Lot: 41
Collection of Programmes with many Manchester & area Theatres 1940s/1950s, plus other ephemera including Cunard R.M.S.Mauretania Cruise Plan and other cruise brochures. Mainly good to fine. (78 items)
Lot: 42
George Ellis Modern Practical Stairbuilding and Handrailing, Batsford 1932 (2 vols in one); Maurice Adams Modern Cottage Architecture, Batsford, 2nd Edn (enlarged) [1912]; H.A. Tipping Grinling Gibbons and the Woodwork of His Age, Country Life 1914; all complete with the numerous plates, bindings showing some wear. (3)
Lot: 43
W.G. Baxter Pen & Ink Sketches of Scenes & Incidents in Buxton, Manchester, 1870s, 2nd Edn, oblong quarto, printed wraps chipped; title page foxed, the 50 humorous illustrations fine.
Lot: 44
Gilbert Foan (Ed.) The Art and Craft of Hairdressing…..Manicure, Massage and Beauty Culture. New Era, 3rd Edn, [1944], quarto, fine in VG blue quarter-morocco binding, gilt.
Lot: 45
Will Goldston Tricks of the Masters, 1942, in VG d/jkt; Carlisle Dynamic Mentalism, c.1978; The Conjurors’ Magazine 1945-1948 (20 issues, all with VG pictorial wraps) and sundry related journals from 1917 (several lacking covers). Varied condition. (38 items)
Lot: 46
Josephine Baker: selection of three 3.5 x 2.5” Photos published by Piaz Studios of Paris. 1930s. Fine (3)
Lot: 47
Butler’s Medicine Chest Directory, Charles Butler, Dublin, 1837, 4th Edn., original blind-tooled cloth, worn title label on spine; engraved frontispiece, ownership signatures top of title page, many pages affected by fox marks; 325pp + 18pp of ads (one leaf loose).
Lot: 48
Robert Ball A Popular Guide to the Heavens: A Series of Eighty-Three Plates, with Explanatory text & index, George Philip, 1905, some plates affected by foxing; and Robert Ball’s The Story of the Heavens, Cassell & Co, 1908 with 24 coloured plates. Most plates with tissue-guards. Latter title with chipping to top & tail of spine. Quarto, original gilt cloth. Good. (2)
Lot: 49
H.N. Hutchinson Creatures of Other Days, Chapman & Hall, 1894, gilt cloth, b/w plates, VG; Edward Stanley A Familiar History of Birds, 1840, 2 Vols, front cover of vol.1 stained; Jennings The Eggs of British Birds, Binns & Goodwin, 2nd Edn [1859], attractive coloured plates; and four related works. Fair to fine (8)
Lot: 50
Furniss Ultra-Violet Therapy, 1931, in d/jkt; Hugo Bach The Alpine Sun Quartz Lamp, Sollux, c.1930; Bhattacharyya Gem Therapy, Calcutta, 1985; and others mostly Alternative Medicines, four in d/jkts. Good/VF (10)
Lot: 51
Manchester United 1948 Football Annual, complete, 60pp plus cover, well illustrated, VG. Approx 10x8”
Lot: 52
Manchester City 1938 Continental Tour Programme, for matches in Denmark & Sweden. Autographed on reverse by 22 players and officials including Frank Swift, A. Herd and three Directors. Four pages plus cover. Staples a little rusted. VG. Rare
Lot: 53
John Roberts Roberts on Billiards, Stanley Rivers, n.d. (c.1869), original gilt cloth, backstrip chipped with piece missing from foot; b/w tissue-guarded frontispiece (toned); 20 fine colour plates; some fox marks to prelims and adverts. 370pp. Ownership signatures top of title page.
Lot: 54
The Draught Board Feb.1871 to March 1872, ten issues, bound together with blank or pre-printed pages for noting positions, half-leather, good; and Drummond The Scottish Draught Player, 1851, bound with pages from a related journal in a damaged binding. (2)
Lot: 55
Bus & Coach timetable leaflets & brochures, some for excursions, 1950s to 2000s, mainly 1970s/1990s, some with filing punch holes; includes some window notices. Mostly England & Wales. Fair to VF. (abt. 450)
Lot: 56
UK Bus Timetables, southern counties, 1960s & 1980s, mostly 1960s/70s, seven with folding maps, fair to fine. (12)
Lot: 57
Bus Timetables for Northumberland & Durham 1960s/80s, mostly 1970s, two with folding maps, fair to fine. (9)
Lot: 58
Bus Timetables for Nottinghamshire & Yorkshire, plus few Derby and Lincolnshire, 1960s/1980s, fair to fine. (21)
Lot: 59
Yorkshire Bus Timetables 1960s/80s, chiefly 1960s/70s, eleven with folding maps, poor to fine, mainly fair to VG. (21)
Lot: 60
Lancashire and Cumbria Bus Timetables, 1950s (4) to 1980s, chiefly 1960s/1970s, 18 with folding maps, fair to fine. (23)