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Auction No 369, Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST

334 Lots (displaying 41 - 60)

[Avery Allyn] "A Ritual, and Illustrations of Free-Masonry and the Orange and Odd Fellows' Societies"

Lot: 41

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
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[Avery Allyn] A Ritual, and Illustrations of Free-Masonry and the Orange and Odd Fellows’ Societies, S. Thorne, 1835, later cloth, 24pp of line-drawings (2 heavily browned), some scattered foxing, 260pp, scarce; and C.W.Leadbeater The Hidden Life in Freemasonry, Theosophical Publishing House, Madras, 1926, 1st Edn, rebound, plates complete, p.324 rather grubby o/w fine internally. (2)

Church Papers, a bound volume of Reports to the House of Commons 1811-1823, modern cloth, gilt,

Lot: 42

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Church Papers, a bound volume of Reports to the House of Commons 1811-1823, modern cloth, gilt, chiefly statistical returns from the Church of Ireland and the Church of England, bound with a few related Acts of Parliament of the period 1824-1840. Few pencil annotations o/w fine.

Francis William Newman "Lectures on Political Economy", John Chapman, 1851, 1st Edn,

Lot: 43

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
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Francis William Newman Lectures on Political Economy, John Chapman, 1851, 1st Edn, original blind-tooled & gilt cloth, VG, recased with new endpapers; previous owner’s bookplate removed; spotting to prelims and first few pages of the text o/w fine internally. Uncut lower edge. 

WWI Memoirs and Letters including C.P. Clayton "The Hungry One", 1978, in d/jkt;

Lot: 44

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £30
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WWI Memoirs and Letters including C.P. Clayton The Hungry One, 1978, in d/jkt; Princess Marie de Croy War Memories, 1932, 1st Edn; T.A.H. Nash The Diary of an Unprofessional Soldier, 1991, in d/jkt; Lancelot Spicer Letters from France 1915-1918, 1979, in d/jkt; and 2 others. Mainly VG to VF (6)

                                                                                                                  

Lanchester "Aircraft in Warfare: The Dawn of the Fourth Arm", 1916, photo-plates, VG;

Lot: 45

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £52
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Lanchester Aircraft in Warfare: The Dawn of the Fourth Arm, 1916, photo-plates, VG; Vivian Voss Flying Minnows, 1977, in d/jkt; “Contact” An Airman’s Outings, 1918; Gray & Thetford German Aircraft of the First World War, 1962, in d/jkt; Heydemarck War Flying in Macedonia, plates & folding-Map; and other WWI Aviation. Good to VF (8)

                                                                                    

Earnest Sevier Cox "White America", White America Society, 1923, First Edition, original cloth, gilt,

Lot: 46

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £15
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Earnest Sevier Cox White America, White America Society, 1923, First Edition, original cloth, gilt, spine faded, fine internally, light foxing to edge of text block; 389pp. A racist classic. 

"Memoirs of the Duke of Sully, Prime Minister of Henry the Great: with the Trial of Francis Ravaillac"

Lot: 47

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
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Memoirs of the Duke of Sully, Prime Minister of Henry the Great: with the Trial of Francis Ravaillac, Edinburgh, 1819, 5 volumes, octavo, attractive later full calf gilt bindings with raised bands and thistle designs in the compartments, marble edged & endpapers; bookplates of Robert Allfrey; the frontispiece and title pages of each volume heavily toned o/w clean internally. (5)

                        

Stanhope Joel "Ace of Diamonds: The Story of Solomon Barnato Joel", Frederick Muller, 1958, 1st Edn,

Lot: 48

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £28
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Stanhope Joel Ace of Diamonds: The Story of Solomon Barnato Joel, Frederick Muller, 1958, 1st Edn, in a complete d/jkt with creasing & closed tear at top of front panel; VG internally without inscriptions. 228pp

John Hayward "The Liverpool Merchants' Hospital in France 1915- 1918", Daily Post, Liverpool, 1919,

Lot: 49

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £56
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John Hayward The Liverpool Merchants’ Hospital in France 1915-1918, Daily Post, Liverpool, 1919, small octavo, printed cloth, spine a little worn, endpapers browned, few finger marks o/w VG internally; 86pp plus 8pp of photo-plates. Very scarce

William Yate "An Account of New Zealand; and of the Formation and Progress of the Church Missionary Society's Mission

Lot: 50

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £70
SOLD £40
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William Yate An Account of New Zealand; and of the Formation and Progress of the Church Missionary Society’s Mission in the Northern Island. R.B. Seeley & W. Burnside, 1835, 2nd Edn; octavo, half-leather gilt over marbled boards by Porter & Custard of Yeovil, complete with Map and 10 tissue-guarded plates (the flags hand-coloured), a fine copy; together with Te Rangi Hiroa The Coming of the Maori, 1977 in d/jkt, and [E.F. Manning] Old New Zealand, a Tale of the Good Old Times, Richard Bentley, 1876, orig.gilt cloth. VG/Fine (3)

Arthur Reade "The Tragedy of the Streets", Wilmslow, 1912, rebound incorporating the original gilt cloth;

Lot: 51

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Arthur Reade The Tragedy of the Streets, Wilmslow, 1912, rebound incorporating the original gilt cloth; reverse of title page and first page of the preface badly stained o/w VG; 134pp plus advert leaf. This rare title is an important defence of women driven or seduced into prostitution, and calls for equality of the sexes before the law. 

WW2 interest with Poolman "Ark Royal", 1956, 1st Edn in worn d/jkt; Neil McCallum "Journey With a Pistol", 1959, 1st Edn

Lot: 52

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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WW2 interest with Poolman Ark Royal, 1956, 1st Edn in worn d/jkt; Neil McCallum Journey With a Pistol, 1959, 1st Edn in near fine d/jkt, and another copy, a 3rd Impression, in price-clipped d/jkt; and A.O. Pollard Epic Deeds of the R.A.F. 1940, 1st Edn in very worn d/jkt. (4)

Military Handbooks, War Office issue, including "Training and Manoeuvre Regulations 1913",

Lot: 53

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £54
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Military Handbooks, War Office issue, including Training and Manoeuvre Regulations 1913, Field Service Pocket Book 1914 and the 1916 reprint (both in official pouches), The Gunnery Pocket Book 1945, Trumpet and Bugle Sounds for the Army 1909, and Field Service Pocket Book Pamphlets 1939 1 to 12, and for 1940 (Pamphlet No.1 only) in an issued binder. Also two American 1950s/60s related softbacks. (Qty)

                                                                        

WWI Memoirs, Letters, Diaries including Ernest Swinton "Eyewitness", 1932, orig.cloth;

Lot: 54

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £46
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WWI Memoirs, Letters, Diaries including Ernest Swinton Eyewitness, 1932, orig.cloth; John Harris Covenant with Death, 1961 in d/jkt; R.B. Talbot Kelly A Subaltern’s Odyssey, 1980 in d/jkt; Fritz Nagel ​Fritz: The World War I Memoir of a German Lieutenant, 1981 in djkt; and others, mostly in d/jkts. All first editions. VG/VF (14)

"The Rev. Oliver Heywood B.A. (1630-1702); His Autobiography, Diaries, Anecdote and Event Books;

Lot: 55

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
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The Rev. Oliver Heywood B.A. (1630-1702); His Autobiography, Diaries, Anecdote and Event Books; illustrating the general and family history of Yorkshire and Lancashire, with illustrations. Edited by J Horsfall Turner. Bingley, 1882-1885, octavo, 4 volumes, original gilt cloth, VG; endpapers of Vol. 4 browned o/w fine internally. 

"Bradshaw's Manchester Journal" (later "Bradshaw's Journal"), 1st May 1841 to 22nd October 1842, Vols 1 to 3 complete,

Lot: 56

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £70
SOLD £56
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Bradshaw’s Manchester Journal (later Bradshaw’s Journal), 1st May 1841 to 22nd October 1842, Vols 1 to 3 complete, fine modern cloth, gilt; complete with steel engravings (37, mostly VG to fine but one heavily browned), additional woodcuts, and Vol. 1 with two folding maps of Lancashire (poor) and Cheshire (fine). (3)

Manchester & district related softbacks (29) from c.1900, mostly 1980s & 1990s, largely illustrated, all large format,

Lot: 57

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £62
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Manchester & district related softbacks (29) from c.1900, mostly 1980s & 1990s, largely illustrated, all large format, many Neil Richardson publications; includes Abel Heywood & Sons 1832-1932; together with related pamphlets & some journals c.1919 to modern; mostly VG to VF (100)

"Manchester Athenaeum Catalogue of the Books in the Library", 1892, printed boards, worn;

Lot: 58

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
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Manchester Athenaeum Catalogue of the Books in the Library, 1892, printed boards, worn; Ann Brooks & Bryan Howarth Portico Library, a History, 2000, in d/jkt; The Manchester Courier Coronation Souvenir, 1902, printed wraps, fine; Lester Burney Cross Street Chapel Schools Manchester 1734-1942, Manchester, 1977, 93pp, in d/jkt; and other Manchester books and pamphlets, from 19th Century, some fictional. Varied condition, mostly good to fine. (31)     

John Archer (Ed.) "Art and Architecture in Victorian Manchester", 1985, in d/jkt; Ashworth "The Lost Rivers of Manchester"

Lot: 59

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £50
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John Archer (Ed.) Art and Architecture in Victorian Manchester, 1985, in d/jkt; Ashworth The Lost Rivers of Manchester, 1987, s/bk; W.H. Thomson Beppy Byrom’s Diary. An Eye-witness Account of Bonnie Prince Charlie in Manchester, 1954, ex-library; Neal Hyde Brewing was a Way of Life: The Story of Hydes’ Anvil Brewery, Manchester, 1999, s/bk; and other Manchester history, a few of the earlier ex-library. Varied condition. (24)

T. Swindells "Manchester Streets and Manchester Men", Morten reprint, gilt cloth, 5 volumes;

Lot: 60

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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T. Swindells Manchester Streets and Manchester Men, Morten reprint, gilt cloth, 5 volumes; J.T. Slugg Reminiscences of Manchester Fifty Years Ago, 1971 reprint, in d/jkt; Louis M. Hayes Reminiscences of Manchester and its surrounding areas from 1840, 2009 reprint, s/bk; and ​A Dictionary of Edwardian Biography – Manchester & Salford, 1987 reprint, gilt cloth. Fine (8)