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Auction No 403, Category: Antiquarian

40 Lots (displaying 21 - 40)

Edward Fernie "The Poll for two Knights of the Shire to represent the Western Division of the County of Stafford….November 1868 ...."

Lot: 42

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £20
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Edward Fernie The Poll for two Knights of the Shire to represent the Western Division of the County of Stafford….November 1868 including the whole of the Registered Electors. Spottiswoode & Co, London, 1869; octavo, contemp. gilt cloth, corners bumped; title and final page browned o/w fine internally. (6),267,(4)pp.

"Jones's Mercantile Directory of the Pottery District of Staffordshire 1864", Jones & Proud, London, 1864; octavo, original blind-tooled & gilt cloth,

Lot: 43

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £32
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Jones's Mercantile Directory of the Pottery District of Staffordshire 1864, Jones & Proud, London, 1864; octavo, original blind-tooled & gilt cloth, a little marked & faded, some wear to extremities; VG internally including 76pp of advertisements and a further 4pp Scottish Widows pamphlet tipped in. Very scarce. 291pp

"Cottrill's Police Directory of the Borough of Newcastle-Under-Lyme for 1836; containing an Alphabetical List....."

Lot: 44

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £32
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Cottrill's Police Directory of the Borough of Newcastle-Under-Lyme for 1836; containing an Alphabetical List of the whole of the Inhabitant Householders, with a Classification of Trades. Newcastle-under-Lyme, [1836]; sm.8vo, contemp. diced calf; 26pp of advertisements at rear with additional coloured leaflet tipped in. Near fine. (8),74,(26)(1)pp

Norman Tildesley (Ed.) "Deanery of Cheadle: Kingsley Parish Register 1561-1754", Staffordshire Parish Register Society, 1968.

Lot: 45

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £16
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Norman Tildesley (Ed.) Deanery of Cheadle: Kingsley Parish Register 1561-1754, Staffordshire Parish Register Society, 1968. Quarter cloth, printed boards. Fine. 256pp

William Evans (Ed.) "The Potters’ Examiner and Workman’s Advocate", Vol.1, No.2 to Vol.4, No.26, 1843-1845, issued weekly;

Lot: 48

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £110
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William Evans (Ed.) The Potters' Examiner and Workman's Advocate, Vol.1, No.2 to Vol.4, No.26, 1843-1845, issued weekly; a bound volume, three-quarter calf, gilt; final leaf repaired. Includes 8pp preface. VG

H.E. Chetwynd-Stapylton "The Chetwynds of Ingestre", Longmans, 1892; original gilt cloth; bookplates of William Bree and Reginald Bladen;

Lot: 50

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £26
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H.E. Chetwynd-Stapylton The Chetwynds of Ingestre, Longmans, 1892; original gilt cloth; bookplates of William Bree and Reginald Bladen; prospectus and two manuscript letters from the author loosely inserted; b/w frontispiece and two other plates. Some fox marks, mainly affecting preface o/w VG.

"Keates & Ford’s Annual Potteries and Newcastle Street and Trade Directory with Almanack, for 1865-6", Hanley,1865;

Lot: 51

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
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Keates & Ford's Annual Potteries and Newcastle Street and Trade Directory with Almanack, for 1865-6, Hanley, 1865; original stipple-grained cloth, gilt, rebacked, worn corners; bookplate of James E. Moxon with his signature top of title-page; front inner hinge weak; VG internally. 228pp plus 111pp of advertisements

Henry Wedgwood "Staffordshire: Up and Down the County", Hanley, 1881, 3 vols (in 1); and "Romance of Staffordshire: A Series of Sketches" (in 2 vols)

Lot: 53

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £36
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Henry Wedgwood Staffordshire: Up and Down the County, Hanley, 1881, 3 vols (in 1); and Romance of Staffordshire: A Series of Sketches (in 2 vols) bound together with Life of Major-General Harrison; uniformly bound in attractive half-morocco, gilt, both with wood engravings; the latter volume with some browning and professional repairs to 7 leaves. (2)

S.W. Hutchinson "The Archdeaconry of Stoke-on-Trent. Historical Notes", Bemrose, 1893, front inner hinge cracked; and 5 others on Stoke

Lot: 54

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
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S.W. Hutchinson The Archdeaconry of Stoke-on-Trent. Historical Notes, Bemrose, 1893, front inner hinge cracked; and 5 others on Stoke including two fine directories of 1954 and 1967. (6)

"Keates’s Gazetteer & Directory of the Staffordshire Potteries, Newcastle and District 1873-74", Hanley, 1873,

Lot: 56

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
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Keates's Gazetteer & Directory of the Staffordshire Potteries, Newcastle and District 1873-74, Hanley, 1873, orig. blind-tooled & gilt cloth, faded, VG internally; F. Brighton Pattingham, 1942, ink marks to cover; Simeon Shaw History of the Staffordshire Potteries, 1829 (poor binding); and other Staffordshire history including 1980s/90s journals (23). Varied condition. (45 in all).

J. Ingamells "Directory of Newcastle-Under-Lyme with Historical Records", 1871; J.T. Coulam "The History of Newcastle-Under-Lyme", 1908,

Lot: 57

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £22
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J. Ingamells Directory of Newcastle-Under-Lyme with Historical Records, 1871; J.T. Coulam The History of Newcastle-Under-Lyme, 1908, signed by the author, newscuttings laid down to front endpaper; M.K.J. Hunt Newcastle High School 1874-1974 in d/jkt; and two related. Good/Fine. (5)

Jean-Paul Marat, and A. Vermorel (Editor) "Oeuvres de J.P. Marat", Decembre-Alonnier, Paris, 1869; octavo, quarter red morocco, gilt,

Lot: 59

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Jean-Paul Marat, and A. Vermorel (Editor) Oeuvres de J.P. Marat, Decembre-Alonnier, Paris, 1869; octavo, quarter red morocco, gilt, marbled boards & endpapers, a little worn; ownership signature top of title page; tear to lower margin pp.11/12 needs repair; o/w fine internally; vii,326pp

John [Williams], Bishop of Lincoln "Great Britains Salomon: A sermon preached at the magnificent funerall, of the most high and mighty King, James,

Lot: 60

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
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John [Williams], Bishop of Lincoln Great Britains Salomon: A sermon preached at the magnificent funerall, of the most high and mighty King, Iames, the late King of Great Britaine, France, and Ireland, defender of the faith, &c, John Bull, London, 1625; sm.4to; bound in cloth covered boards, black tape repair to spine; lacks frontispiece; clean text; pp.37/8 torn with temporary repair; colophon page damaged (not affecting text); (2),76,(1)pp.  

Eugene Francois Joseph Tailliar: Four Historical Pamphlets comprising "Notice sur la langue romane d'oil et sur son etat, dans le nord de la France.."

Lot: 61

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £110 - £140
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Eugene Francois Joseph Tailliar: Four Historical Pamphlets comprising Notice sur la langue romane d'oil et sur son etat, dans le nord de la France, aux XIIe et XIIIe siecles, [1837], 80pp; Essais sur L'Historie des Institutions, [n.d.]; Etudes sur les Institutions Dans leurs rapports avec les monuments. 2me Etude Domination Romaine. Periode Anterieure a L'Avenement de Diocletien en 284. [n.d.],46pp + 12 plates; and Notice sur Origine et l'Organisation des Commune dans le Nord de la France. [n.d.]; bound together in a worn & chipped quarto half-leather binding, gilt, title label still fine; marbled endpapers; two private library stamps of Francois Toraven; some pages with spotting but generally clean, the architectural essay & plates fine. 

Local History selection, mostly Staffordshire related, including "Swinscoe, Blore and the Bassetts" 1998; Redfern "History of Uttoxeter", 1865,

Lot: 62

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £100
SOLD £50
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Local History selection, mostly Staffordshire related, including Swinscoe, Blore and the Bassetts 1998; Redfern History of Uttoxeter, 1865, (with map); M. Wright The Best of Cannock Chase, 1933; Stephens History of Congleton, 1970; The Victoria History of the County of Stafford, Vol.VIII, 1963; and various others, mostly h/bk, some in d/jkts, varied condition. (25)

Boer War letter from 2nd Lieut. Bartram Romilly, Scots Guards, to his mother referring to military actions at Ladysmith & elsewhere.

Lot: 64

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £26
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Boer War letter from 2nd Lieut. Bartram Romilly, Scots Guards, to his mother Lady Arabella Romilly referring to military actions at Ladysmith & elsewhere, 1900; complete with the original cover endorsed No stamp / on active service, and cancelled BRITISH ARMY S.AFRICA  datestamp. Romilly served in the Boer War from 1899 to 1902, was twice mentioned in despatches receiving the Queen's Medal with 5 clasps and was awarded the D.S.O. in 1902.

Thomas Dugdale "England & Wales Delineated", John Tallis [c.1860] Vol.2 only (pp.815-1585), half-leather, gilt, complete, many engravings,

Lot: 65

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Thomas Dugdale England & Wales Delineated, John Tallis [c.1860] Vol.2 only (pp.815-1585), half-leather, gilt, complete, many engravings, some foxing; and a selection of other UK topography. Fair to fine. (14)

19th Century album of photographs, all laid down, including 7.5 x 11.5” albumen prints of Norway (52) by John Valentine,

Lot: 66

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £120 - £150
SOLD £86
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19th Century album of photographs, all laid down, including 7.5 x 11.5” albumen prints of Norway (52) by John Valentine, and photos of various sizes of Chester & district (60) several by Francis Bedford. VG quality.

Charles Hutton "The Compendious Measurer", 1803; A. Crocker "The Elements of Land Surveying" 1806, with all plates (3 folding);

Lot: 71

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £36
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Charles Hutton The Compendious Measurer, 1803; A. Crocker The Elements of Land Surveying, 1806, with all plates (3 folding); Charles Vyse The Tutor's Guide, being a complete system of Arithmetic, 1807; William Birkin A key to Mozley's Improved Walkingame's Tutor's Assistant, [1830]: and two 20th Century works. Mixed condition. (5)

Basilius Besler "Hortus Eystettensis", Aboca Museum, Italy, 2006, facsimile reprint of the 1613 edition in 3 large folio volumes

Lot: 72

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £1000 - £1500
SOLD £1220
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Basilius Besler Hortus Eystettensis, Aboca Museum, Italy, 2006, facsimile reprint of the 1613 edition in 3 large folio volumes bound in fine full blind-tooled leather with gilt leather titles (these chipped, as issued), together with the quarto size Commentary complete with d/jkt. The volumes contain 367 full-page colour plates of Botanical specimens with descriptive text. They are housed in the original printed card storage boxes. No. 148 of 1,450 issued. VF internally without inscriptions. (4)