Trafford Books

Auction No 404, Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST

248 Lots (displaying 41 - 60)
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Eric Gill (illustrator) "The Four Gospels",Folio Society, 2007, facsimile of the Golden Cockerel Press edition of 1931, bound in full goatskin leather

Lot: 41

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £130
SOLD £145
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Eric Gill (illustrator) The Four Gospels, Folio Society, 2007, facsimile of the Golden Cockerel Press edition of 1931, bound in full goatskin leather by Lachenmaier, with gilt designs and gilt edges; illustrated with Gill's wood engravings. Number 287 of 2,750 issued. Together with the bound volume of Essays by John Dreyfus and Robert Gibbings, and housed in the publisher's box, gilt lettering to spine. VF

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John Preston "The New Covenant or The Saints Portion. A Treatise Unfolding the All-sufficiencie of God, Mans uprightness, and the Covenance of grace

Lot: 42

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £28
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John Preston The New Covenant or The Saints Portion. A Treatise Unfolding the All-sufficiencie of God, Mans uprightness, and the Covenance of grace, Delivered in fourteen Sermons… Nicolas Bourne, London, 1639, 9th edition; octavo, 19th Century full leather, gilt title, head of backstrip pulled; title page marked; final page grimed; approx 35% of the text affected by browning;  (16),590,(18)pp 

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Jeremy Collier (trans.) "The Emperor Marcus Antoninus, his Conversation with Himself", Richard Sare, 1708, 2nd Edn., later quarter-leather,

Lot: 43

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Jeremy Collier (trans.) The Emperor Marcus Antoninus, his Conversation with Himself, Richard Sare, 1708, 2nd Edn., later quarter-leather, worn, with new endpapers; title page with small signature, and inscription on reverse; minor spotting to text o/w VG internally. (8),420pp

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[Daniel Defoe] The Parallel: or Persecution of Protestants. The Shortest Way to prevent the Growth of Popery in Ireland; and Giving Alms no Charity, A

Lot: 44

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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[Daniel Defoe] The Parallel: or Persecution of Protestants. The Shortest Way to prevent the Growth of Popery in Ireland; and Giving Alms no Charity, And Employing the Poor, A Grievance to the Nation. Two tracts, both extracted from a c.1704 edition of his collected writings; 8vo, each bound in 19th Century quarter-morocco over marbled boards with later title labels, VG; slight browning to text, two leaves of The Parallel with a corner chipped away. (2)

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J. Ewing Ritchie "The Life and Times of the Right Honble. William Ewart Gladsone", James Sangster [c.1900], pictorial edition in 6 vols;

Lot: 45

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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J. Ewing Ritchie The Life and Times of the Right Honble. William Ewart Gladsone, James Sangster [c.1900], pictorial edition in 6 vols; quarto, elaborate pictorial cloth, some wear to inner hinges; slight damp staining to the chromo-litho plates o/w fine internally. (6)

Manor of Newcastle, Stafford: 1615 copy document of a legal Agreement fixing the Fee Farm Rents within the Manor,

Lot: 46

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
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Manor of Newcastle, Stafford: 1615 copy document of a legal Agreement fixing the Fee Farm Rents within the Manor, the final leaf largely torn away, comprising 11 full pages of text, 41 x 34cm, with a later outer cover, all stitched together upper left; peripheral faults with some marginal loss of text, browned throughout. Reference is made to this document in Ward's History of Stoke on Trent. 

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Legal Documents pertaining to lands & properties in Sale, Cheshire,1860-1885, all on vellum, between Boggart Lane and Beaufort Rd,

Lot: 47

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £100
SOLD £52
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Legal Documents pertaining to lands & properties in Sale, Cheshire, 1860-1885, all on vellum, between Boggart Lane and Beaufort Rd, each with a hand-coloured Plan showing a Music Hall, Dance Hall, Vinery, Stables and other properties. All duly signed & sealed, with appropriate duty stamps affixed. VG/VF (6)

Manchester Legal Documents on vellum, 1860-74, mostly relating to properties in Ardwick, with the Probate of the Will of William Henry Perkins

Lot: 48

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £28
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Manchester Legal Documents on vellum, 1860-74, mostly relating to properties in Ardwick, with the Probate of the Will of William Henry Perkins of Hulme. All duly signed & sealed with duty stamps affixed, mostly fine but the probate age-stained. (8)  

Horace Field Parshall "The Parshall Family A.D. 870-1913", Francis Edwards, 1915, 4to, quarter vellum, gilt, t.e.g., uncut elsewhere;

Lot: 49

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £80
SOLD £40
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Horace Field Parshall The Parshall Family A.D. 870-1913, Francis Edwards, 1915, 4to, quarter vellum, gilt, t.e.g., uncut elsewhere; bookplate of the Gale family; folding map, pedigrees and plates; faint damp staining to upper margin affects some pages; some light marginal glosses in pencil. One of 100 printed. VG

Gregory King (edited Armytage & Rylands) "Staffordshire Pedigrees based on the visitation of that County made by William Dugdale"

Lot: 50

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £100
SOLD £40
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Gregory King (edited Armytage & Rylands) Staffordshire Pedigrees based on the visitation of that County made by William Dugdale, Harleian Society, 1912; 4to, original gilt cloth, small spilt to foredge of front board; few leaves with a corner crease o/w VG internally; viii,295,20,(6)pp 

Diane Baker "Workhouses in the Potteries", City of Stoke on Trent, n.d.; A4 s/back, stapled binding; well illustrated including 3 fold-out plans

Lot: 51

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £15 - £20
SOLD £22
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Diane Baker Workhouses in the Potteries, City of Stoke on Trent, n.d.; A4 s/back, stapled binding; well illustrated including 3 fold-out plans/elevations. 51pp. VG

William Scarratt "Old Times in the Potteries", Stoke-on-Trent,1906; original illustrated cloth, gilt, some fading; fine internally.

Lot: 52

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
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William Scarratt Old Times in the Potteries, Stoke-on-Trent, 1906; original illustrated cloth, gilt, some fading; fine internally. B/w plates in text. 202pp

Benjamin Gregory "Consecrated Culture: Memorials of Benjamin Alfred Gregory", T. Woolmer,1885; original gilt cloth, spine faded;

Lot: 53

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £26 - £36
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Benjamin Gregory Consecrated Culture: Memorials of Benjamin Alfred Gregory, T. Woolmer, 1885; original gilt cloth, spine faded; tissue-guarded frontispiece; good clean text. A biography of a Methodist minister; viii,416,(8)pp

Adam Sharpe (and others) "St. Just: An Archaeological Survey of The Mining District", Truro, 1992, 2 volumes, A4 softbacks, VG/Fine. (2)

Lot: 54

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Adam Sharpe (and others) St. Just: An Archaeological Survey of The Mining District, Truro, 1992, 2 volumes, A4 softbacks, VG/Fine. (2)  

Cyril Noall "Botallack", Bradford Barton, 1972, fine, in VG d/jkt, and 14 others on Cornish history, largely Mining, plus a related Devon title,

Lot: 55

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £70
SOLD £92
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Cyril Noall Botallack, Bradford Barton, 1972, fine, in VG d/jkt, and 14 others on Cornish history, largely Mining, plus a related Devon title, all hardbacks, 12 in d/jkts, no ownership inscriptions, VG/VF (16)   

Catherine Lorigan "Delabole: The History of the Slate Quarry and The Making of its Village Community", 2007; Brown & Acton "Exploring Cornish Mines"

Lot: 56

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £170 - £200
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Catherine Lorigan Delabole: The History of the Slate Quarry and The Making of its Village Community, 2007; Brown & Acton Exploring Cornish Mines, 1996-2001, 5 volumes; Bob Acton Exploring Cornwall's Tramway Trails, 2000-2001, 2nd Edn, 2 vols; and other Cornish history, all softbacks, mostly Industrial especially Tin Mining. No ownership inscriptions. VG/VF (89)

Reg Jones "Dinorwic:The Llanberis Slate Quarry 1780-1969", 2006, in price-clipped d/jkt; Rees "King Copper: South Wales and the Copper Trade", 2000;

Lot: 57

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £80
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Reg Jones Dinorwic: The Llanberis Slate Quarry 1780-1969, 2006, in price-clipped d/jkt; Rees King Copper: South Wales and the Copper Trade, 2000; Strange Merthyr Tydfil: Iron Metropolis, 2005; Bryan Hope A Curious Place: The Industrial History of Amlwch, 1994, in d/jkt, signed by the author; Bick The Old Metal Mines of Mid-Wales, 1974-77, 4 vols; and other Welsh industrial history, largely Metal-Mining and Quarrying. No ownership inscriptions. VG/VF (34)

Ernald James "Unforgettable Countryfolk: Midlands Reminiscences", Cornish Bros, [1948], VG in worn & chipped d/jkt; 8 photo-plates. 178pp

Lot: 58

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £10
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Ernald James Unforgettable Countryfolk: Midlands Reminiscences, Cornish Bros, [1948], VG in worn & chipped d/jkt; 8 photo-plates. 178pp

Percy W.L. Adams "Wolstanton: (Wolstan's Town) A brief History of the ancient Church, Parish, and Village", Edwin Eardley, Tunstall, 1908,

Lot: 59

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £15
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Percy W.L. Adams Wolstanton: (Wolstan's Town) A brief History of the ancient Church, Parish, and Village, Edwin Eardley, Tunstall, 1908, 2nd Edn; original cloth, gilt, wear to extremities; ownership signatures to front endpaper; illustrated with photo-plates. Fine internally; (6),112pp

"Keates & Ford's Annual Potteries and Newcastle Street and Trade Directory with Almanack, for 1865-6", Hanley, 1865;

Lot: 60

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £18
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Keates & Ford's Annual Potteries and Newcastle Street and Trade Directory with Almanack, for 1865-6, Hanley, 1865; original stipple-grained cloth, gilt, rebacked, worn corners; bookplate of James E. Moxon with his signature top of title-page; front inner hinge weak; VG internally. 228pp plus 111pp of advertisements