Lot: 70
John Frederic Bateman History and Description of the Manchester Waterworks, Manchester & London, 1884, large 4to, original gilt cloth, fine, new endpapers, red sides; plates and maps complete; fine internally.
Lot: 78
[Samuel Parr, and William Beloe] A Free Translation of the Preface to Bellendenus containing Animated Strictures on the Great Political Characters of the Present Time. T. Payne and others, 1788, First Edition; octavo, contemp. quarter leather, gilt title label, front board near detached; good internally; contemp. inscription top of title page; x,159pp. [A political tract supporting the Whig cause and attacking Pitt and his government]
Lot: 79
Thomas Whitaker The History and Antiquities of the Deanery of Craven, in the County of York, edited Morant, 1878, Third Edition with many Addtions and Corrections, large quarto, contemp. gilt cloth binding damaged, the boards near detached; VG internally with all plates, maps and pedigrees.
Lot: 80
Marshal-General Plantagenet-Harrison The History of Yorkshire, Volume 1: The Wapentake of Gilling West, London, 1885, folio, original boards and darkened title label, recased with new endpapers and cloth backstrip; fine internally with all text illustrations, pedigrees etc.
Lot: 81
The Industries of Yorkshire, Part First: Leeds and Bradford, Dewsbury, Batley, Keighley, &c, Historical Publishing Co. (c.1890), quarto, orig. gilt cloth, new endpapers, 348pp, VG; The Century’s Progress - Lancashire, London Printing & Engraving Co, 1892, quarto, orig. gilt cloth, 294pp, VG; and Robert Clough The Lead Smelting Mills of the Yorkshire Dales, Leeds, 1962, quarto, photo-plates & diagrams, fine. (3)
Lot: 82
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: 83
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: 84
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: 85
Henry Tennyson Folkard Works Relating to Freemasonry, Preserved in the … Wigan Free Public Library. Wigan, 1882, 2nd Edn, octavo, printed card wraps, VG, fine internally; 32pp
Lot: 89
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: 90
The Regulations and Establishment of the Houshold of Henry Algernon Percy, the Fifth Earl of Northumberland, at his Castles of Wresill and 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: 91
Pigot and Dean’s Directory for Manchester, Salford, &c, for 1824-5, Manchester, 1824, contemp. leather, worn, front board near detached, endpapers browned; fine internally with the two folding Maps. Advertisements bound in at rear.
Lot: 92
Suetonius (Suetonii) Opera Omnia, A. J. Valpy, 1826, 3 Volumes, octavo, full calf, gilt, backstrips a little rubbed, a.e.g., spotting to endpapers; Justinius (Justini) Historiae Philippicae, A. J. Valpy, 1822, 2 Volumes, full calf, backstrips a little rubbed, front hinge of volume 2 weak, a.e.g.; and Valpy’s scarce 1826 2 volume edition of Festus’ Latin Vocabulary/Dictionary in VG matching bindings. All seven with bookplates of Sir Robert Shafto Adair (7)
Lot: 113
Primogene Duvard Poems by Primogene Duvard, Northallerton, James Pope, Northallerton, 1843, 2nd Edn, original embossed decorated cloth, VG; 148pp including list of subscribers.
Lot: 120
Le Sage The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, translated by Percival Proctor, London, 1774, 2 Vols, octavo, contemp. full leather, worn, backstrips heavily darkened, hinges weak, fine internally including all 21 plates as called for (instructions to the binder at end of Vol. 2)
Lot: 122
Antoine Edouard Foley Eki Tou-Mata Ouengha, Père et Dieu des Cruels Humains, Paris, 1874, contemp. half-calf, gilt, VG; bookplate of Lord Houghton of Crewe; pictorial title page; fine text; 148pp. [A semi-fictional work based on Maori myths and legends of the Banks Peninsula, New Zealand]
Lot: 123
A Short Account of John Marriott, including Extracts from some of his Letters. To which are added, some of his Poetical Productions. D. Boys, Doncaster, 1803, 12mo, contemporary tree-calf, some light wear, gilt title; contemp. ownership signature; fine internally, [8],194,[2]pp
Lot: 130
B.W. Matz (Ed.) The Dickensian: A Magazine for Dickens Lovers, 1905, Issues 1 to 4, 6, 9 to 12; issues 10 & 11 with covers detached; plus Fred Kitton Phiz (Hablot K. Browne): A Memoir, 1882 (incomplete).
Lot: 132
The Young Ladies' Journal and Illustrated Magazine, complete for 1892 (12 issues), bound volume, tall quarto, contemporary gilt cloth, near fine, many wood-engravings of fashions and accessories, plus advertisements, stories, etc. 464pp
Lot: 133
The Works of John Ruskin, George Allen, The Library Edition, 1903-1909, 37 (of 39) volumes, edited by Cook and Wedderburn; original red cloth, gilt, spines sunned o/w VG with all plates and clean interiors; uncut two sides. Lacks volumes 38 & 39 which were issued in 1911/12.