Lot: 55
The Rev. Oliver Heywood B.A. (1630-1702); His Autobiography, Diaries, Anecdote and Event Books; illustrating the general and family history of Yorkshire and Lancashire, with illustrations. Edited by J Horsfall Turner. Bingley, 1882-1885, octavo, 4 volumes, original gilt cloth, VG; endpapers of Vol. 4 browned o/w fine internally.
Lot: 56
Bradshaw’s Manchester Journal (later Bradshaw’s Journal), 1st May 1841 to 22nd October 1842, Vols 1 to 3 complete, fine modern cloth, gilt; complete with steel engravings (37, mostly VG to fine but one heavily browned), additional woodcuts, and Vol. 1 with two folding maps of Lancashire (poor) and Cheshire (fine). (3)
Lot: 63
John l’Estrange (Ed.) The Eastern Counties Collectanea 1872-73, Thomas Tallack, 1875, octavo, half-leather over marbled boards, raised bands, gilt red title, VG; first 23pp affected by fox marks in varying degrees, fine elsewhere. 298pp
Lot: 64
John Price An Historical Account of the City of Hereford with some Remarks on the River Wye, Hereford, 1796, in a fine 20th Century quarter leather & gilt binding over marbled boards; uncut; clean internally with all 7 plates, the map of the River Wye rebacked. 262pp + advert leaf at rear.
Lot: 65
Frank Renaud Contributions Towards a History of the Ancient Parish of Prestbury in Cheshire, Chetham Society, 1876, tall octavo, original gilt cloth, recased, new endpapers; foxing to prelims and index but largely fine internally; 12 plates plus folding family trees. 244pp
Lot: 67
John Mills(1821-1896) Threads from the Life of John Mills, Banker (Author of Vox Humana) interwoven with some early recollections by his wife, Sherratt & Hughes, Manchester, 1899, original gilt cloth, fine; top edge gilt, uncut elsewhere, partly unopened; fine internally; front endpapers replaced; tissue-guarded frontispiece and 15 other plates; xiv,403pp [This work focuses principally on the subject’s life in Ashton-under-Lyne, with good sections on Bowdon and Nantwich]. Scarce
Lot: 69
Pigot & Deans’ New Directory of Manchester, Salford, &c. for 1821-2; containing an Alphabetical List of the Manufacturers, and Inhabitants in General, with the numbers as affixed to their doors. R. & W. Dean and J. Pigot, Manchester, [1821], octavo, modern three-quarter calf over marbled boards, gilt, raised bands, VG; complete with two attractive folding maps of Manchester and Lancashire, each with stamps on reverse of the Manchester Law Incorporated Library. Gift inscription of 1888 on reverse of first map. Some occasional foxing but generally clean text. Engraved advertsing plate for J. Pigot after title page; further advert plate at rear. Collated as complete.
Lot: 71
The Manchester & Salford Director for 1829, containing an Alphabetical List of the Principal Inhabitants; also a Classification of the Professions, Trades, &c. with a separate list of the Country Manufacturers. M. Wardle, Manchester, [1828]; octavo, modern three-quarter calf over marbled boards, fine; gift inscription of 1888 on reverse of endpaper; title-page partly detached; spotting to prelims and few minor tone marks elsewhere; 6pp of advertisements at rear; viii,224,65,(42)pp. No copies recorded by Copac.
Lot: 73
William Glover History of Ashton-under-Lyne and the Surrounding District, J. Andrew & Co, 1884, First Edn, tall octavo, half-leather, gilt, VG; marble edged & endpapers; few minor tone spots but largely fine internally with all lithographed plates and illustrations in text; iv,372,viii,46pp
Lot: 75
[J. Seacome] The History of the House of Stanley, from the Conquest to the Death of …Edward, late Earl of Derby, in 1776…..to which is added a Complete History of The Isle of Man, J. Gleave, 1821; rebound in modern quarter cloth, gilt, over marbled boards; light browning to text, the five plates and title page cleaned; pp.191-230 with variable staining to lower right corner (not affecting text). 260pp
Lot: 76
Richard Cannon Historical Records of the British Army comprising the History of every Regiment in Her Majesty’s Service – The Eighth, or The King’s Regiment of Foot, Parker & Furnivall, 1844, original gilt cloth, five fine engraved plates, four hand-coloured, 118pp plus 4pp of ads; plus others in the same series including 14th Dragoons, North Devon Regt (library stamps), Northumberland Fusiliers etc. One rebound in library cloth. All with hand-coloured plates. Fair to fine. (8)
Lot: 77
John H. Cooke Bibliotheca Cestriensis, or a Biographical Account of Books, Maps, Plates, and other Printed Matter relating to….The County of Chester. Mackie & Co, 1904, tall quarto, half-vellum, gilt, VG, No. 89 of 200 issued; fine internally; 218pp + index + tissue-guarded half-tone plates. Some light foxing to fore-edge. Upper-right corners bumped.
Lot: 78
Tom C. Smith A History of Longridge and District, C.W. Whitehead, Preston, 1888, quarto, original gilt cloth, spine a little darkened, large paper edition complete with map, pedigrees & plates; xii,296pp. VG
Lot: 79
[Samuel Midgley] Revenge Upon Revenge: or, an Historical Narrative, of the Tragical Practices of Sir John Eland, of Eland, High Sheriff of the County of York, E. Jacob, Halifax, 1789, octavo, bound in modern cloth with title label, fine; browning to last page of text, occasional light toning elsewhere. Re-issue of a work first published in 1695. [2],70pp
Lot: 80
Epistles & letters of Saint Thomas Becket. Epistolae Et Vita Divi Thomae Martyris Et Archi-Episcopi Cantvariensis. Nec Non Epistolae Alexandri III. Pontificis, Galliae Regis Ludovici Septimi, Angliae Regis Henrici II. Aliarumque plurium Sublimium ex utroque Foro Personarum. Edited by Christian Lupus from manuscripts held at the Vatican. Printed by Henri Fricx, Brussels, 1682; quarto, 2 volumes, in 18th Century polished calf, gilt; bookplates of James Whatman (1702-1759) paper maker and inventor of wove paper. Occasional minor spotting o/w fine internally; [12],905,[76]pp. VG
Lot: 117
Abraham Cowley Poemata Latina. On quibus Continentur, Sex Libri Plantarum, Viz: Herbarum, Florum, Sylvarum et Unus Miscellaneorum. T. Roycroft for Joseph Martyn, London, 1668; boards missing; engraved frontispiece,title and text complete. Final page dust-affected o/w VG.
Lot: 118
James Jennings Ornithologia, or The Birds; a Poem, in two Parts; with an Introduction to their Natural History; and copious notes. Poole & Edwards, 1828 First Edition; nineteenth century cloth, gilt, backstrip a little faded o/w VG; bookplate removed from front pastedown; engraved frontispiece, and a further frontispiece to Part Two on Foreign Birds; each part with its own pictorial half-title, the foot of the half-title to Part One repaired. A small library stamp of the Islington Literary & Scientific Society in the margin of two pages in the text o/w fine internally; pp.xxix,(3),468,6.
Lot: 119
Richard Reece The Medical Guide, 15th Edn, 1828, contemp. half-leather, gilt, VG, xxiv,566pp; H. Tomlinson The Divination of Disease: A Study in Radiesthesia, 1953, foxing to prelims; The Philosophy of Insanity, Fireside Press, 1947, in d/jkts; and others of medical interest. Fair to VF (7)
Lot: 121
H. Cameron Gillies Regimen Sanitatis: The Rule of Health – A Gaelic Medical Manuscript of the Early Sixteenth Century, Robert Maclehose, 1911, 4to, orig.gilt cloth, VG; uncut and unopened; 139pp plus photo-plates of the original manuscript.
Lot: 128
Wild Flowers and Their Teachings, Binns & Goodwin, Bath, 1848, 2nd Edition, octavo, fine full red morocco with elaborate gilt decoration; a.e.g; gift inscriptions of 1858 and 1921 to front endpaper; illustrated with 37 specimens of actual dried flowers in very good condition; offset impressions of the dried flowers on facing pages. Scarce