Lot: 21
Thomas Newbigging History of the Forest of Rossendale, J.J. Riley, Rawtenstall, 1893, 2nd Edn (revised); quarto, original gilt cloth, recased, new endpapers, VG; fine text and plates.369pp + frontispiece & 8 other plates.
Lot: 22
Thomas Middleton Annals of Hyde and District, Cartwright & Rattray, 1899, original gilt cloth, VG, facsimile folding plate with small repair, 350pp; and Middleton’s The History of Hyde and its Neighbourhood, Higham Press, 1932, original gilt cloth, spine faded, fine internally, 579pp plus plates. (2)
Lot: 23
Manchester history titles including Thomas Heywood (Ed.) The Diary of the Rev.Henry Newcome, 1849, few pages with foxing; Thomas Baker Memorials of a Dissenting Chapel, 1884; William Edmondson Making Rough Places Plain: Fifty Years’ Work of the Manchester and Salford Boys’ and Girls’ Refuges and Homes 1870-1920, 1921; and three others; all in original bindings, fair to VF. (6)
Lot: 24
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
Lot: 25
Pierce Egan’s Account of the Trial of John Thurtell and Joseph Hunt. Knight & Lacey, 1824, octavo, quarter-leather, gilt, worn, front hinge cracked; bookplate of the Detection Club; engraved frontispiece toned; five wood-engraved plates; some pages of text stained. 105pp
Lot: 26
William Blundell A Cavalier's Note Book Being Notes, Anecdotes, & Observations of William Blundell of Crosby, Lancashire, Esquire, Longmans, Green & Co, 1880, original gilt & blind-tooled cloth, t.e.g., uncut elsewhere; half-title and final page browned o/w VG; and J.W. Ebsworth Cavalier Lyrics: For Church and Crown, Stephen Austin, 1886, No.74 of 150, later half-cloth, gilt, VG. (2)
Lot: 27
F. Tennyson Jesse (Ed.) Trials of Timothy John Evans and John Reginald Halliday Christie, William Hodge, 1957, 1st Edn in VG d/jkt; the scarce dustjacket slightly worn at top & tail of spine o/w complete; fine internally without inscriptions. Few minor tone spots; ci,379pp + 16 photo-plates.
Lot: 28
The Gunner, 1920, magazine of the Royal Artillery, bound volume; tall quarto, cloth binding faded; lacking original pictorial wraps but text and adverts complete; well illustrated including excellent cartoons. Good
Lot: 29
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
Lot: 30
Papers on Subjects connected with the Duties of the Corps of Royal Engineers, Vol.III, John Weale, 1839; quarto, original cloth, gilt, very good; complete with 26 double-page engraved plans and folding map; some occasional spotting o/w VG internally; library stamp of the Exeter Architectural Society on title page; vii, 199pp
Lot: 31
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
Lot: 32
Daniel P. Marston Phoenix from the Ashes: The Indian Army in the Burma Campaign, Praeger, 2003, 1st Edn, original printed cloth, front board bowed, fine internally; 283pp plus plates.
Lot: 33
Reports from the Commissioners, Appointed by His Majesty to Execute the Measures Recommended by a Select Committee of The House of Commons, Respecting the Public Records of the Kingdom with an Account of their Proceedings 1800-1812. House of Lords, 1812, folio, quarter-leather, backstrip damaged but gilt title preserved; library stamp on title page of the Royal Institute; VG internally and complete with 19 folding facsimile plates of pages from the Magna Carta and other Mediaeval documents; spotting to some pages (not affecting plates). 320pp plus list of plates and Index
Lot: 34
Appendix to Reports from the Commissioners appointed by His Majesty to execute the measures recommended by a Select Committee of the House of Commons respecting the Public Records of the Kingdom, &c: Engraved Facsimiles inserted in the several works printed under the Commission. Eyre & Strahan for H.M. Government, 1819; folio, later cloth, gilt, near fine; very good internally and complete with 86 engraved facsimiles and plates of mediaeval documents, seals etc, many folding, including Magna Carta, with parallel transcriptions. An impressive publication.
Lot: 35
A General Index to the Reports from Committees of the House of Commons 1715-1801; Forming the Series of Fifteen Volumes of Reports. House of Commons, 1803; folio, quarter leather, gilt, poor, crude tape repairs; text complete and clean but title page with large tear, and pp.131/2 with large piece missing from the margin. Uncut.
Lot: 36
Everard Wyrall The History of the 62nd (West Riding) Division 1914-1919, John Lane (n.d.), octavo, two vols, full vellum, gilt, grubby, boards of Vol.1 bowed; t.e.g., uncut elsewhere, partly unopened; fine internally with all folding maps and photo-plates.
Lot: 37
Cecil C.P. Lawson A History of the British Army Uniform Norman Military Publications 1962-1967, 5 Volumes, quarto, fine, all in d/jkts which have fraying to the spines. (5)
Lot: 38
The Regimental Journal of the Durham Light Infantry 1952-1956 complete in three fine gilt cloth-bound volumes; Wilfrid Miles The Durham Forces in the Field 1914-18, Volume II: The Service Battalions of the Durham Light Infantry, Cassell, 1920, top of spine frayed; and other military titles in mixed condition. (9)
Lot: 39
Journal of the Royal United Service Institution 1946-1952 complete in seven fine gilt cloth-bound volumes; each with browning to the title page o/w fine internally. (7)
Lot: 40
Passenger Transport magazine, H.F. Maynard, 1955-1964, a selection of 20 issues, pictorial wraps, good to VF; together with a qty of 1990s publicity leaflets issued by bus & coach manufacturers.