Auction No 370, Category: Antiquarian

98 Lots (displaying 21 - 40)

[Richard Keppel Craven] "Sketch of the Late Revolution at Naples. By an Eye-Witness". James Carpenter, 1820,

Lot: 41

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £58
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[Richard Keppel Craven] Sketch of the Late Revolution at Naples. By an Eye-Witness. James Carpenter, 1820, octavo, stitch bound, 51pp, plus publisher’s advertising leaf (dust-affected on second page). VG. Scarce

Legal Documents from 1650 on vellum & paper, chiefly Lancashire related especially Walton & Fazackerley

Lot: 42

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £150
SOLD £80
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Legal Documents from 1650 on vellum & paper, chiefly Lancashire related especially Walton & Fazackerley areas of Liverpool, plus Lancaster, parts of Yorkshire & elsewhere. Includes several 17th Century. (38). Also some correspondence, schedules etc. Varied condition

Legal Indentures pertaining to Chorley, comprising 1698 paper Agreement of 9pp between Thomas Cross of Cross Hall

Lot: 43

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £20
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Legal Indentures pertaining to Chorley, comprising 1698 paper Agreement of 9pp between Thomas Cross of Cross Hall and others, and 3 vellum documents concerning John Whittaker & John Clark 1751-1775 including attractive 1751 Portrait Document agreement with Joseph Clarke of Dunham Massey. Good/VG (4)

Carton of Legal Documents 18th and 19th Century, on vellum and paper, mostly relating to people & properties in Manchester,

Lot: 44

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £150 - £200
SOLD £100
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Carton of Legal Documents 18th and 19th Century, on vellum and paper, mostly relating to people & properties in Manchester, some pertaining to Macclesfield and Wilmslow; includes 1826 Deed of Covenant between the Manchester and Oldham Rail Board and its subscribers with 54 signatures & pledges. (50). Also many Bills of Exchange, plus correspondence, assessments, schedules etc. Mixed condition.

Legal Documents from 17th to 19th Century, mostly on vellum, pertaining to lands and families in Surrey, Wales,

Lot: 45

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
UNSOLD
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Legal Documents from 17th to 19th Century, mostly on vellum, pertaining to lands and families in Surrey, Wales, Yorkshire, Middlesex and elsewhere. (28). Also Bacon’s Excelsior Map of Wales and Monmouthshire, and sundry papers. Mixed condition. 

[Avery Allyn] "A Ritual, and Illustrations of Free-Masonry and the Orange and Odd Fellows' Societies"

Lot: 54

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £20
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[Avery Allyn] A Ritual, and Illustrations of Free-Masonry and the Orange and Odd Fellows’ Societies, S.Thorne, 1835, later cloth, 24pp of line-drawings (2 heavily browned), some scattered foxing, 260pp, scarce; and C.W.Leadbeater The Hidden Life in Freemasonry, Theosophical Publishing House, Madras, 1926, 1st Edn, rebound, plates complete, p.324 rather grubby o/w fine internally. (2)

Church Papers, a bound volume of Reports to the House of Commons 1811-1823, modern cloth, gilt,

Lot: 55

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
UNSOLD
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Church Papers, a bound volume of Reports to the House of Commons 1811-1823, modern cloth, gilt, chiefly statistical returns from the Church of Ireland and the Church of England, bound with a few related Acts of Parliament of the period 1824-1840. Few pencil annotations o/w fine. 

Francis William Newman "Lectures on Political Economy", John Chapman, 1851, 1st Edn, original blind-tooled & gilt cloth

Lot: 56

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £40
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Francis William Newman Lectures on Political Economy, John Chapman, 1851, 1st Edn, original blind-tooled & gilt cloth, VG, recased with new endpapers; previous owner’s bookplate removed; spotting to prelims and first few pages of the text o/w fine internally. Uncut lower edge. 

"Memoirs of the Duke of Sully, Prime Minister of Henry the Great: with the Trial of Francis Ravaillac"

Lot: 57

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £56
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Memoirs of the Duke of Sully, Prime Minister of Henry the Great: with the Trial of Francis Ravaillac, Edinburgh, 1819, 5 volumes, octavo, attractive later full calf gilt bindings with raised bands and thistle designs in the compartmentsmarble edged & endpapers; bookplates of Robert Allfrey; the frontispiece and title pages of each volume heavily toned o/w clean internally. (5)       

"The Rev. Oliver Heywood B.A. (1630-1702); His Autobiography, Diaries, Anecdote and Event Books;

Lot: 60

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £30
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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. 

"Manchester Athenaeum Catalogue of the Books in the Library", 1892, printed boards, worn;

Lot: 61

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £56
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Manchester Athenaeum Catalogue of the Books in the Library, 1892, printed boards, worn; Ann Brooks & Bryan Howarth Portico Library, a History, 2000, in d/jkt; The Manchester Courier Coronation Souvenir, 1902, printed wraps, fine; Lester Burney Cross Street Chapel Schools Manchester 1734-1942, Manchester, 1977, 93pp, in d/jkt; and other Manchester books and pamphlets, from 19th Century, some fictional. Varied condition, mostly good to fine. (31)     

Jules Baron "L'Art Heraldique contenant la Maniere d'Apprendre Facilement le Blason", Charles Osmont, 1695,

Lot: 63

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £58
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Jules Baron L’Art Heraldique contenant la Maniere d’Apprendre Facilement le Blason, Charles Osmont, 1695, New Edition, 12mo, 18th Cent leather, gilt, some wear, ownership inscription to front cover and title page (another signature scratched out leaving small hole); frontispiece and 36 plates, all bar one hand-coloured. VG internally.

Geoffrey Gimcrack [John Stanley Gregson] "Gimcrackiana, or Fugitive Pieces on Manchester Men and Manners

Lot: 64

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £56
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Geoffrey Gimcrack [John Stanley Gregson] Gimcrackiana, or Fugitive Pieces on Manchester Men and Manners Ten Years Ago, Manchester, 1833, octavo, contemp. cloth, marked, title label badly worn; engraved frontispiece and seven engraved vignettes (including title page); offset impression on title page; good clean text. 196pp. [This book includes a rare reference to the playing of Golf on Kersall Moor, plus other sporting references]

                        

"The History and Antiquities of the City of Coventry", Rollason & Reader, [1842?], 12mo, full 19th Cent. polished calf, gilt,

Lot: 65

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £44
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The History and Antiquities of the City of Coventry, Rollason & Reader, [1842?], 12mo, full 19th Cent. polished calf, gilt, marble-edged, good; wood-engraved plates (4), one as folding frontispiece; fine internally.

Henry Mayhew and John Binny "The Criminal Prisons of London and Scenes of Prison Life". Griffin, Bohn & Co., 1862,

Lot: 66

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £115
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Henry Mayhew and John Binny The Criminal Prisons of London and Scenes of Prison Life. Griffin, Bohn & Co., 1862, tastefully rebound in fine modern half-leather, gilt, marbled boards, sides cleaned; interior shows some faint stamps of the York Subscription Library, mostly applied to the reverse of the plates; light tanning to text due to paper quality; pp.519/520 in facsimile o/w complete. 

"An Account of the Manchester Musical Festival, 1828….with a Description of the characters who attended the Fancy Dress Ball"

Lot: 71

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £26
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An Account of the Manchester Musical Festival, 1828….with a Description of the characters who attended the Fancy Dress Ball, T.Sowler, Manchester, 1828, octavo, brown paper wraps with remains of original title label on front; worn at corners and last page of text darkened. Frontispiece & two fine folding plates. The publication includes an alphabetical list of all those known to have attended the event detailing their costume for the evening, over 3000 names. 129pp

[Richard Penn Smith] "Col. Crockett's Exploits and Adventures in Texas", T.K. and P.G. Collins, Philadelphia, 1836,

Lot: 72

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £125
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[Richard Penn Smith] Col. Crockett’s Exploits and Adventures in Texas, T.K. and P.G. Collins, Philadelphia, 1836, First Edition, 12mo, contemp. cloth marked & faded, title label badly worn; endpapers damp affected and bearing manuscript notations dated 1839; foxing throughout; comprises advert pages (4), frontispiece, title page & preface (viii pages), and main text with pagination 13-216. 

Jerome Caminada "Twenty-Five Years of Detective Life", Manchester, 1895-1901, 2 Vols, orig.gilt cloth, foxing to prelims;

Lot: 73

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £42
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Jerome Caminada Twenty-Five Years of Detective Life, Manchester, 1895-1901, 2 Vols, orig.gilt cloth, foxing to prelims; Charles Arrow Rogues and Others, 1926, front endpaper partly torn away; and others on crime. Fair to fine. (13)

James Butterworth "A History & Description of the Towns and Parishes of Stockport, Ashton-under-Lyne…

Lot: 74

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £58
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James Butterworth A History & Description of the Towns and Parishes of Stockport, Ashton-under-Lyne….Manchester, 1827; Crump Ancient Highways of the Parish of Halifax, 1914; John Hall A History of South Cave, 1892; Travis Notes…of Todmorden and District, 1896; Recollections of Old Liverpool, J.F.Hughes, 1863; Mather Rambles Round Rossendale, 1888-94, 2 Vols; all with binding and/or other faults, all requiring repair or restoration. (7)

Charles Murray "Travels in North America, including a Summer Residence with the Pawnee Indians"

Lot: 75

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £72
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Charles Murray Travels in North America, including a Summer Residence with the Pawnee Indians, Richard Bentley, 1854, 2 Vols, 3rd Edn, original cloth, gilt, VG; inner hinges frayed at front of Vol.1. VG (2)