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Auction No 415, Category: Local History

7 Lots (displaying 1 - 7)

Early 20th Century 4x3” Photographs of good quality including horse-drawn delivery cart of Pilbram Family Butchers of Bexhill and their shop,

Lot: 11

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £150
SOLD £140
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Early 20th Century 4x3” Photographs of good quality including horse-drawn delivery cart of Pilbram Family Butchers of Bexhill and their shop, street scenes of Bexhill and Sussex villages, shipping including German warship, the Canada pavilion at the Franco-British Exhibition and other London views, the Dovedale Temperance Hotel and other Derbyshire topography, Liverpool, family photos, etc. Some badly faded or damaged but the large majority fine. In old slot-in album (photos easily removed), the album damaged, pages loose. (168 photos)

Frank Rowlinson "Contribution to Victory….Metropolitan Vickers", Manchester 1947, orig. gilt cloth, slightly marked, signed letter from the Chairman

Lot: 52

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
SOLD £20
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Frank Rowlinson Contribution to Victory….Metropolitan Vickers, Manchester 1947, orig. gilt cloth, slightly marked, signed letter from the Chairman loosely inserted; John Dummelow 1899-1949, Metropolitan-Vickers, 1949, orig. gilt cloth, presentation bookplate; and W.H. Brindley (Ed.) The Soul of Manchester, 1929, 1st Edn. in the scarce d/jkt. (3)

William A. Shaw "Manchester Old and New", Cassell, [1894], 3 vols, illustrated by H.E. Tidmarsh, b/w plates and illustrations in text;

Lot: 57

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
UNSOLD
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William A. Shaw Manchester Old and New, Cassell, [1894], 3 vols, illustrated by H.E. Tidmarsh, b/w plates and illustrations in text; tall quarto, gilt cloth, worn at extremities, endpapers browned, few page corners toned o/w fine internally. A good set. (3)

F.A. Bruton (Ed.) "The Roman Fort at Manchester", Manchester University Press, 1909, orig. gilt cloth, 103 photo-plates, folding plans at rear;

Lot: 58

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £46
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F.A. Bruton (Ed.) The Roman Fort at Manchester, Manchester University Press, 1909, orig. gilt cloth, 103 photo-plates, folding plans at rear; some wear to top & foot of spine, bookplates of University of London and Frank Falkner at front. Very clean internally.

Prentice "Historical Sketches and Personal Recollections of Manchester", 1851, rebound in quarter-calf, gilt; Axon "Cobden as Citizen",1907;

Lot: 59

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £110 - £130
SOLD £60
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Prentice Historical Sketches and Personal Recollections of Manchester, 1851, rebound in quarter-calf, gilt; Axon Cobden as Citizen, 1907; Whitaker The History of Manchester, 1773, 2nd Edn, in 2 vols; Crowther An Architectural History of the Cathedral Church of Manchester, 1893, folio, text & plates loose; and related titles. Varied condition. (32)     

Photographs of the Fire Disaster at Rosendal Print Works, Love Clough, Rossendale,1906, laid down on two album leaves, each 9.5 x 12cm,

Lot: 72

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £30
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Photographs of the Fire Disaster at Rosendal Print Works, Love Clough, Rossendale, 1906, laid down on two album leaves, each 9.5 x 12cm, good quality. (7)    

F.J. Sayer’s ‘Hygienic’ Bakery, Liverpool, 1920s: a collection of photographs showing their bakeries on Aintree Road (4),

Lot: 73

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
UNSOLD
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F.J. Sayer's ‘Hygienic' Bakery, Liverpool, 1920s: a collection of photographs showing their bakeries on Aintree Road (4), and a further photo of their retail shop with delivery vehicles. Handstamps on reverse of three different Liverpool photographers. The two largest photos with corner faults o/w fine. Between 6 x 8” and 9 x 11.5” (5)