Lot: 73
William Hodge's Notable British Trials series, early to mid-20th Century, including Trial of Sidney Fox, Trial of William Joyce, Trial of Jean Pierre Vaquier, Trial of J.T. Straffen, and similar. Fair to VF (20)
Lot: 74
William Hodge's Notable British Trials series, early to mid-20th Century, including Trial of Frederick Nodder, Trial of George Chapman, Trial of August Sangret, Trial of Jeannie Donald, and similar. A few ex-library. Fair to VF (22)
Lot: 75
Charles Singer The Earliest Chemical Industry, Folio Society, 1948, large format h/bk, original cloth, a little faded, gilt leather title label, colour plates, some laid down; No.113 of 1100 issued, publisher’s descriptive leaflet loosely inserted; fine internally.
Lot: 77
Various including 1937 Southport Coronation Souvenir Programme; 1953 Liverpool Cathedral Coronation Programme plus 8 identical pamphlets celebrating the Acclamation of the Children of Wallasey for the same occasion; album of photographic views of Leeds 1920s; a WW2 Star Identifier in original pouch; and two other items. VG/VF
Lot: 78
[Samuel Parr, and William Beloe] A Free Translation of the Preface to Bellendenus containing Animated Strictures on the Great Political Characters of the Present Time. T. Payne and others, 1788, First Edition; octavo, contemp. quarter leather, gilt title label, front board near detached; good internally; contemp. inscription top of title page; x,159pp. [A political tract supporting the Whig cause and attacking Pitt and his government]
Lot: 79
Thomas Whitaker The History and Antiquities of the Deanery of Craven, in the County of York, edited Morant, 1878, Third Edition with many Addtions and Corrections, large quarto, contemp. gilt cloth binding damaged, the boards near detached; VG internally with all plates, maps and pedigrees.
Lot: 80
Marshal-General Plantagenet-Harrison The History of Yorkshire, Volume 1: The Wapentake of Gilling West, London, 1885, folio, original boards and darkened title label, recased with new endpapers and cloth backstrip; fine internally with all text illustrations, pedigrees etc.
Lot: 81
The Industries of Yorkshire, Part First: Leeds and Bradford, Dewsbury, Batley, Keighley, &c, Historical Publishing Co. (c.1890), quarto, orig. gilt cloth, new endpapers, 348pp, VG; The Century’s Progress - Lancashire, London Printing & Engraving Co, 1892, quarto, orig. gilt cloth, 294pp, VG; and Robert Clough The Lead Smelting Mills of the Yorkshire Dales, Leeds, 1962, quarto, photo-plates & diagrams, fine. (3)
Lot: 82
W. Hutton The History of Derby; from the remote ages of Antiquity, to the year MDCCXCI, London, 1791; octavo, lacking boards, backstrip and endpapers; complete with folding Map and folding East Prospect, and further 17 plates; inked date to title page, remaining text and illustrations VG. A good binder’s copy.
Lot: 84
The Trial of Mungo Campbell, before the High Court of Justiciary in Scotland, For The Murder of Alexander Earl of Eglintoun. From an Authentick Copy, Extracted from the Records of the Court; bound with Information for Mungo Campbell, Late Officer of Excise at Saltcoats, in a Criminal Prosecution before the High Court of Justiciary in Scotland, for the Alleged Murder of the late Alexander, Earl of Eglinton; Archibald now Earl of Eglinton and James Montgomery Esq. His Majesty's Advocate, Prosecutors. D. Wilson & G. Nicol 1770; contemp. half-leather, very worn; very good internally; [4],111,[6 including map],146pp
Lot: 85
Henry Tennyson Folkard Works Relating to Freemasonry, Preserved in the … Wigan Free Public Library. Wigan, 1882, 2nd Edn, octavo, printed card wraps, VG, fine internally; 32pp
Lot: 86
Wingfield Watson Prophetic Controversy No. 2, 1887, 28pp, and The Book of the Mormon, 1899, 18pp; Edward Couch The Sabbath and the Restitution, 1891, 81pp; all 1970s reprints, together with other reprinted 19th Century pamphlets of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. VF (20)
Lot: 87
Trial of Miss Madeline Smith…on the Charge of Poisoning, Edinburgh, 1857, fine modern quarter-leather, small hole in page 3 with loss of few words of text; Paul Harris The Garvie Trial: The Crime That Shocked Scotland, 1969 in VG d/jkt; and two other murder trials. Good to VF (4)
Lot: 88
Jonathan Goodman (Ed.) The Trial of Ian Brady & Myra Hindley, David & Charles ‘Celebrated Trials’ series, 1973, 1st Edn. in VG d/jkt; plus The Archer-Shee Case, Trial of Elvira Barney and The Trial of Ruth Ellis, all in the same David & Charles series, all in good to VF d/jkts. (4)
Lot: 89
J.S. Bayldon The Art of Valuing Rents and Tillages, and the Tenants Right on Entering and Quitting Farms, London, 1824, 2nd Edition (revised), original boards, backstrip very worn; ownership inscription front endpaper; uncut; hand-coloured plan; VG internally. 192pp
Lot: 90
The Regulations and Establishment of the Houshold of Henry Algernon Percy, the Fifth Earl of Northumberland, at his Castles of Wresill and Lekinfield in Yorkshire. Begun Anno Domini M.D.XII, London, 1770, full 19th Century calf, gilt, chipping to raised bands and corners, hinges weak; armorial bookplate; gilt edged; few pages with minor browning o/w fine internally; xxvi,x,[2],464,[4]pp.
Lot: 91
Pigot and Dean’s Directory for Manchester, Salford, &c, for 1824-5, Manchester, 1824, contemp. leather, worn, front board near detached, endpapers browned; fine internally with the two folding Maps. Advertisements bound in at rear.
Lot: 92
Suetonius (Suetonii) Opera Omnia, A. J. Valpy, 1826, 3 Volumes, octavo, full calf, gilt, backstrips a little rubbed, a.e.g., spotting to endpapers; Justinius (Justini) Historiae Philippicae, A. J. Valpy, 1822, 2 Volumes, full calf, backstrips a little rubbed, front hinge of volume 2 weak, a.e.g.; and Valpy’s scarce 1826 2 volume edition of Festus’ Latin Vocabulary/Dictionary in VG matching bindings. All seven with bookplates of Sir Robert Shafto Adair (7)
Lot: 93
Jack Kerouac Big Sur, Andre Deutsch 1963, 2nd Impression, in VG dustjacket, gift inscription front endpaper; and The Dharma Bums, Andre Deutsch, 1973, 3rd Impression, in near fine price-clipped dustjacket, bookplate to front endpaper. (2)
Lot: 94
Jack Kerouac selection including Vanity of Duluoz, Deutsch, 1969, 1st Edn, fine d/jacket; The Subterraneans, Deutsch, 1960, 2nd Impression, in fair d/jkt; and Beat Generation, Thunder’s Mouth Press, 2005, 1st Edn in fine d/jkt. Mainly VG/VF. (7)