Auction No 432, Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT

229 Lots (displaying 61 - 80)

Sturge & Clark "The Mount School, York, 1785-1814 & 1831-1931", J.M. Dent, 1931, orig. gilt cloth,

Lot: 61

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £10 - £20
SOLD £8
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Sturge & Clark The Mount School, York, 1785-1814 & 1831-1931, J.M. Dent, 1931, orig. gilt cloth, front endpaper signed by the staff & girls of the school with over 30 signatures including Winifred Sturge one of the co-authors. B/w plates. Foxing to half-title with few tone marks on next few leaves. Unusual item.

"Conclusion of the Trial of Laurence Balfe and Edward McQuirk for the Murder of George Clarke, at Brentford Election". S.Bladon, London, 1769.

Lot: 62

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
SOLD £32
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Conclusion of the Trial of Laurence Balfe and Edward McQuirk for the Murder of George Clarke, at Brentford Election. S.Bladon, London, 1769. A pamphlet, disbound, 16pp, browning to front cover. 

"The Woman in the Cage on London Bridge"; "The manner of burying Wm.Wiseman in the Fields, who died in Prison";

Lot: 63

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £30
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The Woman in the Cage on London Bridge; The manner of burying Wm.Wiseman in the Fields, who died in Prison; Twenty Two Prisoners in one Band from Colchester to London; and The Burning of Rose Allins Hand by Edmund Tyrill. 18th Century copper engravings, two engraved by Thomas Bowles, Approx 6.5 x 8”. On watermarked paper of the period. Large margins. Fine. (4)       

The Assassination of Spencer Perceval, 1812, comprising a hand-coloured etching by Dennes Dighton of the assassin John Bellingham at the Old Bailey,

Lot: 64

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
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The Assassination of Spencer Perceval, 1812, comprising a hand-coloured etching by Dennes Dighton of the assassin John Bellingham at the Old Bailey, and an Act of Parliament to provide for the widow & children of Spencer Perceval. Also four other Acts including an 1842 Act for establishing a Prison at Pentonville, and two concerning Prisons at Millbank and Perth. The print 29 x 21cm, with some browning and manuscript annotations. (6)

Maidstone Police document, 1838, signed by 16 police officers, acknowledging payment for their services from the 23rd to 29th September. 16 x 13”,

Lot: 65

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £20
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Maidstone Police document, 1838, signed by 16 police officers, acknowledging payment for their services from the 23rd to 29th September. 16 x 13”, framed & glazed.

Charles Welch "History of the Tower Bridge, and other bridges over the Thames", London, 1894, extra-illustrated with additional plates tipped in,

Lot: 66

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
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Charles Welch History of the Tower Bridge, and other bridges over the Thames, London, 1894, extra-illustrated with additional plates tipped in, few newscuttings laid down on final two leaves, half-leather, gilt; Dasent Piccadilly in Three Centuries with some account of Berkeley Square and The Haymarket, Macmillan, 1920, in chipped d/jkt; and other London titles. (12)

Winston S. Churchill "The Second World War", Cassell, 1948-54, a good set of first editions, the jackets of Vols.1 & 2 poor.

Lot: 67

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
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Winston S. Churchill The Second World War, Cassell, 1948-54, a good set of first editions, the jackets of Vols.1 & 2 poor. Vol.2 with brief gift inscription to front endpaper. Also 3 other WW2. (9)

H. Montgomery Hyde "Norman Birkett: The Life of Lord Birkett of Ulverston", 1964, 1st Edn,, gilt cloth, signed and warmly inscribed by the author,

Lot: 68

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £8 - £15
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H. Montgomery Hyde Norman Birkett: The Life of Lord Birkett of Ulverston, 1964, 1st Edn,, gilt cloth, signed and warmly inscribed by the author, in defective d/jkt.

"Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society", a partial run comprising 1877, 1878, 1882-1899, 1913

Lot: 69

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £10
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Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian &  Archaeological Society, a partial run comprising 1877, 1878, 1882-1899, 1913, 1915-1923, 1925-1940, 1956-1962, 1965, 1966, 1973-1975, and 14 later to 2015. Also two Index vols., and a commemorative volume. 22 of the 1913-40 period are cloth bound, gilt. Many of the 19th Century volumes have faults to the paper covers (1897 & 1899 covers damaged and detached) o/w VG/VF (75)

German Military ‘In Memoriam’ Cards WWI (46) and WW2, plus few civilian, including 65 illustrated with portraits of the servicemen. A good collection

Lot: 70

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £150
SOLD £195
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German Military ‘In Memoriam' Cards WWI (46) and WW2, plus few civilian, including 65 illustrated with portraits of the servicemen. A good collection in modern album. Several accompanied by collector's research notes. Nine are photogaphic reproductions. Some mixed condition but mostly VG/Fine. (106)

Collection of ‘In Memoriam’ cards 19th and early-20th Century, many of residents of North-East Yorkshire and Co. Durham,

Lot: 71

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £150
SOLD £80
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Collection of ‘In Memoriam' cards 19th and early-20th Century, many of residents of North-East Yorkshire and Co. Durham, with the parishes named in which they lived, plus some for WWI soldiers killed in action and later items. In four modern albums. VG/VF (302)  

Military Aircraft, mainly WW2, a collection of modern photographs, mainly coloured, 6 x 4”, contained in twelve albums.

Lot: 72

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
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Military Aircraft, mainly WW2, a collection of modern photographs, mainly coloured, 6 x 4”, contained in twelve albums. Includes close-ups of engines and components.  Also an album with 25 photos of fire engines. (580) 

Cheshire photographs, comprising negatives (65), and duplicated 10 x 8” modern printings taken from some of the negatives,

Lot: 73

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £20
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Cheshire photographs, comprising negatives (65), and duplicated 10 x 8” modern printings taken from some of the negatives, notably Knutsford & Prestbury, plus Alderley Edge, Great Warford, Macclesfield and others.

C.H. Dick "Highways and Byways in Galloway and Carrick", Macmillan,1916, first edition, illustrations by Hugh Thomson, folding map; and others,

Lot: 74

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £30
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C.H. Dick Highways and Byways in Galloway and Carrick, Macmillan, 1916, first edition, illustrations by Hugh Thomson, folding map; and others, mostly Scotland, with interest in hiking & topography, many in d/jkts (one ex-library). (41)

George Bridge "The Mountains of England and Wales, 1973, first edition, in d/jkt; Gray "The Big Grey Man of Ben MacDhui", 1970, first edn., in d/jkt;

Lot: 75

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £40
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George Bridge The Mountains of England and Wales, 1973, first edition, in d/jkt; Gray The Big Grey Man of Ben MacDhui, 1970, first edn., in d/jkt; Robertson George Mallory, 1969, first edn., in d/jkt; and related works from 1906. (44)

Lake District interest including Sansom "Climbing at Wasdale Before the First World War", 1982, first edn., in d/jkt; Dudley Hoys "Below Scafell"

Lot: 76

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £26
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Lake District interest including Sansom Climbing at Wasdale Before the First World War, 1982, first edn., in d/jkt; Dudley Hoys Below Scafell, 1956, in d/jkt, signed by the author; Nancy Price Vagabond's Way, 1914, first edn., gilt cloth, some fox marks; and others, many in d/jkts, Hunter Davies' Wainwright signed by the author. (32)

Mountaineering and Rambling with many Wales related, plus few West of England, and some Alpine titles; many in d/jkts, some mixed condition. (36)

Lot: 77

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
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Mountaineering and Rambling with many Wales related, plus few West of England, and some Alpine titles; many in d/jkts, some mixed condition. (36)   

"Beneath the Lakeland Fells: Cumbria's Mining Heritage", Red Earth, 1992, in d/jkt; and a selection of other Lake District titles from 1899,

Lot: 78

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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Beneath the Lakeland Fells: Cumbria's Mining Heritage, Red Earth, 1992, in d/jkt; and a selection of other Lake District titles from 1899, many of fell-walking interest, many in d/jkts. (40)

Highland photography, mostly Scotland but including Poucher "The Surrey Hill"s, 1949 and "Peak Panorama", 1946, both first edns., in d/jkts,

Lot: 79

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
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Highland photography, mostly Scotland but including Poucher The Surrey Hills, 1949 and Peak Panorama, 1946, both first edns., in d/jkts, and other works by Poucher incl.The Magic of Skye, 1949, first edn. Surrey Hills with small tape stains to endpapers. (32)

Mountaineering in the Himalayas, a collection, many in d/jkts including W.H. Murray "The Scottish Himalayan Expedition", 1951, first edn;

Lot: 80

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £50
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Mountaineering in the Himalayas, a collection, many in d/jkts including W.H. Murray The Scottish Himalayan Expedition, 1951, first edn; M.S. Kohli Nine Atop Everest, 1989, first edn; Ullman High Conquest, 1943 (Travel Book Club); Chris Bonington The Everest Years, 1986, signed first; John Jackson More Than Mountains 1955, signed first; Noyce Climbing the Fish's Tail, 1958, first edn; and various others (3 ex-library). (37)