Auction No 419, Category: Antiquarian

6 Lots (displaying 1 - 6)

"The Book of Elizabethan Verse" Chatto & Windus, 1908, full decorated vellum, gilt, leather title label, near fine;

Lot: 35

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Aug 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
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The Book of Elizabethan Verse, Chatto & Windus, 1908, full decorated vellum, gilt, leather title label, near fine; and a collection of other Literature, 1828 to early 20th Century, in a range of attractive bindings, most with previous owner's label to front endpaper. (17) 

John Harland "Ballads & Songs of Lancashire, Chiefly Older than the 19th Century", Whittaker & Co.,1865, one of 100 large paper copies,

Lot: 37

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Aug 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £150
SOLD £80
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John Harland Ballads & Songs of Lancashire, Chiefly Older than the 19th Century, Whittaker & Co., 1865, one of 100 large paper copies, signed by John Harland on front endpaper; manuscript alterations and annotations in the author's hand to “The Blessed Conscience” extending from pp.47 to 55 based on a manuscript provided to the author after the book's initial publication. Original gilt cloth; binding weak between pp.112-113; small ownership stamp to top of half-title. VG. A unique copy.

G.R. Oakley "In Olden Days: Lancashire Legends", Rochdale, 1923; Ben Brierley "Ab-O’Th-Yate’s Dictionary", 1881, pictorial cloth;

Lot: 38

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Aug 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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G.R. Oakley In Olden Days: Lancashire Legends, Rochdale, 1923; Ben Brierley Ab-O'Th-Yate's Dictionary, 1881, pictorial cloth; and other Lancashire poetry & prose, 1880s/1930s. Mixed condition. Ownership stamps at front of each volume. (8)

"The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New", Bonham Norton and John Bill, 1629, the "New Testament" dated 1628,

Lot: 40

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Aug 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £600 - £800
SOLD £500
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The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New, Bonham Norton and John Bill, 1629, the New Testament dated 1628, and bound with The Book of Common Prayer (incomplete), A Briefe Concordance, or Table to the Bible, London 1646, and The Whole Booke of Psalmes, R. Daniel 1628. Octavo, rebound with some internal repairs by A. & M. Winstanley of Salisbury, 1970, in full calf, gilt. Commences with part of A3 of The Book of Common Prayer, thereafter near complete though with some slight worming; followed by The Genealogies Recorded in the Sacred Scriptures with 30 engraved plates; The Holy Bible Containing the Old Testament and the New the title page repaired, leaf Ff3 with about 10% of text missing, marginal damage to M5; The New Testament of Our Lord and Savior, leaf Zz with about 5% of text missing and slight loss to Zz2 and Zz4, and 5% loss to Ggg7; the Concordance complete; The Whole Booke of Psalmes with small loss to corners of D6 and G4. Occasional fox mark or light stain but generally clean internally. Each leaf has been numbered in pencil by a collater at upper right corners (can be erased).

G.A. Cooke "A Topographical and Statistical Description of the County of Lancaster", Sherwood, Neely and Jones, London [1825],

Lot: 82

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Aug 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £56
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G.A. Cooke A Topographical and Statistical Description of the County of Lancaster, Sherwood, Neely and Jones, London [1825], fine rebind in half-leather, gilt, fine folding map, 4pp of plates (some foxing), clean text, neat ownership signature top of title page; together with Leo Grindon Country Rambles and Manchester Walks and Wild Flowers, 1882. Small ownership stamps to endpapers. (2)

John Norden and John Speed "Middle-sex described with the most Famous Cities of London and Westminster", George Humble, 1610;

Lot: 85

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Aug 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £120
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John Norden and John Speed Middle-sex described with the most Famous Cities of London and Westminster, George Humble, 1610; central fold, descriptive text on reverse. 39 x 51cm plus margin. Piece missing from margin at foot o/w VG, in its original uncoloured state.