Auction No 431, Category: Antiquarian

54 Lots (displaying 21 - 40)

John Thomas Smith "An Antiquarian Ramble in the Streets of London", Richard Bentley, 1846, 2 vols, orig. cloth, gilt,

Lot: 49

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £68
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John Thomas Smith An Antiquarian Ramble in the Streets of London, Richard Bentley, 1846, 2 vols, orig. cloth, gilt, cracking to front inner hinge of Vol.1 but still holding. Good clean text.

Philip Norman "London Signs and Inscriptions", Elliot Stock, 1897, decorative cloth, armorial bookplate of George Heath Viner;

Lot: 53

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £62
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Philip Norman London Signs and Inscriptions, Elliot Stock, 1897, decorative cloth, armorial bookplate of George Heath Viner; Wheatley Hogarth's London, 1909, fifty-three plates; W.B. Boulton The Amusements of Old London, John Nimmo, 1901, 2 vols, gilt cloth, 12 hand-coloured plates with titled tissue-guards; and various others, London life & culture. (13)

"The Monthly Chronicle of North-Country Lore and Legend", Walter Scott, 1889, bound volume of twelve issues, pictorial cloth, many illustrations;

Lot: 55

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £15 - £30
SOLD £32
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The Monthly Chronicle of North-Country Lore and Legend, Walter Scott, 1889, bound volume of twelve issues, pictorial cloth, many illustrations; and Fletcher Picturesque History of Yorkshire, Caxton, c.1900, six volume set, gilt cloth, colour & b/w plates, some wear to top of spines.

William Smith "Old Yorkshire" 1881-84, five volumes, and the New Series additions of 1889-91 in three volumes; gilt cloth, b/w plates.

Lot: 56

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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William Smith Old Yorkshire 1881-84, five volumes, and the New Series additions of 1889-91 in three volumes; gilt cloth, b/w plates. Some minor spotting to prelims. Attractive set. (8)  

John Mayhall "The Annals of Yorkshire", Simpkin Marshall [1878], three vols., gilt cloth, red sides, b/w plates;

Lot: 57

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £30
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John Mayhall The Annals of Yorkshire, Simpkin Marshall [1878], three vols., gilt cloth, red sides, b/w plates; Henry Schroeder The Annals of Yorkshire, Crosby & Co, 1851-52, two vols., and a similar pair with modern title labels; together with Cartwright Chapters in the History of Yorkshire, B.W. Allen, 1872, gilt cloth, four folding plates, spotting to prelims. (8)

J. Sutcliffe Stuart "A Musical Pilgrimage in Yorkshire", 1928, b/w plates, 369 of 500, and "The Literary Shrines of Yorkshire", 1892, b/w plates;

Lot: 59

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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J. Sutcliffe Stuart A Musical Pilgrimage in Yorkshire, 1928, b/w plates, 369 of 500, and The Literary Shrines of Yorkshire, 1892, b/w plates; Frederick Ross Yorkshire Family Romance, 1891; and other Yorkshire related. All in the original cloth bindings, Fletcher's Nooks and Corners of Yorkshire with map in rear pocket. (10)

George Oliver "The History and Antiquities of Beverley", M. Turner & others, 1829, contemp. half-leather, gilt title, plates & pedigrees,

Lot: 60

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £52
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George Oliver The History and Antiquities of Beverley, M. Turner & others, 1829, contemp. half-leather, gilt title, plates & pedigrees, occasional spotting (especially the frontispiece), cracking to inner hinges (still holding); Ruston & Witney Hooton Pagnell. The Agricultural Evolution of a Yorkshire Village, 1934, b/w plates; Robert Skaife (trans.) Domesday Book for Yorkshire, 1896; and another. (4)   

A.P. Purey-Cust "Picturesque Old York, a series of Twelve Etchings by E. Piper", Richard Jackson, Leeds, 1895; folio, cloth bound, gilt title to spine

Lot: 63

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £74
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A.P. Purey-Cust Picturesque Old York, a series of Twelve Etchings by E. Piper, Richard Jackson, Leeds, 1895; folio, cloth bound, gilt title to spine, No.73 of 150 copies issued; twelve fine etchings tipped-in and each signed in the margin by the artist in pencil. Some discolouration to the boards, a single library stamp on reverse of title page o/w fine internally.

James Torr "The Antiquities of York City, and the Civil Government thereof", F. Hildyard, London, 1719, worn half-calf, gilt title label,

Lot: 64

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £20
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James Torr The Antiquities of York City, and the Civil Government thereof, F. Hildyard, London, 1719, worn half-calf, gilt title label, modern erotic bookplate to front pastedown, front endpapers chipped, front hinge cracked (still holding), good clean text; and Description of York, containing some Account of its Antiquities, Public Buildings etc, York, 1818, fifth edition, lacking map. (2)

"An Old York Church. All Hallows in North Street, York", 1908, folio, gilt cloth, No.218 of 500, many plates;

Lot: 65

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
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An Old York Church. All Hallows in North Street, York, 1908, folio, gilt cloth, No.218 of 500, many plates; Caine The Martial Annals of the City of York, 1898, gilt cloth, 60 illustrations; Widdrington Analecta Eboracensia – Some Remaynes of the Ancient City of York, C.J. Clark, 1897, gilt cloth, No.27 of 265, twenty-six plates; Memoirs illustrative of the History and Antiquities of the County and City of York, John Murray, 1847-48, two vols., with plates, title pages foxed; and York Bridgemasters' Accounts, York Archaeological Trust, 2002, 497pp, damage to foot of the spiral binding. (6)

A.P. Purey-Cust "The Heraldry of York Minster", Richard Jackson, 1896, [Vol.2, first volume issued 1890], No.145 of 300, full leather, gilt,

Lot: 67

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £30
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A.P. Purey-Cust The Heraldry of York Minster, Richard Jackson, 1896, [Vol.2, first volume issued 1890], No.145 of 300, full leather, gilt, backstrip re-laid, colour tissue-guarded plates; John Browne Fabric Rolls and Documents of York Minster, York, 1863, ‘New Edition', two copies, one rebound, the other with annotations; Hugh the Chanter: The History of the Church of York 1066-1127, Oxford, 1990, in d/jkt; and others, York Minster related. (8)

Benson & Jefferson "Picturesque York", 1886, gilt cloth, sepia plates; and other York illustrated works including Hugh Murray "Doctor Evelyn’s York"

Lot: 68

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £30
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Benson & Jefferson Picturesque York, 1886, gilt cloth, sepia plates; and other York illustrated works including Hugh Murray Doctor Evelyn's York, 1983; Wilson & Mee The Fairest Arch in England: Old Ouse Bridge, York, 2002; and Smith Hob Moor: Historic Stray and Local Nature Reserve. Benson's Picturesque York with some discolouration to the boards. (19)     

York History, Architecture and Biography, including Cooper "The History of the Castle of York", 1911, gilt cloth, b/w plates;

Lot: 73

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £20
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York History, Architecture and Biography, including Cooper The History of the Castle of York, 1911, gilt cloth, b/w plates; Twyford York and York Castle, 1883, gilt cloth; Purey-Cust Picturesque Old York, 1909, gilt cloth, No.8 of 100, thirty-four tissue-guarded plates; three works concerning the Rowntree family; and various others, many in d/jkts. (18)     

"York City and County Banking Company Share Ledger", 1830-1867, with manuscript entries of names & addresses of shareholders, over 120 pages;

Lot: 74

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £40
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York City and County Banking Company Share Ledger, 1830-1867, with manuscript entries of names & addresses of shareholders, over 120 pages; foolscap, full leather, gilt, rebacked; together with some related ephemera including an 1872 letter outlining plans for a Turkish Bath. (Qty.

"Conclusion of the Trial of Laurence Balfe and Edward McQuirk for the Murder of George Clarke, at Brentford Election". S.Bladon, London, 1769.

Lot: 75

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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Conclusion of the Trial of Laurence Balfe and Edward McQuirk for the Murder of George Clarke, at Brentford Election. S.Bladon, London, 1769. A pamphlet, disbound, 16pp, browning to front cover. 

"The Woman in the Cage on London Bridge"; "The manner of burying Wm.Wiseman in the Fields, who died in Prison";

Lot: 76

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
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The Woman in the Cage on London Bridge; The manner of burying Wm.Wiseman in the Fields, who died in Prison; Twenty Two Prisoners in one Band from Colchester to London; and The Burning of Rose Allins Hand by Edmund Tyrill. 18th Century copper engravings, two engraved by Thomas Bowles, Approx 6.5 x 8”. On watermarked paper of the period. Large margins. Fine. (4)       

"The Richmond Tragedy", a broadside, c.1835, concerning the murder of Ann Gray by Squire Rowland and the discovery of her body by William Gray,

Lot: 77

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £32
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The Richmond Tragedy, a broadside, c.1835, concerning the murder of Ann Gray by Squire Rowland and the discovery of her body by William Gray, her twin brother. 15 x 9.5”, frayed at periphery, small splits at the vertical & horizontal folds.

Joseph Halfpenny "Fragmenta Vetusta or The Remains of Ancient Buildings in York, drawn and etched by Joseph Halfpenny", I. Halfpenny, 1807,

Lot: 78

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £36
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Joseph Halfpenny Fragmenta Vetusta or The Remains of Ancient Buildings in York, drawn and etched by Joseph Halfpenny, I. Halfpenny, 1807, half-leather, gilt, recased with new endpapers, foxing to engraved title and the 34 plates largely confined to plate margins; George Benson Quaint & Historic York…from drawings by E. Risdale, 1906, the plates loose in a matching folder; and J.S. Fletcher Historic York, 34 Water Colour facsimiles…by William James Boddy, 1905, printed wraps, bound in printed boards. Folio. (3)

Maidstone Police document, 1838, signed by 16 police officers, acknowledging payment for their services from the 23rd to 29th September.

Lot: 87

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
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Maidstone Police document, 1838, signed by 16 police officers, acknowledging payment for their services from the 23rd to 29th September. 16 x 13”, framed & glazed.

Charles Welch "History of the Tower Bridge, and other bridges over the Thames", London, 1894, extra-illustrated with additional plates tipped in,

Lot: 102

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
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Charles Welch History of the Tower Bridge, and other bridges over the Thames, London, 1894, extra-illustrated with additional plates tipped in, few newscuttings laid down on final two leaves, half-leather, gilt; Dasent Piccadilly in Three Centuries with some account of Berkeley Square and The Haymarket, Macmillan, 1920, in chipped d/jkt; and other London titles. (12)