Auction No 431, Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT

334 Lots (displaying 41 - 60)

Fletcher Moss "A History of the Parish of Cheadle, in Cheshire", Manchester, 1894, No.53 of 250 printed, signed by the author and Joseph Watts,

Lot: 41

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
SOLD £32
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Fletcher Moss A History of the Parish of Cheadle, in Cheshire, Manchester, 1894, No. 53 of 250 printed, signed by the author and Joseph Watts, quarter-cloth, printed boards darkened; together with Louis Hayes Reminiscences of Manchester, 1905; and an ex-library copy of Fletcher Moss Didsbury: Sketches, Reminiscences and Legends, 1890, signed by the author. (3)

Bradbury "In the Derbyshire Highlands", J.C. Bates, 1881, gilt cloth, spotting to prelims; Gibson "Northumbrian Castles, Churches, and Antiquities"

Lot: 42

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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Bradbury In the Derbyshire Highlands, J.C. Bates, 1881, gilt cloth, spotting to prelims; Gibson Northumbrian Castles, Churches, and Antiquities, 1848, first series, tissue-guarded plate; Cunliffe Excavations at Fishbourne, Leeds, 1971, 2 vols., fine, in the d/jkts; and other local history & topography. (15)

Social and political history including six by George Ewart Evans (mostly first editions) and other mainly 20th Century works, most in d/jkts. (31)

Lot: 43

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
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Social and political history including six by George Ewart Evans (mostly first editions) and other mainly 20th Century works, most in d/jkts. (31)

Americana including "‘A Grand Terrible Dramma’…The Civil War Letters of Charles Wellington Reed", 2000; Mullen "The Donner Party Chronicles…1846-1847"

Lot: 44

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
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Americana including ‘A Grand Terrible Dramma'…The Civil War Letters of Charles Wellington Reed, 2000; Mullen The Donner Party Chronicles…1846-1847, 1997; The Virginia Journals of Benjamin Henry Latrobe 1795-1798, 1977, two vols., and various others, most in d/jkts, Lawmen & Desperadoes signed by the author. (12)

Michael B. Taylor and V.L. Wilkinson "Badges of Office: An Illustrated Guide to the Helmets and Badges of the British Police 1829 to 1989",

Lot: 45

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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Michael B. Taylor and V.L. Wilkinson Badges of Office: An Illustrated Guide to the Helmets and Badges of the British Police 1829 to 1989, R. Hazell & Co., 1989, pictorial boards, inscribed by Michael Taylor on title page, ownership signature to front endpaper.

Walter Bell "Fleet Street in Seven Centuries", Pitman, 1912, gilt cloth; Burton "At the Sign of the Bible and Anchor," London Press, [1932],

Lot: 46

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £30
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Walter Bell Fleet Street in Seven Centuries, Pitman, 1912, gilt cloth; Burton At the Sign of the Bible and Anchor, London Press, [1932], one of 250; Cloake Cottages and Common Fields of Richmond and Kew, 2001, in d/jkt; Sheppard Memorials of St. James's Palace, Longmans, 1894, 2 vols, gilt cloth; John Taylor Our Lady of Battersey, George White, 1925; and another. All with fine b/w plates. (7)

Walter Thornbury "Old and New London", Cassell & Co, 1897, six volumes, gilt cloth, and the two companion vols. for "Greater London",1898,

Lot: 47

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £54
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Walter Thornbury Old and New London, Cassell & Co, 1897, six volumes, gilt cloth, and the two companion vols. for Greater London, 1898, both complete with the folding maps in front pockets. Numerous wood engravings. Light tanning to text. Maps with some splitting at the folds. (8).        

Henry Mayhew and George Cruikshank "1851: or The Adventures of Mr. & Mrs. Sandboys and Family who came up to London…to see the Great Exhibition"

Lot: 48

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £48
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Henry Mayhew and George Cruikshank 1851: or The Adventures of Mr. & Mrs. Sandboys and Family who came up to London…to see the Great Exhibition, David Bogue, [1851], rebacked & recased, nine folding plates, some foxing; usual pagination error at pp.63/64; together with ‘Aleph' The Old City, London, 1865, gilt cloth, cracking to hinges. (2)

John Thomas Smith "An Antiquarian Ramble in the Streets of London", Richard Bentley, 1846, 2 vols, orig. cloth, gilt,

Lot: 49

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £68
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John Thomas Smith An Antiquarian Ramble in the Streets of London, Richard Bentley, 1846, 2 vols, orig. cloth, gilt, cracking to front inner hinge of Vol.1 but still holding. Good clean text.

London topography & history including Charles Gordon "Old Time Aldwych, The Kingsway and Neighbourhood", 1903, maps & plates;

Lot: 50

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £38
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London topography & history including Charles Gordon Old Time Aldwych, The Kingsway and Neighbourhood, 1903, maps & plates; Passingham London's Markets, [1935]; Baedeker's London and its Environs, 1898, with all maps; Hugh Phillips The Thames About 1750, Collins, 1951, in d/jkt, and Mid-Georgian London, Collins, 1964, in d/jkt; and various others. (11)

Thomas Shotter Boys "Original Views of London", Charles Traylen, 1972, folio, two vols, s/backs in d/jkts, 26 full-page colour plates.

Lot: 51

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
SOLD £24
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Thomas Shotter Boys Original Views of London, Charles Traylen, 1972, folio, two vols, s/backs in d/jkts, 26 full-page colour plates. Reprint of the 1842 edition.

E. Beresford Chancellor "The History of the Squares of London", 1907, gilt cloth, 36 tissue-guarded plates; and two others by Chancellor

Lot: 52

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
SOLD £18
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E. Beresford Chancellor The History of the Squares of London, 1907, gilt cloth, 36 tissue-guarded plates; and two others by Chancellor comprising The XVIIIth Century in London, 1920, in chipped d/jkt, b/w plates, and London Recalled, 1937, colour & b/w plates after Alister Macdonald. (3)

Philip Norman "London Signs and Inscriptions", Elliot Stock, 1897, decorative cloth, armorial bookplate of George Heath Viner;

Lot: 53

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £62
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Philip Norman London Signs and Inscriptions, Elliot Stock, 1897, decorative cloth, armorial bookplate of George Heath Viner; Wheatley Hogarth's London, 1909, fifty-three plates; W.B. Boulton The Amusements of Old London, John Nimmo, 1901, 2 vols, gilt cloth, 12 hand-coloured plates with titled tissue-guards; and various others, London life & culture. (13)

Crime reference works including Lloyd Trott "Mafia, a select annotated bibliography", Cambridge, 1977; Kent & Flynn "The Lizzie Borden Sourcebook",

Lot: 54

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
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Crime reference works including Lloyd Trott Mafia, a select annotated bibliography, Cambridge, 1977; Kent & Flynn The Lizzie Borden Sourcebook, Boston, 1992, in d/jkt, signed by the authors; John Cumming Bibliography Dealing with Crime and Cognate Subjects, London, 1935 (2 copies); and various others. (11)

"The Monthly Chronicle of North-Country Lore and Legend", Walter Scott, 1889, bound volume of twelve issues, pictorial cloth, many illustrations;

Lot: 55

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £15 - £30
SOLD £32
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The Monthly Chronicle of North-Country Lore and Legend, Walter Scott, 1889, bound volume of twelve issues, pictorial cloth, many illustrations; and Fletcher Picturesque History of Yorkshire, Caxton, c.1900, six volume set, gilt cloth, colour & b/w plates, some wear to top of spines.

William Smith "Old Yorkshire" 1881-84, five volumes, and the New Series additions of 1889-91 in three volumes; gilt cloth, b/w plates.

Lot: 56

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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William Smith Old Yorkshire 1881-84, five volumes, and the New Series additions of 1889-91 in three volumes; gilt cloth, b/w plates. Some minor spotting to prelims. Attractive set. (8)  

John Mayhall "The Annals of Yorkshire", Simpkin Marshall [1878], three vols., gilt cloth, red sides, b/w plates;

Lot: 57

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £30
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John Mayhall The Annals of Yorkshire, Simpkin Marshall [1878], three vols., gilt cloth, red sides, b/w plates; Henry Schroeder The Annals of Yorkshire, Crosby & Co, 1851-52, two vols., and a similar pair with modern title labels; together with Cartwright Chapters in the History of Yorkshire, B.W. Allen, 1872, gilt cloth, four folding plates, spotting to prelims. (8)

"The War Memorials of the West Yorkshire Regiment", [1926], quarto, gilt cloth, eight full-page plates, fine internally, abrasions to back cover.

Lot: 58

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £10 - £15
SOLD £8
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The War Memorials of the West Yorkshire Regiment, [1926], quarto, gilt cloth, eight full-page plates, fine internally, abrasions to back cover. 

J. Sutcliffe Stuart "A Musical Pilgrimage in Yorkshire", 1928, b/w plates, 369 of 500, and "The Literary Shrines of Yorkshire", 1892, b/w plates;

Lot: 59

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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J. Sutcliffe Stuart A Musical Pilgrimage in Yorkshire, 1928, b/w plates, 369 of 500, and The Literary Shrines of Yorkshire, 1892, b/w plates; Frederick Ross Yorkshire Family Romance, 1891; and other Yorkshire related. All in the original cloth bindings, Fletcher's Nooks and Corners of Yorkshire with map in rear pocket. (10)

George Oliver "The History and Antiquities of Beverley", M. Turner & others, 1829, contemp. half-leather, gilt title, plates & pedigrees,

Lot: 60

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £52
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George Oliver The History and Antiquities of Beverley, M. Turner & others, 1829, contemp. half-leather, gilt title, plates & pedigrees, occasional spotting (especially the frontispiece), cracking to inner hinges (still holding); Ruston & Witney Hooton Pagnell. The Agricultural Evolution of a Yorkshire Village, 1934, b/w plates; Robert Skaife (trans.) Domesday Book for Yorkshire, 1896; and another. (4)