Lot: 48
John Ward Moston Characters at Play, 1905, and Moston Characters at Work, 1911; both orig. gilt cloth; t.e.g., uncut elsewhere, VG; both signed & inscribed, and complete with fine folding maps of Moston in 1848; browning to endpapers; the 1905 title with a patched hole top left of front endpaper. (2)
Lot: 49
The Palatine Notebook for 1881 J.E. Cornish, Manchester, and subsequent volumes for 1882-1884, tall octavo, set of 4 vols, uniform blind-tooled & gilt cloth, VG; together with fine 3 autograph letters of 1886 from the Editor, J.E. Bailey of Stretford, concerning local history matters. (7 items)
Lot: 55
W. Hutton The History of Derby; from the remote ages of Antiquity, to the year MDCCXCI, London, 1791; octavo, lacking boards, backstrip and endpapers; complete with folding Map and folding East Prospect, and further 17 plates; inked date to title page, remaining text and illustrations VG. A good binder’s copy.
Lot: 56
Antiquarian selection needing rebinding including Gardiner Englands Grievance Discovered, in relation to the Coal Trade, 1796, complete with Map of the Tyne & Newcastle, and other plates; Clarendon and Whitlock Compar’d. London, 1727, full leather, front board detached; and Langdale A Topographical Dictionary of Yorkshire, 1822, with folding map and table. Mixed condition. (6)
Lot: 61
T. Ormerod Calderdale: A Descriptive Account of the Streams Forming the Lancashire Calder and of Objects of Interest on or near them, Burnley, 1906, 4to, orig. gilt cloth, worn at extremites, map in rear pocket; Thomas Newbigging History of the Forest of Rossendale, 1893, 2nd Edn, rebound in modern gilt cloth, fine; and J.M. Mather Rambles Round Rossendale, 1894, 2nd Series, Ex-Library, orig.cloth. (3)
Lot: 63
William Buchanan Reports of Certain Remarkable Cases in the Court of Session, and Trials in the High Court of Judiciary, Archibald Constable, Edinburgh, 1813; octavo, fine modern half-leather, marbled boards, gilt; t.e.g., uncut elsewhere; occasional library stamps of the Dundee Advertiser; contemp. ownership signature top of title page; clean text; [viii], 471,133,[2],8pp. Scarce
Lot: 64
The Trial of Mungo Campbell, before the High Court of Justiciary in Scotland, For The Murder of Alexander Earl of Eglintoun. From an Authentick Copy, Extracted from the Records of the Court; bound with Information for Mungo Campbell, Late Officer of Excise at Saltcoats, in a Criminal Prosecution before the High Court of Justiciary in Scotland, for the Alleged Murder of the late Alexander, Earl of Eglinton; Archibald now Earl of Eglinton and James Montgomery Esq. His Majesty's Advocate, Prosecutors. D. Wilson & G. Nicol 1770; contemp. half-leather, very worn; very good internally; [4],111,[6 including map],146pp
Lot: 75
A Report of the Proceedings in Cases of High Treason [The Trial of John McCann for instigating a rebellion in Ireland], [Dublin], 1798, octavo, modern cloth, gilt, last few pages with some browning and small marginal tear to final leaf. VG. 82pp
Lot: 77
J.S. Bayldon The Art of Valuing Rents and Tillages, and the Tenants Right on Entering and Quitting Farms, London, 1824, 2nd Edition (revised), original boards, backstrip very worn; ownership inscription front endpaper; uncut; hand-coloured plan; VG internally. 192pp
Lot: 78
The Regulations and Establishment of the Houshold of Henry Algernon Percy, the Fifth Earl of Northumberland, at his Castles of Wresillnd Lekinfield in Yorkshire. Begun Anno Domini M.D.XII, London, 1770, full 19th Century calf, gilt, chipping to raised bands and corners, hinges weak; armorial bookplate; gilt edged; few pages with minor browning o/w fine internally; xxvi,x,[2],464,[4]pp.
Lot: 80
Henry Fishwick The History of the Parish of Rochdale, James Clegg and Elliot Stock, 1889, tall quarto, contemp. quarter leather, backstrip poor and partly detached; fine internally with all plates plus illustrations in text.
Lot: 83
P. Louis Maimbourg Histoire du Schisme des Grecs, Sebastien Mabre-Cramoisy, Paris, 1677, First Edition, tall octavo, contemp.leather, worn, backstrip damaged, light damp staining to the upper part of the book; fine copper engravings comprise frontispiece, and head & tail pieces to each section; [28],702,[22]pp.
Lot: 86
Charles Pratt History of Cawthorne, Barnsley, 1882, octavo, original gilt cloth, nine laid down photographs as plates (one loose); few minor fox marks; binding worn at extremities; vi,175pp
Lot: 87
P. Mannex Topography and Directory of Lancaster and Sixteen Miles Round; with an Essay on the Science of Geology. P.Mannex & Co, Preston, 1881; octavo, original cloth discoloured, spine frayed and partly detached, gilt title to front, hinges weak; good clean text including extensive listing of all the householders and their occupations; adverts at front & rear; [8],349,[11]pp
Lot: 93
Pellegrino Antonio Orlandi L’Abcedario Pittorico dall’ Autore Ristampato Corretto et Accresciuto di Molti Professori, Bologna, 1719, 2nd Edition; quarto, full 19th Century leather, gilt title & compartments, hinges a little weak o/w good; woodcut initials, with a few tail-pieces and with five woodcut text illustrations of artists' monograms. Some foxing to text; 519,[1]pp. [A biographical dictionary of the Italian artists, plus an extensive related bibliography].
Lot: 94
Collingwood and Woollams The Universal Cook, and City and Country Housekeeper. Scratcherd & Letterman, 1806, octavo, contemp. leather, very worn, front board detached; frontispiece and 12 plates of Bills of Fare. Clean text & plates.
Lot: 95
W. von Seidlitz Geschichte des Japanischen Farbenholzschnitts, Dresden, 1910, quarto, black and red morocco, gilt, VG; fine internally with colour & b/w plates, further b/w illustrations in text; 228pp
Lot: 96
R.W. Billings Architectural Illustrations and Description of Kettering Church, Northamptonshire, Atchley & Co, 1869, tall 4to, rebacked in leather, gilt, new endpapers, 20 fine engraved plates, interleaved; and Catherine Beale Memorials of the Old Meeting House and Burial Ground, Birmingham, 1882, tall 4to, orig.gilt cloth, some wear, all plates and diagrams but 2 plates loose. (2)
Lot: 97
Harry Furniss’s Royal Academy: An Artistic Joke, Harry Furniss, 1888, folio, original gilt cloth, a little worn top & tail of spine o/w VG; No.377 of 1000, numbered and signed by the artist; the 87 tissue-guarded etchings complete; spotting to limitation page and occasional minor tone spots elsewhere.
Lot: 98
G.D. Armour and Crascredo Humour in the Hunting Field, Country Life, 1928, 1st Edn, folio, publisher’s gilt cloth, worn at extremities; uncut; fine internally with 20 fine tissue-guarded colour plates; together with G. Bowers Hunting in Hard Times, Chapman & Hall, [1889], oblong quarto, 20 tissue-guarded chromo-litho plates, pictorial onlay marked.