Lot: 49
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.
Lot: 53
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)
Lot: 55
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.
Lot: 56
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)
Lot: 57
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)
Lot: 59
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)
Lot: 60
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)
Lot: 63
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.
Lot: 64
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)
Lot: 65
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)
Lot: 67
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)
Lot: 68
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)
Lot: 73
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)
Lot: 74
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.
Lot: 75
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.
Lot: 76
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)
Lot: 77
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.
Lot: 78
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)
Lot: 87
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.
Lot: 102
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)