Lot: 61
John Lunn A Short History of the Township of Tyldesley, Urban District Council, Tyldesley, 1953, octavo, original gilt cloth, fine; neat ownership signature dated 1954; b/w frontispiece, with 15 additional plates in the text; 181pp.
Lot: 62
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)
Lot: 63
John l’Estrange (Ed.) The Eastern Counties Collectanea 1872-73, Thomas Tallack, 1875, octavo, half-leather over marbled boards, raised bands, gilt red title, VG; first 23pp affected by fox marks in varying degrees, fine elsewhere. 298pp
Lot: 64
John Price An Historical Account of the City of Hereford with some Remarks on the River Wye, Hereford, 1796, in a fine 20th Century quarter leather & gilt binding over marbled boards; uncut; clean internally with all 7 plates, the map of the River Wye rebacked. 262pp + advert leaf at rear.
Lot: 65
Frank Renaud Contributions Towards a History of the Ancient Parish of Prestbury in Cheshire, Chetham Society, 1876, tall octavo, original gilt cloth, recased, new endpapers; foxing to prelims and index but largely fine internally; 12 plates plus folding family trees. 244pp
Lot: 66
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
Lot: 67
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
Lot: 68
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
Lot: 69
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.
Lot: 70
Lieut. Geoffrey Malins How I Filmed the War, Herbert Jenkins, 1920, 1st Edn, original printed cloth, spine slightly faded, rear inner hinge a little weak o/w VG; endpapers browned, few minor fox marks in the text; 32pp of photo-plates; xii,307pp.
Lot: 71
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.
Lot: 72
Arthur Crookenden The History of The Cheshire Regiment in the Second World War, Chester, 1949, quarto, original cloth, spine faded but printed title clear; neat contemp. ownership signature front pastedown; fine internally with all photo-plates and maps. 371pp
Lot: 73
William Glover History of Ashton-under-Lyne and the Surrounding District, J. Andrew & Co, 1884, First Edn, tall octavo, half-leather, gilt, VG; marble edged & endpapers; few minor tone spots but largely fine internally with all lithographed plates and illustrations in text; iv,372,viii,46pp
Lot: 74
Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth & Nineteenth Battalions the Manchester Regiment (First City Brigade): A Record 1914-1918, Sherratt & Hughes, 1923; original gilt cloth, slightly frayed top of spine and along front hinge; fine internally with 3 folding maps and 2 photo-plates of V.C. winners; xvi,357pp.
Lot: 75
[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
Lot: 76
Richard Cannon Historical Records of the British Army comprising the History of every Regiment in Her Majesty’s Service – The Eighth, or The King’s Regiment of Foot, Parker & Furnivall, 1844, original gilt cloth, five fine engraved plates, four hand-coloured, 118pp plus 4pp of ads; plus others in the same series including 14th Dragoons, North Devon Regt (library stamps), Northumberland Fusiliers etc. One rebound in library cloth. All with hand-coloured plates. Fair to fine. (8)
Lot: 77
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.
Lot: 78
Tom C. Smith A History of Longridge and District, C.W. Whitehead, Preston, 1888, quarto, original gilt cloth, spine a little darkened, large paper edition complete with map, pedigrees & plates; xii,296pp. VG
Lot: 79
[Samuel Midgley] Revenge Upon Revenge: or, an Historical Narrative, of the Tragical Practices of Sir John Eland, of Eland, High Sheriff of the County of York, E. Jacob, Halifax, 1789, octavo, bound in modern cloth with title label, fine; browning to last page of text, occasional light toning elsewhere. Re-issue of a work first published in 1695. [2],70pp
Lot: 80
Epistles & letters of Saint Thomas Becket. Epistolae Et Vita Divi Thomae Martyris Et Archi-Episcopi Cantvariensis. Nec Non Epistolae Alexandri III. Pontificis, Galliae Regis Ludovici Septimi, Angliae Regis Henrici II. Aliarumque plurium Sublimium ex utroque Foro Personarum. Edited by Christian Lupus from manuscripts held at the Vatican. Printed by Henri Fricx, Brussels, 1682; quarto, 2 volumes, in 18th Century polished calf, gilt; bookplates of James Whatman (1702-1759) paper maker and inventor of wove paper. Occasional minor spotting o/w fine internally; [12],905,[76]pp. VG