 17th to 19th Century, mostly on vellum, pertaining to lands and families in Surrey, Wales, Yorkshire, Middlesex and elsewhere. (28). Also Bacon’s Excelsior Map of Wales and Monmouthshire, and sundry papers. Mixed condition. 

"An Act for Dividing, Alloting, and Inclosing the several Open Fields, Commons, and Waste Grounds, within the parish of Hemsworth,

Lot: 85

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £15 - £20
SOLD £8
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An Act for Dividing, Alloting, and Inclosing the several Open Fields, Commons, and Waste Grounds, within the parish of Hemsworth, in the West Riding of the County of York, 1803, folio, stitch bound, ownership inscription top margin, 25pp.VG 

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

Lot: 86

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
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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

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

Lot: 87

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
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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

R.W. Billings "Architectural Illustrations and Description of Kettering Church, Northamptonshire", Atchley & Co, 1869,

Lot: 96

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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R.W. Billings Architectural Illustrations and Description of Kettering Church, Northamptonshire, Atchley & Co, 1869, tall 4to, rebacked in leather, gilt, new endpapers, 20 fine engraved plates, interleaved; and Catherine Beale Memorials of the Old Meeting House and Burial Ground, Birmingham, 1882, tall 4to, orig.gilt cloth, some wear, all plates and diagrams but 2 plates loose. (2)

O Felly Fro Rachde "O Ful, Tru, Un Pertikler Okeawnt o bwoth wat aw Seed un wat aw Yerd,

Lot: 124

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £76
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O Felly Fro Rachde O Ful, Tru, Un Pertikler Okeawnt o bwoth wat aw Seed un wat aw Yerd, we gooin too Th’ Greyt Eggshibishun e Lunden, Abel Heywood and others, 1856, 3rd Edition (alleged!); 12mo, original gilt & blind-tooled cloth, fine; illustrated with humorous woodcuts; 87pp. No copy of this work recorded by Copac.

Mostly 19th Century Yorkshire Poetry 1st Editions in original cloth; including Matthew Willis "The Mountain Minstrel", York, 1834

Lot: 125

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £56
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Mostly 19th Century Yorkshire Poetry 1st Editions in original cloth; including Matthew Willis The Mountain Minstrel, York, 1834; Stephen Fawcett Bradford Legends, 1872; William Newsam (Ed.) The Poets of Yorkshire 1845; Benjamin Dawson Poems, Ballads and Love Lyrics, Leeds, 1891; Joseph Senior Smithy Rhymes and Stithy Chimes, Sheffield, 1882; and Thomas Lister The Rustic Wreath, 1834. Mostly VG/Fine (12)

Frederic Charles Spencer "The Vale of Bolton....and Other Poems", Hurst, Chance & Co, [1829],

Lot: 126

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £26
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Frederic Charles Spencer The Vale of Bolton…and Other Poems, Hurst, Chance & Co, [1829], Robert Carrick Wildon Tong, on a Summer’s Day; The Forbidden Union; and Other Poems, Leeds, 1850, some spotting to text; and William Dearden The Vale of Caldene, London & Halifax, 1844; all original worn cloth bindings, Caldene lacking front endpaper & half-title. (3)

Primogene Duvard "Poems by Primogene Duvard, Northallerton", James Pope, Northallerton, 1843, 2nd Edn,

Lot: 129

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
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Primogene Duvard Poems by Primogene Duvard, Northallerton, James Pope, Northallerton, 1843, 2nd Edn, original embossed decorated cloth, VG; 148pp including list of subscribers.