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Auction No 362, Category: Antiquarian

40 Lots (displaying 1 - 20)

Gibbs Bookshop, Manchester: the domain name and website of www.gibbsbookshop.co.uk

Lot: 1

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Sep 2016 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £300 - £400
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Gibbs Bookshop, Manchester: the domain name and website of www.gibbsbookshop.co.uk and its related names .com, .net and .org  The website was established in 2004 but the trading name of Gibbs Bookshop of Manchester goes back to 1922 when the business was established by Robert F. Gibb, the current owner’s grandfather, one of the early members of the ABA. The business was continued and developed by Tony Gibb (1926-2009) and later became a member of ILAB. While at one time Gibbs Bookshop handled a wide range of titles, in more recent years it has largely confined itself to Antiquarian. The server for Gibbs’ domain names is Swift Internet. Maintenance fees are paid up to 18th October 2016. The successful buyer will receive full co-operation for the transfer of ownership from the current owner. 

Comte F.M.G. De Pambour "A Practical Treatise on Locomotive Engines" John Weale, 1840, 2nd Edition,

Lot: 43

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Sep 2016 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Comte F.M.G. De Pambour A Practical Treatise on Locomotive Engines John Weale, 1840, 2nd Edition, original blind-tooled cloth, gilt, worn at hinges, uncut 2 sides, binding rather slack, some light browning to text & the 5 folding-plates at rear (one detached), old ownership signature top of title page, another ownership handstamp to page 1; some light pencil annotations. xlviii + 583pp + plates + 36pp of advertisements.

Railway Clearing House "Official Hand Book of Railway Stations" London, 1912, quarto, worn cloth;

Lot: 49

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Sep 2016 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
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Railway Clearing House Official Hand Book of Railway Stations London, 1912, quarto, worn cloth; Hamilton Ellis The Midland Railway 1953, 1st Edition in d/jkt; R.M. Ballantyne The Iron Horse, or Life on the Line, 1878, contemporary gilt cloth; and three others. (6)

Thomas Andrews "A Paper on the Strength of Wrought-Iron Railway Axles" Sheffield, 1890, 38pp,

Lot: 52

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Sep 2016 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
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Thomas Andrews A Paper on the Strength of Wrought-Iron Railway Axles Sheffield, 1890, 38pp, bound with 9 related essays by Andrews 1886-96, complete with the folding half-tone plates referred to in the text, fine; in a very worn half-leather & gilt 19th Century binding.

F. Claude Francis Milliet de Chales "The Elements of Euclid Explain'd in a New but most Easie Method:

Lot: 54

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Sep 2016 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
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F. Claude Francis Milliet de Chales “The Elements of Euclid Explain’d in a New but most Easie Method: Together with the Use of every Proposition through all Parts of the Mathematicks. J. Knapton & D. Midwinter, London, 1720, the 6th Edition; small octavo, full contemp. calf a little scuffed, lacking title labels; 18th Cent. ownership inscriptions to front pastedown; part of rear endpaper torn away; some light browning; [4], 380pp.             

"Punch, or The London Charivari" 1865, fine bound volume, quarto, publisher's cloth, gilt,

Lot: 56

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Sep 2016 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £10 - £15
SOLD £7
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Punch, or The London Charivari 1865, fine bound volume, quarto, publisher's cloth, gilt, a.e.g., numerous cartoons, some full-page, appears complete. Some minor spotting.

Cromwell's Parliament "An Act for an Assessment upon England, At the Rate of Sixty thousand Pounds

Lot: 67

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Sep 2016 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £120
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Cromwell's Parliament An Act for an Assessment upon England, At the Rate of Sixty thousand Pounds by the Moneth, for Three Moneths; From the Twenty fifth day of March, 1657, to the Twenty fourth day of lune then next ensuing. London, 1657, folio, untrimmed; title page with coat of arms of the Commonwealth, some grime and small repair, ink notation to lower left border; 73pp of blackletter text, very good. Disbound with remains of leather backstrip preserved, original stitch holes evident. This tax was raised to maintain Britain's war effort against the Spanish.  

[Samuel Saunders] "A Letter to the Reverend Mr.Tong, Mr.Robinson,Mr.Smith & Mr.Reynolds

Lot: 68

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Sep 2016 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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[Samuel Saunders] A Letter to the Reverend Mr.Tong, Mr.Robinson,Mr.Smith & Mr.Reynolds Occasion'd by the late Differences Amongst the Dissenters. Wherein is Consider'd The Regard Dissenters ought to pay to Human Forms in Matters of Faith. John Clark, London, 1719 [First Edition]; octavo, disbound from a combined volume; 96pp including title; engraved head & tail pieces to text. (ESTC T111773)

Suetonius "XII Caesares et in eos Laevini Torrentii commentarius auctior et emendatior" Antwerp 1591;

Lot: 69

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Sep 2016 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £350 - £450
SOLD £460
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[Caius Suetonius (ed. Laevinus Torrentius)] C. Suetonii Tranquilli XII Caesares et in eos Laevini Torrentii commentarius auctior et emendatior.  Antwerp 1591; quarto, 24.5 x 17cm, fine engraved title-page with 12 portraits and printer's mark, (2) + 407 + (23)pp, a few illustrations, mostly of coins, woodcut initials, large index; in an 18th Century blind-tooled leather binding, some wear, front board partly detached; bookplate of Edward Winnington; preface dated 1578; occasional contemporary underlining of text with few marginal glosses. (Adams S-2052)

Edward Stillingfleet "An Answer to Some Papers Lately Printed, Concerning the Authority of the Catholick Church

Lot: 70

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Sep 2016 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
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Edward Stillingfleet An Answer to Some Papers Lately Printed, Concerning the Authority of the Catholick Church in Matters of Faith, and the Reformation of the Church of England. Richard Chiswel, London, 1686; octavo, bound in modern paper covered boards; dedication leaf, title, 72pp plus publisher's advertisement leaf at rear. Generous margins, the lower of which shows some worming. Advert leaf soiled o/w VG. (Wing 5562)

[George Buchanan] Georgio Buchanano "Rerum Scoticarum Historia" George Mosman, Edinburgh, 1700,

Lot: 72

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Sep 2016 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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 [George Buchanan] Georgio Buchanano Rerum Scoticarum Historia George Mosman, Edinburgh, 1700, 12mo, contemp. leather binding, very worn; front endpaper decayed; frontispiece; index and appendix; [12], 592,[36], 51, [1] pp. Clean text

[Joseph Aston] "Metrical Records of Manchester in which its History is traced (Currente Calamo) from the Days of the Ancient Britons

Lot: 73

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Sep 2016 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
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[Joseph Aston] Metrical Records of Manchester in which its History is traced (Currente Calamo) from the Days of the Ancient Britons to the Present Time London, 1822, 1st Edn, small 4to, half-leather, gilt, over marbled boards, VG; bookplate of William Garnett; 105pp + 3pp index; title page and final index page a little dust-affected. 

"A Map of New England and Country adjacent, extending Northward to Quebec, Westward to Niagara on Lake Ontario,

Lot: 76

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Sep 2016 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
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A Map of New England and Country adjacent, extending Northward to Quebec, Westward to Niagara on Lake Ontario, shewing Gen. Shirley and Gen. Johnson’s Routs, W. Owen, London, 1755; inset plans of Fort Du Quesne & Fort Frederick. 20 x 17.5cm plus border, folds (as issued), one strengthened, VG; together with folding maps of British & French Settlements in North America in 2 parts (each 47 x 21cm, one torn), A New Map of Nova Scotia and Cape Britain with…parts of New England and Canada 1785 (46 x 55cm, very creased), and a Map of Paraguay by E. Bowen c.1759  (5)

Edward Baines "History of the Wars of the French Revolution, 1792 to 1815" London, 1817, quarto, 2 volumes,

Lot: 79

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Sep 2016 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £46
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Edward Baines History of the Wars of the French Revolution, 1792 to 1815, London, 1817, quarto, 2 volumes, later boards overlaid with modern half-morocco, gilt, red title labels, VG; ownership inscriptions of 1962; VG internally with all plates and Maps (4 folding). Also 3 other leather bound 19th Century books. (5)

G. Hennet "A Map of the County Palatine of Lancaster divided into Hundreds and Parishes

Lot: 80

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Sep 2016 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £150 - £200
SOLD £100
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G. Hennet A Map of the County Palatine of Lancaster divided into Hundreds and Parishes from an Accurate Survey made in the Years 1828 & 1829, Henry Teesdale, London, 1830; dissected folding map, linen-backed, hand-coloured; engraved vignette of the New Custom House, Liverpool, after R.I. Barrow; 160cm x 111cm, plus border. Fine. Housed in very worn leather-covered slipcase (most of title label missing). Our illustration only shows the top half of this map.

Description of a Tour in Italy 1869, an original manuscript entered in an exercise book, 66pp,

Lot: 81

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Sep 2016 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £150 - £250
SOLD £155
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Description of a Tour in Italy 1869, an original manuscript entered in an exercise book, 66pp, written in a clear hand, describing a holiday taken by Captain & Mrs. Armitage, their three children, governess and servant, of Alderley, Cheshire, who sailed via Bristol in October; and subsequent descriptions of a Tour on the Continent 1882 (40pp), the Channel Islands & Brittany 1892 (14pp), and Switzerland & the Tyrol 1893 (2pp). 9 x 7.25”, cloth-covered boards, a little marked. Fine internally.

John Ball (Ed.)"Peaks, Passes, and Glaciers. A Series of Excursions by Members of the Alpine Club" 1859

Lot: 83

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Sep 2016 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £40
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John Ball (Ed.) Peaks, Passes, and Glaciers. A Series of Excursions by Members of the Alpine Club Longman, 1859, 3rd Edn, original gilt cloth, VG; all maps & tissue-guarded plates present, most maps with some creasing, one with small repair; plus 3 related including Gribble Alpine Climbing 1904 in scarce d/jkt. (4)

Leslie Stephen "The Playground of Europe" 1894, new edition, title-page & frontispiece foxed;

Lot: 86

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Sep 2016 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £30
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Leslie Stephen The Playground of Europe 1894, new edition, title-page & frontispiece foxed; Arnold Lunn The Bernese Oberland, 1958, 1st Edn in d/jkt; Slingsby Norway: The Northern Playground, 1941; and Claude Wilson Mountaineering, George Bell 1893.  (4)

Henry Hall "Manual of South African Geography" Saul Solomon, Cape Town, 1866, 2nd Edn,

Lot: 87

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Sep 2016 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Henry Hall Manual of South African Geography Saul Solomon, Cape Town, 1866, 2nd Edn, small octavo, original blind-tooled cloth, gilt, good; folding map; few ink annotations to the Appendix. vii + 192pp 

"The Alpine Journal: a Record of Mountain Adventure and Scientific Observation. By Members of the Alpine Club", Volumes 1 to 20,

Lot: 89

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Sep 2016 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £800 - £1000
SOLD £600
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The Alpine Journal: a Record of Mountain Adventure and Scientific Observation. By Members of the Alpine Club, Volumes 1 to 20, Longmans, 1864-1901, publisher’s gilt cloth good to fine; plates & maps apparently complete including the additional coloured plate to Vol.2. One colour plate in Vol. 3 is foxed; Vol. 7 with front hinge partly split; panoramic folding plate in Vol. 8 detached. Overall condition is very good, the cloth-bound covers clean & bright, and internally largely free of browning.  (20)