Lot: 101
The Coucher Book of Furness Abbey, Chetham Society, 1886-1919, six volumes, unopened; and The Chartulary of Cockersand Abbey, Chetham Society, 1898-1909, five (of six) vols, lacking Vol.1, part II. Publisher's gilt cloth. VG/Fine
Lot: 102
Nimrod [Charles Apperley] Memoirs of the Life of the late John Mytton, Downey & Co, 1899, large paper edition, No.21 of 50 issued, 20 hand-coloured plates after Henry Alken, spine faded; Lionel Edwards Famous Foxhunters, 1932, first edition, many illustrations; and Frances Pitt Hounds, Horses and Hunting, 1948, first edn. (3)
Lot: 103
Harold J. Smith (Ed.) The Manchester Diocesan Magazine, 1904-1913, Vols 1 to 10, complete in half-leather gilt bindings, some wear, fine internally, Vol.1 with presentation bookplate. (10)
Lot: 104
World War 1 interest including ‘An M.P.' [Aubrey Herbert] Mons, Anzac and Kut, 1919, 1st Edn; S. Macnaughton My War Experiences in Two Continents, 1st Edn; Louis Raemaeker The ‘Land & Water' Edition of Raemaekers' Cartoons, 1916-17, two vols, 310 colour plates; Ward Mr.Poilu: Notes and Sketches with the Fighting French, 1916, 46 tipped-in plates; and various others, together with a fine 7x12” photograph of N.C.O.s and Officers of the 59th Field Ambulance, R.A.M.C., 15th February, 1915, with several named on reverse. Mons, Anzac and Kut rebound. (15)
Lot: 105
Cottrill's Police Directory of the Borough of Newcastle-Under-Lyme for 1836, Newcastle, full diced calf; The Newcastle and Pottery General and Commercial Directory for 1822-23, Hanley [1822], fine modern rebind in half-leather, tape stains to first few leaves; and The Potteries, Newcastle and District Directory, 1912, lacking maps, weak hinges, 1,250pp. (3)
Lot: 106
[John Walker] Oxoniana, Richard Phillips, [1807], 4 vols, half-calf, gilt, peripheral wear, engraved titles & fold-out facsimiles to each volume, browning to first & last few leaves; together with Birch The Royal Charters of the City of Lincoln Henry II to William III, Cambridge, 1911, five plates, spine faded. (5)
Lot: 107
John Graves The History of Cleveland, in the North Riding of the County of York, Carlisle, 1808, worn half-leather, gilt title, fine folding map hand-coloured in outline, folding pedigree, and engraved plates; preliminary leaves browned and stained, front hinge weak; and Elgee The Moorlands of North Eastern Yorkshire, 1912, fine folding map & plates, ownership signature front endpaper. (2)
Lot: 108
Catherine L. W. Powlett (Duchess of Cleveland) In Memory of Colonel The Honourable Everard Henry Primrose, privately published, London, [1887]; half-leather, gilt; frontispiece portrait. Inscribed by the author to Viscount Halifax top of title page. 257pp. A scarce title. [Col. Primrose (1848-85) served in the Grenadier Guards, later as the Military Attache at Vienna. He was the brother of Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, UK Prime Minister. His mother, who is the author, was a very close companion to Queen Victoria and was bridesmaid at her wedding].
Lot: 109
Henry Fishwick The History of The Parish of Rochdale, James Clegg & Elliot Stock, 1889, rebound in quarter-morocco, gilt, over buckram-covered boards; minor spotting to half-title o/w fine with all plates, pedigrees and illustrations in text; and The Works of John Trafford Clegg: Stories, Sketches, and Rhymes chiefly in the Rochdale Dialect, James Clegg, 1895, two vols., orig. gilt cloth, 18 b/w plates. (3)
Lot: 110
Len Deighton & Arnold Schwartzman Airshipwreck, Cape, 1978, complete with PC and scarce flimsy record in sleeve; Oliver Through Adversity:The History of the Royal Air Force Regiment, 1997; Braybrook Hunter, 1987; and other aviation interest, all first editions in d/jkts. (6)
Lot: 111
The Titanic – In Memoriam poster, 15 x 18”, captioned: In Memoriam, 'Titanic,' Sunk on her maiden voyage off Cape Race, April 15th, 1912, The most appalling disaster in Maritime History, with a loss of over 1,500 lives. Printed by The East London Printing Co. Laid down. Peripheral faults, tear upper right, some light browning. Also a limited edition print (No.9 of 10) of survivor Millvina Dean, autographed by her.
Lot: 112
German Military History WW2, including Archer, Kraska & Lippert Panzers in Berlin 1945, 2019 (with map), and Mark Guderian's Foxes, 2021; two with a bumped corner o/w fine, no inscriptions. Sommer 1943: SS-Panzer Division Totenkopf with bilingual English/German text. (7)
Lot: 113
William Mills The Manchester Reform Club 1871-1921, Manchester 1922, privately printed, full leather, gilt, eight plates; and Royal Residential Schools for the Deaf, Old Trafford, Manchester, Centenary of the Founding of the Schools, Manchester, 1923, in d/jkt, 26 photo-plates. (2)
Lot: 114
Autographs of William IV (as Duke of Clarence) and Lord Melbourne, 1829 & 1839 letter fronts signed ‘Clarence' and ‘Melbourne' respectively. In soft mounts, matted with related portraits. (2)
Lot: 115
Autographs of Politicians, a selection of signed photos, various sizes, including Hilary Benn, Paddy Ashdown, Jack Straw, Leon Brittan, John Prescott, and other well-known. Also two signed pages. VG/VF (21).
Lot: 116
Military Autographs, a collection of covers signed by Victoria Cross winners comprising Thomas Gould, Havildar Gaje Ghale, Richard Annand, Philip Gardner, David Jamieson, Edward Kenna, John Cruikshank, Ian Fraser, Eric Wilson, Harold Ervine-Andrews, Ferdinand West, and William Speakman-Pitt, plus covers signed by other gallantry medal winners. Fine throughout. (19).
Lot: 117
Edward Baines The History of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster, John Heywood, 1888, revised edition (with Pedigrees), edited by Croston; five volumes, quarto, orig. gilt cloth, backstrip of Vol.1 with some damage; small repair to folding map; minor spotting to prelims o/w very clean internally. Partly unopened. (5)
Lot: 118
The Bath Rose, The Southampton & Isle of Wight Rose, The Cheltenham Rose, and The Prussia and Rhineland Rose, Joseph Myers, c.1865-70, fold-out novelties with multi-vignette views both sides, The Bath Rose complete with the issued packet. Diameter 26cm. Cheltenham Rose with some light foxing. VG/Fine (4)
Lot: 119
Philip E. Robinson A Winter Journey Through Siberia to China, 1910, Hong Kong, 2012; and other titles on Siberia and the Trans-Siberian Railway, all by Robinson, some in collaboration with Stephen Yen. Softbacks, all well-illustrated. Fine. (7)
Lot: 120
Thomas Moule Great Britain Illustrated: A Series of Original Views from Drawings by William Westall, London, 1830; quarter-leather, gilt, worn corners, 118 engravings (two per page) some plates & engraved title with light foxing (one page badly foxed) but generally clean internally; together with 10 fine hand-coloured engravings, a 1787 map of Middlesex, and three lithographs, all in card mounts.