Lot: 41
Bus & Coach leaflets and brochures, 1920s to 1990s, many with service alteration details, fares revisions etc, plus excursions and other specials. Chiefly 1960s/1980s. Wide range of companies & localities. (457)
Lot: 42
Scottish Bus Timetables chiefly Alexanders, Central SMT and Western SMT, 1960s & 1970s, plus few later including Post Bus. 23 with folding maps; one with cover damaged, mostly good to VF (30). Also few related items.
Lot: 43
The Transport Journal, 1954-1967, a selection of 18 issues, mostly 1960-64, three with spines strengthened, mainly VG/Fine. (18)
Lot: 44
Tram and Bus softbacks, 1960s to modern, history and nostalgia, all illustrated, some local history interest; mainly good to VF. (58)
Lot: 45
Midlands Bus Timetables, chiefly Trent, few Derby Corporation and others, 1960s to 1980s and one later. Mixed condition, mainly fair to fine. (22)
Lot: 46
North West of England Bus Timetables mostly Ribble including Express Services 1947 (VG), plus selection of others. Varied condition. (14)
Lot: 47
Leeds and Bradford area Bus Timetables, mostly 1970s, and mainly VG to VF (12)
Lot: 48
Yorkshire Bus Timetables with interest in York, Harrogate, East Riding and Hull, Doncaster, few West Riding, 1960s & 1970s, plus 5 later. One poor but mostly good to VF (25)
Lot: 49
Canadian Pacific Railway ephemera including Air Service staff metal and fabric badges, Annual Reports for 1923 and 1949, All-Services Map, Rockies railway guide, etc. Good to VF (11 items)
Lot: 50
Henry Hartopp Roll of the Mayors of the Borough and Lord Mayors of the City of Leicester 1209 to 1935, Edgar Backus [1935], quarto, gilt cloth, spine faded, tissue-guarded plates; and S.H. Skillington The Certificates of Three Leicester Gilds, Edgar Backus, 1927, gilt cloth, fine, b/w plates; both with neat gift inscription. (2)
Lot: 51
Folio Society publications including Edward Gibbon The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire set of 8 volumes, plus Gibbon’s Memoirs. All very fine in VG/VF slipcases. (10)
Lot: 52
H(eneage) D(ering) (1665-1750, Dean of Ripon) Reliquiae Eboracenses, John Hildyard, York, 1743, octavo, fine later quarter calf, gilt, rubbed marbled boards; front endpaper with signature of his son John Dering; some foxing to dedication leaf and reverse of title page; eratta page added to in contemp. manuscript; [4],95pp.(This rare title outlines some early historical records of York and is written in Latin hexameters).
Lot: 53
Albert Churchward The Arcana of Freemasonry, 1922, and The Origin and Evolution of Freemasonry, 1921; together with J.S.M.Ward’s Freemasonry: Its Aims & Ideals 1923, 1st Edn, and Freemasonry and the Ancient Gods, 1921, 1st Edn; all original gilt cloth, Ancient Gods with some light discolouration to the front cover. Good to Fine (4)
Lot: 54
Letters of Major Henry Bentinck, Coldstream Guards, Robert Scott, 1919, original printed cloth, VG; photo portrait; light tanning to text due to paper quality o/w fine internally. Scarce. [Major Bentinck was killed in action at the Battle of Somme, 1916]
Lot: 55
Joseph Whiteside Shappe in Bygone Days, Titus Wilson, 1904, orig. gilt cloth, faded, recased with new endpapers, fine internally, photo-plates; The Life of John Hatfield commonly called The Keswick Imposter, Bailey, 1881, printed wraps, front cover repaired; and Black’s Picturesque Guide to the English Lakes, 1872, VG. (3)
Lot: 56
Saddleworth Surveyed: Selected maps of the township 1625-1851, 1985; Mapping Saddleworth, Uppermill, 2007-2010, 2 Vols; and Saddleworth Villages, 2003; all very fine, in d/jkts; together with a related softback. (5)
Lot: 57
Manchester & Salford interest including Corbett The River Irwell 1907, nicely rebound; John Lloyd The Township of Chorlton-cum-Hardy, 1972, in d/jkt; John Ward Moston Characters at Work, 1911, folding map and plates; etc. Mainly good to VF. (7)
Lot: 58
James Boardman Records & Traditions of Deane Church, Village, and Parish, 1904, 2 Vols, orig. gilt cloth, backstrips relaid, small ink inscription foot of title page Vol.1; Dowsett Holcombe Long Ago and Notes on Holcombe, facsimile reprints; Robertson Rochdale Past and Present, 1876, 2nd Edn, gilt cloth, recased with new endpapers, fine colour plates; and related titles. Fair to VF (9)
Lot: 59
John Lunn Astley: Chapters in the History, 1931, printed wraps, Astley: History of a Lancashire Township, 1968, in d/jkt, and Leigh: the Historical Past [1960]; plus other Lancashire titles including Dugdale The Visitation of the County Palatine of Lancaster…1664-5, Chetham Society 1872, modern rebind, works on Ashton-under-Lyne, Colne etc. Fair to VF (18)
Lot: 60
Robert Leader Reminiscences of Old Sheffield, Its Streets & People, Leader & Sons, 1875, recased, new endpapers, original cloth, backstrip repaired; fine internally; 324pp