Auction No 421, Category: Antiquarian
33 Lots (displaying 1 - 20)
Alfred Burton "Rush-Bearing", 1891, number 358 of 500 issued, b/w plates; Joseph Shaw "Salendine Nook Baptist Church and Sunday Schools", 1905;
Alfred Burton "Rush-Bearing", 1891, number 358 of 500 issued, b/w plates; Joseph Shaw "Salendine Nook Baptist Church and Sunday Schools", 1905;
Lot 13
Lot: 13
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £40
MORE DETAILSAlfred Burton Rush-Bearing, 1891, number 358 of 500 issued, b/w plates; Joseph Shaw Salendine Nook Baptist Church and Sunday Schools, 1905; T.J. Hosken Memorials of Charlesworth, 1894; Hugh Owen Stanhope, Atkinson, Haddon and Shaw, Four North Country Families, privately printed, 1985, with some related correspondence loosely inserted; and five others. Mostly VG/VF, but a further work on Salendine Church with heavy annotations. (8)
"Chambers's Encyclopaedia", W. & R. Chambers, 1880, ten volumes, half-leather, gilt, snakeskin-edged & matching endpapers, some rubbing
"Chambers's Encyclopaedia", W. & R. Chambers, 1880, ten volumes, half-leather, gilt, snakeskin-edged & matching endpapers, some rubbing
Lot 18
Lot: 18
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £58
MORE DETAILSChambers's Encyclopaedia, W. & R. Chambers, 1880, ten volumes, half-leather, gilt, snakeskin-edged & matching endpapers, some rubbing mainly at corners o/w fine; complete with all the maps, clean internally. A VG set. (10)
Box with many steel and copper engravings from 17th Century, mostly topographical, plus some wood engravings and few 1920s etchings.
Box with many steel and copper engravings from 17th Century, mostly topographical, plus some wood engravings and few 1920s etchings.
Lot 19
Lot: 19
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £30 - £50
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSBox with many steel and copper engravings from 17th Century, mostly topographical, plus some wood engravings and few 1920s etchings. Mixed condition. (145)
Charles Dickens "Christmas Books", Chapman & Hall, 1869, original pictorial gilt cloth, a.e.g., complete with five tissue-guarded plates,
Charles Dickens "Christmas Books", Chapman & Hall, 1869, original pictorial gilt cloth, a.e.g., complete with five tissue-guarded plates,
Lot 25
Lot: 25
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £30
MORE DETAILSCharles Dickens Christmas Books, Chapman & Hall, 1869, original pictorial gilt cloth, a.e.g., complete with five tissue-guarded plates, and other illustrations, small repair upper right of front board, some minor fox marks mostly to the frontispiece o/w VG; and six other 19th Century editions of Dickens in varied condition, four (including Christmas Books) with small ownership label to front endpaper. (7)
[Works of Horace] "Q. Horatius Flaccus: cum Commentariis & Enarrationibus Commentatoris Veteris et Jacobi Cruqvii Messenii…", Frans von Ravelingen
[Works of Horace] "Q. Horatius Flaccus: cum Commentariis & Enarrationibus Commentatoris Veteris et Jacobi Cruqvii Messenii…", Frans von Ravelingen
Lot 27
Lot: 27
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £40
MORE DETAILS[Works of Horace] Q. Horatius Flaccus: cum Commentariis & Enarrationibus Commentatoris Veteris et Jacobi Cruqvii Messenii…, Frans von Ravelingen, {Leiden], 1611; octavo, contemp. vellum, inner hinges cracked, endpapers in poor condition, title page & dedication crumpled at fore-edge, main text sound with occasional leaves showing marginal damp-staining, text in two columns. (15),695,(16)pp.
Jeremy Collier (trans.) "The Emperor Marcus Antoninus:His Conversation With Himself. Together With the Preliminary Discourse of the Learned Gataker"
Jeremy Collier (trans.) "The Emperor Marcus Antoninus:His Conversation With Himself. Together With the Preliminary Discourse of the Learned Gataker"
Lot 43
Lot: 43
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £80 - £120
SOLD £60
MORE DETAILSJeremy Collier (trans.) The Emperor Marcus Antoninus: His Conversation With Himself. Together With the Preliminary Discourse of the Learned Gataker. Richard Sare, London, 1708, the second edition; quarter leather, marbled boards, backstrip worn and chipped at top; later endpapers; title page and final leaf darkened; occasional fox mark internally o/w good clean text; small ink signature top of title page, presentation inscription in Latin on reverse. (10),420pp.
William Talbot "Twelve Sermons Preached on Several Subjects and Occasions", John Marshal and others, London, 1731, 2nd Edition;
William Talbot "Twelve Sermons Preached on Several Subjects and Occasions", John Marshal and others, London, 1731, 2nd Edition;
Lot 46
Lot: 46
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £30
MORE DETAILSWilliam Talbot Twelve Sermons Preached on Several Subjects and Occasions, John Marshal and others, London, 1731, 2nd Edition; rebound in cloth with gilt leather title label, ribbon bookmarker; new endpapers, one bearing previous owner's attractive art-nouveau style bookplate; good clean text throughout marred only by some worming to lower margin affecting first 32 leaves, barely affecting text; decorative woodcut head & tail pieces to each sermon with historiated initials to opening paragraphs. (4),426pp.
"Part of the Spiritual Works, and some of the Letters, of the Celebrated Francis Fenelon, Archbishop of Cambray", Warrington, 1825, 148pp
"Part of the Spiritual Works, and some of the Letters, of the Celebrated Francis Fenelon, Archbishop of Cambray", Warrington, 1825, 148pp
Lot 47
Lot: 47
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £50
MORE DETAILSPart of the Spiritual Works, and some of the Letters, of the Celebrated Francis Fenelon, Archbishop of Cambray, Warrington, 1825, 148pp, bound with Vol.II of Thomas Chalmers The Chrisitan and Civic Economy of Large Towns, Glasgow, 1823; together with Spiritual Letters of Archbishop Fenelon – Letters to Women, Rivingtons, 1877; Dialogues on Eloquence in general; particularly that kind which is fit for the pulpit: by M. Fenelon, London, 1808; Extracts from the Writings of Francis Fenelon, London, 1805, 2nd Edition, full calf, front board re-attached with paper strip; and another. Four in fine modern rebinds, two with gilt leather titles. The Church in France with some sporadic foxing, others fine internally. (5)
A selection of leather-bound books, including [Daniel Defoe] "Giving Alms no Charity, and Employing the Poor", c.1704, a pamphlet;
A selection of leather-bound books, including [Daniel Defoe] "Giving Alms no Charity, and Employing the Poor", c.1704, a pamphlet;
Lot 48
Lot: 48
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £50
MORE DETAILSA selection of leather-bound books, including [Daniel Defoe] Giving Alms no Charity, and Employing the Poor, c.1704, a pamphlet; Gustave Masson La Lyre Francaise, Macmillan, 1890, full leather by Bumpus; Arthur Stanley Lectures on the History of The Eastern Church, 1876, with hand-coloured map, spine stained; Lytton Rienzi, The Last of the Roman Tribunes, prize binding of 1899; Wesleyan Juvenile Offering volumes for 1854 and 1857; John Ruskin Praeterita. Outlines of Scenes and Thoughts, 1886-87, two volumes; and Ouevres de J.P. Marat, Paris, 1869. Apart from The Eastern Church bindings are in good to fine condition, five in full leather. (19)
James Boswell "The Life of Samuel Johnson", John Murray, 1835, vols. IV to X, bound in half-leather, gilt, by Fletcher, polished marbled sides,
James Boswell "The Life of Samuel Johnson", John Murray, 1835, vols. IV to X, bound in half-leather, gilt, by Fletcher, polished marbled sides,
Lot 55
Lot: 55
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £30 - £50
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSJames Boswell The Life of Samuel Johnson, John Murray, 1835, vols. IV to X, bound in half-leather, gilt, by Fletcher, polished marbled sides, Vol. IV with fold-out map, fold-out plate in Vol.VI, engraved frontisp. & half-title to each volume, some wear to extremities; and Annandale The Works of Robert Burns, Blackie & Sons [1887], four of five volumes (lacking vol.2), gilt cloth, two with front board slightly marked, many fine tissue-guarded engravings. All very clean internally, the Boswells with previous owner's attractive art-nouveau bookplates. (11)
W.T. Fitzgerald "An Independent Tribute to the Memory of The Right Hon. William Pitt", 1806, a broadside, engraved by Edward Orme,
W.T. Fitzgerald "An Independent Tribute to the Memory of The Right Hon. William Pitt", 1806, a broadside, engraved by Edward Orme,
Lot 59
Lot: 59
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £105
MORE DETAILSW.T. Fitzgerald An Independent Tribute to the Memory of The Right Hon. William Pitt, 1806, a broadside, engraved by Edward Orme, 49.5 x 35.3cm; portrait copper engraving with plate-marks visible, letterpress border and text; some light soiling especially to the upper margin which has two small tears at the periphery; lower margin has small slit from worming. A scarce broadside.
Edward Baines "History, Directory & Gazetteer of the County Palatine of Lancaster", 1824-25, 2 vols, later cloth,
Edward Baines "History, Directory & Gazetteer of the County Palatine of Lancaster", 1824-25, 2 vols, later cloth,
Lot 60
Lot: 60
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £44
MORE DETAILSEdward Baines History, Directory & Gazetteer of the County Palatine of Lancaster, 1824-25, 2 vols, later cloth, (lacking maps/plans which were issued separately), and other North West of England books, pamphlets, guides, & maps, mostly 1950s to modern. (55 items)
W.B. Heweston "History of Napoleon Bonaparte, and Wars of Europe, from the Revolution in France to the Termination of the Late Wars",
W.B. Heweston "History of Napoleon Bonaparte, and Wars of Europe, from the Revolution in France to the Termination of the Late Wars",
Lot 63
Lot: 63
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £20 - £40
SOLD £20
MORE DETAILSW.B. Heweston History of Napoleon Bonaparte, and Wars of Europe, from the Revolution in France to the Termination of the Late Wars, Thomas Kelly, 1835, 3 vols, half-leather, gilt, some wear, binder's tickets of W. Nicholls, Cambridge; the plates with variable foxing / staining, frontispiece of Vol.3 hand-coloured. (3)
"Government Gazette - British Honduras", bound volumes for 1897 and 1907, quarto, half-leather, gilt, binding of the 1907 volume worn & marked,
"Government Gazette - British Honduras", bound volumes for 1897 and 1907, quarto, half-leather, gilt, binding of the 1907 volume worn & marked,
Lot 65
Lot: 65
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £80 - £120
SOLD £92
MORE DETAILSGovernment Gazette – British Honduras, bound volumes for 1897 and 1907, quarto, half-leather, gilt, binding of the 1907 volume worn & marked, complete with supplements; 1897 issues with filing spike hole at top and occasional ink mark in margins. (2)
George Trevelyan "The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay", Longmans, 1876, 2 vols, fine three-quarter morocco by Hatchards of Piccadilly
George Trevelyan "The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay", Longmans, 1876, 2 vols, fine three-quarter morocco by Hatchards of Piccadilly
Lot 67
Lot: 67
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £40
MORE DETAILSGeorge Trevelyan The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay, Longmans, 1876, 2 vols, fine three-quarter morocco by Hatchards of Piccadilly showing minimal wear; small ownership stamp to front pastedown of each volume, fine internally. (2)
Thomas Babington Macaulay "The History of England from the Accession of James the Second", Longman, Green & Brown, 1850-55, ten volumes in five,
Thomas Babington Macaulay "The History of England from the Accession of James the Second", Longman, Green & Brown, 1850-55, ten volumes in five,
Lot 68
Lot: 68
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £64
MORE DETAILSThomas Babington Macaulay The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, Longman, Green & Brown, 1850-55, ten volumes in five, bound in fine half-leather, gilt; marbled page edges; internally fine other than some browning to half-titles and final index pages. (5)
Henry Heginbotham "Stockport: Ancient and Modern", Sampson Low, 1882-1892, full leather, gilt, recased preserving the original gilt decoration
Henry Heginbotham "Stockport: Ancient and Modern", Sampson Low, 1882-1892, full leather, gilt, recased preserving the original gilt decoration
Lot 69
Lot: 69
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £56
MORE DETAILSHenry Heginbotham Stockport: Ancient and Modern, Sampson Low, 1882-1892, full leather, gilt, recased preserving the original gilt decoration and marbled endpapers; fine internally with all plates and illustrations in text. (2)
William Mills "The Manchester Reform Club 1871-1921", 1922, orig. leather-covered boards, worn at extremities o/w fine;
William Mills "The Manchester Reform Club 1871-1921", 1922, orig. leather-covered boards, worn at extremities o/w fine;
Lot 74
Lot: 74
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £40
MORE DETAILSWilliam Mills The Manchester Reform Club 1871-1921, 1922, orig. leather-covered boards, worn at extremities o/w fine; W.E.A. Axon Handbook of the Public Libraries of Manchester and Salford, 1877, gilt cloth, some light toning to prelims; and others relating to the Portico and Chetham's Libraries including three modern pamphlets. Good to VF (10)
"An Act for cleansing, lighting, watching, and regulating the Streets, Lanes, Passages and Places within the Towns of Manchester and Salford",1792
"An Act for cleansing, lighting, watching, and regulating the Streets, Lanes, Passages and Places within the Towns of Manchester and Salford",1792
Lot 75
Lot: 75
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £36
MORE DETAILSAn Act for cleansing, lighting, watching, and regulating the Streets, Lanes, Passages and Places within the Towns of Manchester and Salford, 1792, 88pp; plus ten other Manchester related Acts of Parliament 1790-1849, and Charity Commission Reports (2) for Manchester and Eccles 1904. Good to fine. Also four antiquarian books, Lancashire related, in poor condition, three with engravings. (17 items)
William Pitt "A Topographical History of Staffordshire; including the Agriculture, Mines and Manufactures". J. Smith and others, 1817;
William Pitt "A Topographical History of Staffordshire; including the Agriculture, Mines and Manufactures". J. Smith and others, 1817;
Lot 81
Lot: 81
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £20 - £30
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSWilliam Pitt A Topographical History of Staffordshire; including the Agriculture, Mines and Manufactures. J. Smith and others, 1817; fine modern rebind in faux leather, gilt; title page foxed, pp.33/34 repaired and darkened, a further tear to pp.39/40 requiring attention, final leaf of index foxed with a piece missing; some ink marks to pp.27/30; lacking map. Generally good clean text; xxvi,319,(14)pp.