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Auction No 403, Category: Antiquarian

40 Lots (displaying 1 - 20)

Assorted literature, history & others from early 18th Century to 1970s (mostly pre-1940) with some illustrated works, 14 in full or half-leather.

Lot: 3

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £26
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Assorted literature, history & others from early 18th Century to 1970s (mostly pre-1940) with some illustrated works, 14 in full or half-leather. Mixed condition. (43)

James Badnall (Ed.) "The Poems of George Heath, the Moorland Poet. Memorial Edition". Bemrose & Sons, 1870, 1st Edn.

Lot: 11

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £20
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James Badnall (Ed.) The Poems of George Heath, the Moorland Poet. Memorial Edition. Bemrose & Sons, 1870, 1st Edn. Octavo, recased employing most of the original gilt cloth, now faded; VG internally with lithographed frontispiece & three other plates; vi,263,(2)pp; together with the expanded 2nd Edition of 1880 published by Simpkin, Marshall & Co in VG condition. (2)

Philaletheses [Thomas Taylor] "An Appeal to the Public: whether a Calvinist can, with a good conscience, be a Minister of the Church of England"

Lot: 12

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £15 - £20
SOLD £10
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Philaletheses [Thomas Taylor] "An Appeal to the Public: whether a Calvinist can, with a good conscience, be a Minister of the Church of England". 1780. A pamphlet. 12pp. Disbound. VG

Jeremy Collier (trans.) "The Emperor Marcus Antoninus, his Conversation with Himself", Richard Sare, 1708, 2nd Edn.,

Lot: 13

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Jeremy Collier (trans.) The Emperor Marcus Antoninus, his Conversation with Himself, Richard Sare, 1708, 2nd Edn., later quarter-leather, worn, with new endpapers; title page with small signature, and inscription on reverse; minor spotting to text o/w VG internally. (8),420pp

[Elijah Fenton] "An Ode to the Sun, for the New-Year", Jacob Tonson, London, 1707; folio, 20th Century marbled boards, gilt leather title label,

Lot: 15

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £72
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[Elijah Fenton] An Ode to the Sun, for the New-Year, Jacob Tonson, London, 1707; folio, 20th Century marbled boards, gilt leather title label, new endpapers; browning to title page and publisher's advertisement o/w fine internally. Very scarce. 13,(1)pp

"The Song of Solomon", Chapman & Hall, 1897, with 12 tissue-guarded plates and various woodcuts by H. Granville Fell; full buckram

Lot: 16

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £100
SOLD £96
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The Song of Solomon, Chapman & Hall, 1897, with 12 tissue-guarded plates and various woodcuts by H. Granville Fell; full buckram with gilt decoration; prize bookplate to front pastedown; front inner hinge a little weak and rear cover slightly marked o/w fine.

William Jones "Discourses delivered before the Asiatic Society: and miscellaneous papers, on the religion, poetry, literature, etc., of.....India"

Lot: 17

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £24
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William Jones Discourses delivered before the Asiatic Society: and miscellaneous papers, on the religion, poetry, literature, etc., of the nations of India. Charles S. Arnold, 1824, 2nd Edn; 12mo, 2vols (in 1); rebound in fine modern cloth, gilt; engraved portrait foxed also affecting title page and index leaf, clean elsewhere; uncut two sides; xii,152pp.

[Daniel Defoe] "The Parallel: or Persecution of Protestants. The Shortest Way to prevent the Growth of Popery in Ireland";

Lot: 18

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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[Daniel Defoe] The Parallel: or Persecution of Protestants. The Shortest Way to prevent the Growth of Popery in Ireland; and Giving Alms no Charity, And Employing the Poor, A Grievance to the Nation. Two tracts, both extracted from a c.1704 edition of his collected writings; 8vo, each bound in 19th Century quarter-morocco over marbled boards with later title labels, VG; slight browning to text, two leaves of The Parallel with a corner chipped away. (2)

[Roger Bacon] "The Famous Historie of Fryer Bacon", Otto Schulze, [1904], superb woodcuts, one of 500 printed, front cover darkened;

Lot: 19

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £92
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[Roger Bacon] The Famous Historie of Fryer Bacon, Otto Schulze, [1904], superb woodcuts, one of 500 printed, front cover darkened; John Masefield The Hawbucks, 1929, No.123 of 275, quarter-vellum, signed by the author; Francis Brett Young Black Roses, 1929, No.185 of 525, full vellum, signed by the author; Rhys Davies A Bed of Feathers, Mandrake Press, [1929], in d/jkt, signed by the author; and Robert Gibbings A True Tale of Love in Tonga, Faber, 1935, 1st Edn, ownership inscription. Good to VF (5)

Erasmus (and N. Bailey, translator) "Erasmi Colloquia Selecta Decem: or, Ten Select Colloquies of Erasmus", J. Brotherton, J.Hazard & others,

Lot: 22

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £34
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Erasmus (and N. Bailey, translator) Erasmi Colloquia Selecta Decem: or, Ten Select Colloquies of Erasmus, J. Brotherton, J.Hazard & others, London, 1733; the text in original Latin followed by an English translation; 12mo, full calf, worn, old tape marks around the hinges; gilt author label intact; red speckled sides; browning to endpapers, good clean text. xi, 250,(2)pp   

"The Edinburgh Review", A. & C. Black, Jan & Apr. 1878, 1882 complete, Jan. & Apr. 1883, and Jan. & Apr. 1885;

Lot: 25

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £40
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The Edinburgh Review, A. & C. Black, Jan & Apr. 1878, 1882 complete, Jan. & Apr. 1883, and Jan. & Apr. 1885; in five matching volumes, half-leather, gilt, marbled boards. The Review was issued quarterly. VG (5)

William Dodd "Discourses on the Miracles and Parables of our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ". T.Waller, W. Faden & E. Dilly,1757, four volumes;

Lot: 26

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £110 - £130
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William Dodd Discourses on the Miracles and Parables of our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. T. Waller, W. Faden & E. Dilly, 1757, four volumes; volumes 2 to 4 published by W. Faden only; octavo, full polished calf, gilt ruling and titles, raised bands, red speckled sides; rubbed in places, some wear, mainly to the backstrips; browning to the margins of first & last few leaves o/w fine internally. (4)

A collection of Hymnals, few Prayer books, and two Bibles with many 19th Cent., twenty in fair to fine leather bindings;

Lot: 29

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £80
SOLD £30
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A collection of Hymnals, few Prayer books, and two Bibles with many 19th Cent., twenty in fair to fine leather bindings; most of Wesleyan interest, several with original ownership inscriptions. Varied condition. (30)

Maria Edgeworth "Harry and Lucy Concluded: being the Last Part of Early Lessons", London, 1827, 4 volumes; quarter-leather, gilt,

Lot: 30

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £20
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Maria Edgeworth Harry and Lucy Concluded: being the Last Part of Early Lessons, London, 1827, 4 volumes; quarter-leather, gilt, worn, chipped at head of spines; endpapers with ownership inscriptions dated 1859; sporadic light foxing affects most pages. (4)

"Excelsior: Helps to Progress in Religion, Science, and Literature", James Nisbet & Co., 1854-56, six vols; half-leather, gilt, over marbled boards,

Lot: 31

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £20
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Excelsior: Helps to Progress in Religion, Science, and Literature, James Nisbet & Co., 1854-56, six volumes; half-leather, gilt, over marbled boards, the boards rubbed in places; marbled edges & endpapers; few pages browned but generally fine internally, enhanced by 58 wood engravings. (6)

W. & S. Beresford "Beresford of Beresford: Part 1. A History of the Manor of Beresford in the County of Stafford". W.H. Eaton, Leek, [1908];

Lot: 36

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £20
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W. & S. Beresford Beresford of Beresford: Part 1. A History of the Manor of Beresford in the County of Stafford. W.H. Eaton, Leek, [1908]; quarto, orig. gilt cloth; t.e.g., uncut elsewhere; 106pp plus photo-plates and index. VG

John Ward "The Borough of Stoke-Upon-Trent....comprising its History, Statistics, Civil Polity, & Traffic…."

Lot: 37

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £100
SOLD £36
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John Ward The Borough of Stoke-Upon-Trent....comprising its History, Statistics, Civil Polity, & Traffic….also, the Manorial History of Newcastle-Under-Lyme, W. Lewis & Son, London, 1843; large octavo, contemp.half-leather and patterned cloth, marble edged, gilt titles and decoration to backstrip; some wear, the front board just holding; folding map and pedigree; folding facsimile letter; 19 engraved plates plus 12 additional engravings in text. Some occasional browning, a few plates heavily foxed.

J.J.B. Clarke (Ed.) "An Account of the Infancy, Religious and Literary Life of Adam Clarke, LL.D"., T.S. Clarke, London, 1833, three volumes,

Lot: 38

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £15
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J.J.B. Clarke (Ed.) An Account of the Infancy, Religious and Literary Life of Adam Clarke, LL.D., T.S. Clarke, London, 1833, three volumes, bound in half-leather, gilt, marbled boards & endpapers; some wear; frontispiece to Vol.1 with some foxing, a further plate in Vol.2. Some occasional minor spotting. (3)

Henry Steer "The Smedleys of Matlock Bank", Elliot Stock, 1897; orig. gilt cloth, spine a little discoloured o/w VG;

Lot: 39

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £10
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Henry Steer The Smedleys of Matlock Bank, Elliot Stock, 1897; orig. gilt cloth, spine a little discoloured o/w VG; tissue-guarded frontispiece and other plates in text. Unopened. 121pp

"The Newcastle and Pottery General and Commercial Directory for 1822-23", T. Allbut, Hanley [1822]; 12mo, modern rebind in half-leather

Lot: 41

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £22
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The Newcastle and Pottery General and Commercial Directory for 1822-23, T. Allbut, Hanley [1822]; 12mo, modern rebind in half-leather over marbled boards, gilt, VG; front endpaper with 1894 ownership inscription; old tape marks affect first few leaves; main body of text VG aside from some minor tone spots; (2),147,(2)pp. Very scarce