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Auction No 376, Category: Antiquarian

33 Lots (displaying 1 - 20)

"The Liverpool Mercury", July 7th 1815 to June 28th 1816, bound volume, complete text, plus Index;

Lot: 1

  • Auction Date: Wed 23rd May 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £120
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The Liverpool Mercury, July 7th 1815 to June 28th 1816, bound volume, complete text, plus Index; folio, half-calf, worn, backstrip largely missing; spotting to first and last issue o/w VG internally; a weekly newspaper.  

"Edgeside Baptist Chapel, Permanent Rent Book", Waterfoot (Oldham) Dec.23rd 1888-1941

Lot: 7

  • Auction Date: Wed 23rd May 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
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Edgeside Baptist Chapel, Permanent Rent Book, Waterfoot (Oldham) Dec.23rd 1888-1941, quarto, half-leather, very worn, fine internally; thousands of manuscript entries of rents collected throughout the period.

Henry T. De La Beche, Lyon Playfair and Warrington Smyth "Reports on the Gases and Explosions in Collieries"

Lot: 8

  • Auction Date: Wed 23rd May 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
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Henry T. De La Beche, Lyon Playfair and Warrington Smyth Reports on the Gases and Explosions in Collieries, William Clowes, 1847, tall quarto, half-morocco, gilt, spine very worn, front hinge cracked; bound with Blackwell Report on Ventilation of Mines, 1850 (title page dust-affected) and Return of all Coals tried at Woolwich and Portsmouth Dockyards, 1858. Complete with all folding plans/diagrams, some hand-coloured, one torn. 171pp      

                                    

"The Trial of Elizabeth Duchess Dowager of Kingston, For Bigamy. Before The Right Honourable The House of Peers", 1776

Lot: 10

  • Auction Date: Wed 23rd May 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £150 - £180
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The Trial of Elizabeth Duchess Dowager of Kingston, For Bigamy. Before The Right Honourable The House of Peers, in Westminster Hall, in Full Parliament, on Monday the 15th, Tuesday the  16th , Friday the 19th, Saturday the 20th and Monday the 22nd of April, 1776; On The Last of Which Days the said Elizabeth Duchess Dowager of Kingston Was Found Guilty. Charles Bathurst, London, 1776; bound with Proceedings in the House of Peers upon the Impeachment….against Simon Lord Lovat, S.Billingsley, 1747; folio, half-leather, worn, hinges weak; bookplate of Sir John Mordaunt; clean text, uncut.  [The trial of the Duchess of Kingston (born Elizabeth Chudleigh in 1721) for the crime of bigamy was one of the sensations of the Georgian Age. The Press devoted endless column inches to the trial and its aftermath]

                                    

"Proof in the Conjoined Processes, George-James Duke of Hamilton, Lord Douglas Hamilton…Against The person pretending to be ARCHIBALD STEWART", 1766

Lot: 11

  • Auction Date: Wed 23rd May 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £60
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Proof in the Conjoined Processes, George-James Duke of Hamilton, Lord Douglas Hamilton…Against The person pretending to be ARCHIBALD STEWART, alias DOUGLAS…1766; Proof for Archibald Douglas of Douglas…..Defender; in the REDUCTION, The Duke of Hamilton, Lord Douglas Hamilton, and Sir HEW DALRYMPLE against him, 1766; A Report of Divers Cases in Pleas of the Crown....in the Reign of the Late King Charles II, 1708; Proceedings in the House of Peers upon the Impeachment….against Simon Lord Lovat, 1747; and Medland & Weobly A Collection of Remarkable and Interesting Criminal Trials, 1803 (Vol.1 only) foxing to prelims; all with complete text in VG condition, all with original leather bindings in poor condition. (5)

 

"The History of the Most Remarkable Tryals in Great Britain and Ireland in Capital Cases" 1716

Lot: 12

  • Auction Date: Wed 23rd May 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £50
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The History of the Most Remarkable Tryals in Great Britain and Ireland in Capital Cases, viz: Treason, Heresy, Felony, Poisoning, Adultery, Rapes, Sodomy, Witchcraft, Piracy, Murder…A. Bell, London, 1716 [Vol.2]; octavo, later half-leather, gilt, backstrip damaged; title page and prelims darkened, some damp-staining (mainly to last 50 leaves), o/w good internally. Small hole towards foot of title page has removed “Vol.2”. [A similar work was issued in 1715 but each volume is complete in itself] 

Joseph Kingsmill "Chapters on Prisons and Prisoners, and the Prevention of Crime", Longman, 1854, 3rd Edn,

Lot: 13

  • Auction Date: Wed 23rd May 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £20
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Joseph Kingsmill Chapters on Prisons and Prisoners, and the Prevention of Crime, Longman, 1854, 3rd Edn, octavo, original gilt cloth, faded, inner hinges frayed (cracked at rear), fine text; signed and inscribed by Joseph Kingsmill to his cousin on front endpaper. [Kingsmill was a prominent commentator on prisons and worked as a prison chaplin]. Scarce 

A.H. Millar "The Black Kalendar of Scotland: Records of Notable Scottish Trials", John Leng & others, 1884;

Lot: 17

  • Auction Date: Wed 23rd May 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £15
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A.H. Millar The Black Kalendar of Scotland: Records of Notable Scottish Trials, John Leng & others, 1884; original limp cloth, gilt, slightly marked, remains of ancient price label upper left; VG internally; bookplate of the Scottish writer H.Vincent Whitelaw; 138pp + advert leaf

Thomas Newbigging "History of the Forest of Rossendale", J.J. Riley, Rawtenstall, 1893, 2nd Edn (revised);

Lot: 21

  • Auction Date: Wed 23rd May 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £8
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Thomas Newbigging History of the Forest of Rossendale, J.J. Riley, Rawtenstall, 1893, 2nd Edn (revised); quarto, original gilt cloth, recased, new endpapers, VG; fine text and plates.369pp + frontispiece & 8 other plates.

Thomas Middleton "Annals of Hyde and District", Cartwright & Rattray, 1899, original gilt cloth, VG,

Lot: 22

  • Auction Date: Wed 23rd May 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £26
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Thomas Middleton Annals of Hyde and District, Cartwright & Rattray, 1899, original gilt cloth, VG, facsimile folding plate with small repair, 350pp; and Middleton’s The History of Hyde and its Neighbourhood, Higham Press, 1932, original gilt cloth, spine faded, fine internally, 579pp plus plates. (2)

Manchester history titles including Thomas Heywood (Ed.) "The Diary of the Rev.Henry Newcome",1849,

Lot: 23

  • Auction Date: Wed 23rd May 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £54
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Manchester history titles including Thomas Heywood (Ed.) The Diary of the Rev.Henry Newcome, 1849, few pages with foxing; Thomas Baker Memorials of a Dissenting Chapel, 1884; William Edmondson Making Rough Places Plain: Fifty Years’ Work of the Manchester and Salford Boys’ and Girls’ Refuges and Homes 1870-1920, 1921; and three others; all in original bindings, fair to VF. (6)

"Reminiscences in the Life of Joshua Bradley", W.E. Clegg, Oldham, 1904, octavo, original gilt cloth, VG

Lot: 24

  • Auction Date: Wed 23rd May 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Reminiscences in the Life of Joshua Bradley, W.E. Clegg, Oldham, 1904, octavo, original gilt cloth, VG, light browning to prelims o/w fine internally; b/w frontispiece and 8 other plates. 281pp

"Pierce Egan's Account of the Trial of John Thurtell and Joseph Hunt". Knight & Lacey, 1824, octavo, quarter-leather, gilt,

Lot: 25

  • Auction Date: Wed 23rd May 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
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Pierce Egan’s Account of the Trial of John Thurtell and Joseph Hunt. Knight & Lacey, 1824, octavo, quarter-leather, gilt, worn, front hinge cracked; bookplate of the Detection Club; engraved frontispiece toned; five wood-engraved plates; some pages of text stained. 105pp       

William Blundell "A Cavalier's Note Book Being Notes, Anecdotes, & Observations of William Blundell of Crosby, Lancashire, Esquire"

Lot: 26

  • Auction Date: Wed 23rd May 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £20
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William Blundell A Cavalier's Note Book Being Notes, Anecdotes, & Observations of William Blundell of Crosby, Lancashire, Esquire,  Longmans, Green & Co, 1880, original gilt & blind-tooled cloth, t.e.g., uncut elsewhere; half-title and final page browned o/w VG; and J.W. Ebsworth Cavalier Lyrics: For Church and Crown, Stephen Austin, 1886, No.74 of 150, later half-cloth, gilt, VG. (2)  

"The Trial of Richard Arkwright for an Invention of certain Machines", Hughes & Walsh, London 1785.

Lot: 29

  • Auction Date: Wed 23rd May 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £150
SOLD £86
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The Trial of a Cause Instituted by Richard Pepper Arden, Esq; His Majesty's Attorney General, by Writ of Scire Facias, to Repeal a Patent Granted on the Sixteenth of December 1775, to Mr. Richard Arkwright, for an Invention of Certain Instruments and Machines for preparing Silk, Cotton, Flax, and Wool for Spinning. Hughes & Walsh, London, 1785; tall quarto, contemporary boards, quarter-leather, rebacked in fine modern calf with gilt title; boards worn at front corners; large fold-out engraving of Arkwright's Machine at rear with some foxing; good clean text; 191pp

"Papers on Subjects connected with the Duties of the Corps of Royal Engineers", Vol.III, John Weale, 1839;

Lot: 30

  • Auction Date: Wed 23rd May 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £130 - £170
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Papers on Subjects connected with the Duties of the Corps of Royal Engineers, Vol.III, John Weale, 1839; quarto, original cloth, gilt, very good; complete with 26 double-page engraved plans and folding map; some occasional spotting o/w VG internally; library stamp of the Exeter Architectural Society on title page; vii, 199pp

Henry Fishwick "The History of the Parish of Bispham, in the County of Lancaster", Chetham Society, 1887;

Lot: 31

  • Auction Date: Wed 23rd May 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £24
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Henry Fishwick The History of the Parish of Bispham, in the County of Lancaster, Chetham Society, 1887; tall octavo, publisher’s blind-tooled & gilt cloth, VG; folding pedigrees; foxing to prelims o/w fine internally. Unopened. 142pp

"Reports from the Commissioners..... Respecting the Public Records of the Kingdom...1800-1812"

Lot: 33

  • Auction Date: Wed 23rd May 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
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Reports from the Commissioners, Appointed by His Majesty to Execute the Measures Recommended by a Select Committee of The House of Commons, Respecting the Public Records of the Kingdom with an Account of their Proceedings 1800-1812. House of Lords, 1812, folio, quarter-leather, backstrip damaged but gilt title preserved; library stamp on title page of the Royal Institute; VG internally and complete with 19 folding facsimile plates of pages from the Magna Carta and other Mediaeval documents; spotting to some pages (not affecting plates). 320pp plus list of plates and Index

"Appendix to Reports from the Commissioners .....respecting the Public Records of the Kingdom, &c: Engraved Facsimiles inserted in several works" 1819

Lot: 34

  • Auction Date: Wed 23rd May 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £200 - £250
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Appendix to Reports from the Commissioners appointed by His Majesty  to execute the measures recommended by a Select Committee of the House of Commons respecting the Public Records of the Kingdom, &c: Engraved Facsimiles inserted in the several works printed under the Commission. Eyre & Strahan for H.M. Government, 1819; folio, later cloth, gilt, near fine; very good internally and complete with 86 engraved facsimiles and plates of mediaeval documents, seals etc, many folding, including Magna Carta, with parallel transcriptions. An impressive publication. 

"A General Index to the Reports from Committees of the House of Commons 1715-1801;

Lot: 35

  • Auction Date: Wed 23rd May 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
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A General Index to the Reports from Committees of the House of Commons 1715-1801; Forming the Series of Fifteen Volumes of Reports. House of Commons, 1803; folio, quarter leather, gilt, poor, crude tape repairs; text complete and clean but title page with large tear, and pp.131/2 with large piece missing from the margin. Uncut.