Auction No 428, Wed 28th Aug 2024 12:00 BST

183 Lots (displaying 41 - 60)

Susan Hill and Stephen Mallatratt, signed Theatre Programme for "The Woman in Black", The Lyric, Hammersmith, 1989; autographed on the centre-fold

Lot: 41

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Aug 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £40
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Susan Hill and Stephen Mallatratt, signed Theatre Programme for The Woman in Black, The Lyric, Hammersmith, 1989; autographed on the centre-fold by Susan Hill, the Director Peter Herford, and the two actors Charles Kay and John Duttine. Stephen Mallatratt's adaptation of Susan Hill's famous novel was first performed at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough in December 1987 and transferred to the Lyric Hammersmith for a run that lasted from 11th January to 11th February 1989. The previous owner obtained these signatures on the occasion of the 25th January performance and has made a note to that effect in a small inscription at the top right corner of page one. A4, 16pp, card wraps.

Gilbert & George: a group of sixteen PPCs issued by the Gilbert & George Centre, all autographed by the artists, seven signed on reverse. Fine. (16)

Lot: 42

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Aug 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £94
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Gilbert & George: a group of sixteen PPCs issued by the Gilbert & George Centre, all autographed by the artists, seven signed on reverse. Fine. (16)

Alec Guinness: ink-signed magazine cutting, 10 x 8”, very good condition.

Lot: 43

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Aug 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £64
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Alec Guinness: ink-signed magazine cutting, 10 x 8”, very good condition. 

Textiles, 19th Century, comprising a Chinese Tablecloth on pink silk, 1870s; a Victorian ribbon rosebud pillowcase, 1870s; Chinese edgings 1890s;

Lot: 44

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Aug 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £120 - £150
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Textiles, 19th Century, comprising a Chinese Tablecloth on pink silk, 1870s; a Victorian ribbon rosebud pillowcase, 1870s; Chinese edgings 1890s; an Indian tablecloth with yellow embroidery; a Victorian blue pillowcase 1890s; and a Victorian watered silk fabric with fuscia pattern. VG/Fine. (6). Together with a descriptive valuation conducted by Sotheby's in 1982.  Also a hand-mirror with in an ivory frame, engraved monogram on reverse.

Thomas Baines and William Fairbairn "Lancashire and Cheshire, Past and Present", William Mackenzie [1868-69], two vols in four, pictorial gilt cloth,

Lot: 45

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Aug 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
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Thomas Baines and William Fairbairn Lancashire and Cheshire, Past and Present, William Mackenzie [1868-69], two vols in four, pictorial gilt cloth, worn at extremities; Division II with binding detached from text-block and foot of backstrip chipped; plates & maps intact, occasional browning to text. (4)  

J. W. Platt "The History and Antiquities of Nantwich", London, 1818, cloth-backed boards; Henry Green "Knutsford: Its Traditions and History", 1887;

Lot: 46

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Aug 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £34
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J. W. Platt The History and Antiquities of Nantwich, London, 1818, cloth-backed boards; Henry Green Knutsford: Its Traditions and History, 1887; A Brother Beloved: a record of the life and experience of Mr. Jesse Croft, of Sale, Cheshire, 1925, and other Cheshire related titles. Platt's Nantwich with repair to pp.115/116, a further repair required to pp.57/58. (8)

Thomas Middleton "The History of Hyde and its Neighbourhood", Higham Press, 1932; Swann "Glimpses of Mellor", 1940;

Lot: 47

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Aug 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £42
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Thomas Middleton The History of Hyde and its Neighbourhood, Higham Press, 1932; Swann Glimpses of Mellor, 1940; A.J. French The Life of John Birchenall M.R.C.S., F.L.S., of Macclesfield, [1881], photographic plate; Massie The Paintings in Gawsworth Church, Macclesfield, 1853, rebound; Stalybridge Official Handbook [1948], with fold-out map; and three other Cheshire titles. Good to fine. (8)

J. Corbett "The River Irwell", 1907; McKechnie "Manchester in Nineteen Hundred and Fifteen", 1915, 2nd impression, tipped-in plates;

Lot: 48

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Aug 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £70
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J. Corbett The River Irwell, 1907; McKechnie Manchester in Nineteen Hundred and Fifteen, 1915, 2nd impression, tipped-in plates; Didsbury Coronation Festivities 1911 (2 copies, many half-tone plates); John Booker A History of the Ancient Chapels of Didsbury and Chorlton, Chetham Society, 1857, worn binding; Speake A History of Droylsden, 1953; Grindon Manchester Banks and Bankers, 1877; John Loudon Manchester Memoirs, Royal Exchange Assurance, 1916, half-leather, gilt; Procter Manchester in Holiday Dress, 1866 (spine chipped & faded); and related titles. (18)

Edward Kennedy: ink-signed 10 x 8” photograph, some light creasing

Lot: 49

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Aug 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
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Edward Kennedy ink-signed 10 x 8” photograph, some light creasing

Lewis "The Medieval Earthworks of the Hundred of West Derby", British Archaeological Reports, 2000, and other BAR publications

Lot: 50

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  • Est: £50 - £70
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Lewis The Medieval Earthworks of the Hundred of West Derby, British Archaeological Reports, 2000, and other BAR publications including Evans Neolithic and Bronze Age Landscapes of Cumbria, 2008, and similar. A4, card wraps. (9)

"The Agricultural History Review", British Agricultural Society, 1995 (part II) to 2023, a complete run, each volume in two parts. No inscriptions.

Lot: 51

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Aug 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £36
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The Agricultural History Review, British Agricultural Society, 1995 (part II) to 2023, a complete run, each volume in two parts. No inscriptions. (77) 

Lancashire Parish Register Society publications 1899-1930, including "The Registers of the Parish Church of Whalley", 1900, and similar titles,

Lot: 52

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Aug 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
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Lancashire Parish Register Society publications 1899-1930, including The Registers of the Parish Church of Whalley, 1900, and similar titles, many scarce. Seven are ex-library. Gilt cloth. Some shelfwear to bindings. (14)

Lancashire Parish Register Society publications 1978-1998, a fairly complete run (lacking vols. 117, 119 & 120).

Lot: 53

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Aug 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £40
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Lancashire Parish Register Society publications 1978-1998, a fairly complete run (lacking vols. 117, 119 & 120). One with annotations to front endpaper o/w uninscribed. Gilt leatherette bindings. (24) 

Lancashire Parish Register Society publications 1998-2022, a complete run. Vols.176 & 177 with ownership initials, o/w uninscribed

Lot: 54

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Aug 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £120
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Lancashire Parish Register Society publications 1998-2022, a complete run. Vols. 176 & 177 with ownership initials o/w uninscribed. Gilt leatherette bindings. (57)

Chetham Society publications including "The Coucher Book of Furness Abbey", 1886-1919, six vols, and fourteen other volumes to 1931;

Lot: 55

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Aug 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £30
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Chetham Society publications including The Coucher Book of Furness Abbey, 1886-1919, six vols, and fourteen other volumes to 1931; plus a selection of seven of their modern publications. Foot of spine of vol.76 frayed o/w fine. (26)

Record Society of Lancashire & Cheshire publications (12) from 1884 including "Proceedings of the Lancashire Justices of the Peace 1578-1694",1981;

Lot: 56

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Aug 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £26
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Record Society of Lancashire & Cheshire publications (12) from 1884 including Proceedings of the Lancashire Justices of the Peace 1578-1694, 1981; The Family Records of Benjamin Shaw, Mechanic of Dent, Dolphinholme and Preston, 1991, Crown Pleas of the Lancashire Eyre 1292, 3 vols, 2014-15, and similar, together with twelve others issued by the Historic Society of Lancashire & Cheshire and related organisations. (24)     

Lancashire History with "The Diary of the Reverend Peter Williams 1773-74", 2000; Wadsworth "The Cotton Trade and Industrial Lancashire 1600-1780"

Lot: 57

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Aug 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £30
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Lancashire History with The Diary of the Reverend Peter Williams 1773-74, 2000; Wadsworth The Cotton Trade and Industrial Lancashire 1600-1780, 1965; Farrer The Court Rolls of the Honor of Clitheroe, Vol.1, 1897 (rebound); Baines History, Directory and Gazetteer of the County Palatine of Lancaster, David & Charles reprint, 2 vols; and various others, h/bk and s/bk. (29)

British Place-Name studies including Carroll & Parsons "Perceptions of Place", 2013, a run of the journal "Nomina" 2005-2021 (13 vols.),

Lot: 58

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Aug 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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British Place-Name studies including Carroll & Parsons Perceptions of Place, 2013, a run of the journal Nomina 2005-2021 (13 vols.), and Ekwall Studies on English Place-Names 1936. (35)

Public Records, Genealogy, Parish Documents etc, a collection of reference works, h/bk and s/bk. (32)

Lot: 59

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Aug 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £26
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Public Records, Genealogy, Parish Documents etc, a collection of reference works, h/bk and s/bk. (32)

"A Visit to the Tower, Being an Account of Several Birds and Beasts", printed by J. Kendrew, York, c.1820; small pamphlet, 10 x 6.5cm, 16pp,

Lot: 60

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Aug 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £15 - £20
SOLD £10
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A Visit to the Tower, Being an Account of Several Birds and Beasts, printed by J. Kendrew, York, c.1820; small pamphlet, 10 x 6.5cm, 16pp, wood engravings throughout, some light foxing