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Auction No 376, Tag: Lancashire

4 Lots (displaying 1 - 4)

"Reminiscences in the Life of Joshua Bradley", W.E. Clegg, Oldham, 1904, octavo, original gilt cloth, VG

Lot: 24

  • Auction Date: Wed 23rd May 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
UNSOLD
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Reminiscences in the Life of Joshua Bradley, W.E. Clegg, Oldham, 1904, octavo, original gilt cloth, VG, light browning to prelims o/w fine internally; b/w frontispiece and 8 other plates. 281pp

"The Trial of Richard Arkwright for an Invention of certain Machines", Hughes & Walsh, London 1785.

Lot: 29

  • Auction Date: Wed 23rd May 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £150
SOLD £86
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The Trial of a Cause Instituted by Richard Pepper Arden, Esq; His Majesty's Attorney General, by Writ of Scire Facias, to Repeal a Patent Granted on the Sixteenth of December 1775, to Mr. Richard Arkwright, for an Invention of Certain Instruments and Machines for preparing Silk, Cotton, Flax, and Wool for Spinning. Hughes & Walsh, London, 1785; tall quarto, contemporary boards, quarter-leather, rebacked in fine modern calf with gilt title; boards worn at front corners; large fold-out engraving of Arkwright's Machine at rear with some foxing; good clean text; 191pp

Henry Fishwick "The History of the Parish of Bispham, in the County of Lancaster", Chetham Society, 1887;

Lot: 31

  • Auction Date: Wed 23rd May 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £24
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Henry Fishwick The History of the Parish of Bispham, in the County of Lancaster, Chetham Society, 1887; tall octavo, publisher’s blind-tooled & gilt cloth, VG; folding pedigrees; foxing to prelims o/w fine internally. Unopened. 142pp

Lancashire topography with many coastal scenes; RP Barrow Hospital Day; street scenes of Bury, Crawshawbooth,

Lot: 93

  • Auction Date: Wed 23rd May 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £52
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Lancashire topography with many coastal scenes; RP Barrow Hospital Day; street scenes of Bury, Crawshawbooth, Heywood, Colne, Haslingden; two comic types; etc. Many RPs noted. Fair to VF (90)