Lot: 21
Illustrated London News for 1947, complete in two bound volumes, spines faded, very clean internally. (2)
Lot: 22
Various including A. & C. Black topography (7), five illustrated by Heaton Cooper (one rebound in half-leather); Temple The Gytrash of Goathland, 1928; Pendlebury The Archaeology of Crete, 1967, in d/jkt; and Le Plutarque de l'Enfance, 1812, engraved plates, improvised wraps. (16)
Lot: 23
Autographs including posters (2) signed by Jackie Stewart (with Rubens Barrichello) and Alex Higgins; and five cut signatures matted with photos including film star Glenn Ford. (7 items)
Lot: 24
T.E. Swindells Manchester Streets and Manchester Men, J.E. Cornish, 1906-1908, five volume set, gilt cloth; and Francis Espinasse Lancashire Worthies, 1874, worn & faded cloth; small ownership stamps of Robert Holland Ford.
Lot: 25
Edward Fernie The Poll for Two Knights of the Shire to represent the Western Division of the County of Stafford….including the whole of the Registered Electors, London, 1868; gilt cloth, 270pp. Browning to title and final page; lower right corner of front board bumped.
Lot: 26
Potteries interest including William Scarratt Old Times in the Potteries, 1906, b/w plates; Harold Owen The Staffordshire Potter, 1901; Illustrated Guide to the Church Congress Ecclesiastical Art Exhibition, Stoke-on-Trent, 1911, fine folding map; Richards 1837-1953, Richards Tiles Ltd, Stoke, 1953; Julia Wedgwood The Personal Life of Josiah Wedgwood, 1915; and four others. Mostly first editions. Cloth binding of Josiah Wedgwood badly faded. (9)
Lot: 27
Adrian Forman Bravery, Courage and Valour: Decorations and Awards of the Third Reich, 2008; pictorial boards, large format, profusely illustrated. 420pp. VF
Lot: 28
WWI German Air-Drop leaflet warning the French of a growing ‘invasion' of American troops to the Western Front. 8x 6”, text both sides. Folds and filing punch holes.
Lot: 29
John Bigland A Topographical and Historical Description of the County of York, London [1819], half-leather, gilt title label, three folding maps, 25 engraved plates, an additional plate bound in opposite engraved title page. Some occasional foxing, some offset from the plates, but generally clean. First free endpaper with corner cut away and ownership signature of 1947. [This and the following 57 lots are from the collection of the late Clifford Elmer.]
Lot: 30
The manuscript notebook of Police Constable William Pearson of York, 1st January 1893 to 6th October 1904, in a hardbound foolscap exercise book, written in a clear hand. Commences with 19pp outlining his duties with definitions of Robbery, Assault, Infants Criminal Responsibilty, etc; thereafter 61pp of his reports on arrests made, cautions given, and charges brought against named individuals with their addresses. Front endpaper inscribed William Pearson, Police Constable, York, the rear endpaper inscribed William Pearson, Fire Station, York, suggests that he left the police towards the end of 1904 and took up a position with the Fire Brigade. An entry in the Public Record Office shows that at this time Pearson was living with his wife & four children in a Police house at 97 Micklegate. [Browning to perimeter and occasional offset from some newspaper cuttings tipped-in or loosely inserted.]
Lot: 31
Palestine 1947-48, Press Agency photographs concerning Jewish terrorists and the murder of British soldiers and civilians, all with descriptive text on reverse, issued by Keystone Press and Planet News. 8 x 6”, one damaged, (15)
Lot: 32
France 1948-1950, Press Agency photographs concerning murders and subsequent trials, all with descriptive text on reverse, mostly issued by Keystone Press and Planet News. Mainly 8 x 6”, three smaller. (35)
Lot: 33
France 1947-1950, Press Agency photographs concerning trials of Nazi collaborators and related crimes against the State, all with descriptive text on reverse, mostly issued by Keystone Press and Planet News. Mainly 8 x 6”, three smaller. (21)
Lot: 34
Nuremberg War Trials and other European War Crimes trials, 1946-49, a collection of Press Agency photographs, all with descriptive text on reverse, mostly issued by Keystone Press and Planet News. Mainly 8 x 6”, a few larger. (73)
Lot: 35
Italy 1947-1950, Press Agency photographs mostly concerning the hunt for Sicilian ‘Bandits' (Mafia), and the shooting of the Italian Communist Leader Palmiro Togliatti, all with descriptive text on reverse, mostly issued by Keystone Press and Planet News. 8 x 6”, one with small tear. (20)
Lot: 36
Press Agency photographs, 1947-50, mostly concerning serious crime and subsequent trials, including spying & espionage, assassination of Egypt's premier, and the attempted assassination of the Shah of Iran, mainly Europe and Middle East. Issued by Keystone Press and Planet News. Between 6 x 4” and 9 x 7”, all with descriptive text on reverse. (39)
Lot: 37
United States 1947-1950, Press Agency photographs, all serious crime related and subsequent trials, including spying & espionage, Nazi collaborators, murders, and the attempted assassination of President Truman, all with descriptive text on reverse. Issued by Keystone Press and Planet News. 8 x 6” (15)
Lot: 38
United Kingdom 1946-1970 Press Agency photographs, largely 1946/50, concerning serious crimes and subsequent trials, including murders, shootings, spying & espionage, and possession of explosives, all with descriptive text on reverse. Issued by Keystone Press Agency, Planet News and others. Mostly 8 x 6”. (33)
Lot: 39
The Reports of the Reverend and Learned Judge, the Right Honorable Sr. Henry Hobart, Knight and Baronet, Lord Chief Just ice, London, 1671, 3rd Edition, engraved portrait, modern full leather, gilt, some discolouration, small repair to title page, bookplate of Constantine Phipps of the Middle Temple dated 1703. Ownership inscription dated 1778 and occasional marginal annotations in same hand. Worming to lower margin, the text unaffected. Very clean internally. (16),350,(65)pp
Lot: 40
Charles Couper Report of the Trial…against the Directors and Manager of The City of Glasgow Bank, Edinburgh 1879, fold-out plates, worn cloth & title label, inner hinges strengthened with cloth strips, clean text; viii,476pp