Lot: 37
John Ward The Borough of Stoke-Upon-Trent....comprising its History, Statistics, Civil Polity, & Traffic….also, the Manorial History of Newcastle-Under-Lyme, W. Lewis & Son, London, 1843; large octavo, contemp.half-leather and patterned cloth, marble edged, gilt titles and decoration to backstrip; some wear, the front board just holding; folding map and pedigree; folding facsimile letter; 19 engraved plates plus 12 additional engravings in text. Some occasional browning, a few plates heavily foxed.
Lot: 38
J.J.B. Clarke (Ed.) An Account of the Infancy, Religious and Literary Life of Adam Clarke, LL.D., T.S. Clarke, London, 1833, three volumes, bound in half-leather, gilt, marbled boards & endpapers; some wear; frontispiece to Vol.1 with some foxing, a further plate in Vol.2. Some occasional minor spotting. (3)
Lot: 39
Henry Steer The Smedleys of Matlock Bank, Elliot Stock, 1897; orig. gilt cloth, spine a little discoloured o/w VG; tissue-guarded frontispiece and other plates in text. Unopened. 121pp
Lot: 40
Illustrated Guide to the Church Congress Ecclesiastical Art Exhibition Stoke on Trent 1911, illustrated card wraps, some wear, folding Map with skilful repair and additional folding plan. Good clean text; vi, 280pp including advertisements.
Lot: 41
The Newcastle and Pottery General and Commercial Directory for 1822-23, T. Allbut, Hanley [1822]; 12mo, modern rebind in half-leather over marbled boards, gilt, VG; front endpaper with 1894 ownership inscription; old tape marks affect first few leaves; main body of text VG aside from some minor tone spots; (2),147,(2)pp. Very scarce
Lot: 42
Edward Fernie The Poll for two Knights of the Shire to represent the Western Division of the County of Stafford….November 1868 including the whole of the Registered Electors. Spottiswoode & Co, London, 1869; octavo, contemp. gilt cloth, corners bumped; title and final page browned o/w fine internally. (6),267,(4)pp.
Lot: 43
Jones's Mercantile Directory of the Pottery District of Staffordshire 1864, Jones & Proud, London, 1864; octavo, original blind-tooled & gilt cloth, a little marked & faded, some wear to extremities; VG internally including 76pp of advertisements and a further 4pp Scottish Widows pamphlet tipped in. Very scarce. 291pp
Lot: 44
Cottrill's Police Directory of the Borough of Newcastle-Under-Lyme for 1836; containing an Alphabetical List of the whole of the Inhabitant Householders, with a Classification of Trades. Newcastle-under-Lyme, [1836]; sm.8vo, contemp. diced calf; 26pp of advertisements at rear with additional coloured leaflet tipped in. Near fine. (8),74,(26)(1)pp
Lot: 45
Norman Tildesley (Ed.) Deanery of Cheadle: Kingsley Parish Register 1561-1754, Staffordshire Parish Register Society, 1968. Quarter cloth, printed boards. Fine. 256pp
Lot: 46
Ernald James Unforgettable Countryfolk: Midlands Reminiscences, Cornish Bros, [1948], VG in worn & chipped d/jkt; 8 photo-plates. 178pp
Lot: 47
Philip Brocklehurst Swythamley and its Neighbourhood, Silk Press, 1998, fine in d/jkt. No. 139 of 500 printed. 155pp including photo-plates; together with 26 other Staffordshire titles, many illustrated. Mostly VG/VF (27)
Lot: 48
William Evans (Ed.) The Potters' Examiner and Workman's Advocate, Vol.1, No.2 to Vol.4, No.26, 1843-1845, issued weekly; a bound volume, three-quarter calf, gilt; final leaf repaired. Includes 8pp preface. VG
Lot: 49
Percy W.L. Adams Wolstanton: (Wolstan's Town) A brief History of the ancient Church, Parish, and Village, Edwin Eardley, Tunstall, 1908, 2nd Edn; original cloth, gilt, wear to extremities; ownership signatures to front endpaper; illustrated with photo-plates. Fine internally; (6),112pp
Lot: 50
H.E. Chetwynd-Stapylton The Chetwynds of Ingestre, Longmans, 1892; original gilt cloth; bookplates of William Bree and Reginald Bladen; prospectus and two manuscript letters from the author loosely inserted; b/w frontispiece and two other plates. Some fox marks, mainly affecting preface o/w VG.
Lot: 51
Keates & Ford's Annual Potteries and Newcastle Street and Trade Directory with Almanack, for 1865-6, Hanley, 1865; original stipple-grained cloth, gilt, rebacked, worn corners; bookplate of James E. Moxon with his signature top of title-page; front inner hinge weak; VG internally. 228pp plus 111pp of advertisements
Lot: 52
[Mary Holland] Some Records of the Holland Family…of Barton-Under-Needwood, Staffordshire, Philip Allan, 1929; orig.cloth, gilt, spine faded; armorial bookplate of John Gretton of Stapleford; a presentation copy from the author to Sir Reginald Hardy; browning to endpapers o/w fine internally. 8 photo-plates. 135pp
Lot: 53
Henry Wedgwood Staffordshire: Up and Down the County, Hanley, 1881, 3 vols (in 1); and Romance of Staffordshire: A Series of Sketches (in 2 vols) bound together with Life of Major-General Harrison; uniformly bound in attractive half-morocco, gilt, both with wood engravings; the latter volume with some browning and professional repairs to 7 leaves. (2)
Lot: 54
S.W. Hutchinson The Archdeaconry of Stoke-on-Trent. Historical Notes, Bemrose, 1893, front inner hinge cracked; and 5 others on Stoke including two fine directories of 1954 and 1967. (6)
Lot: 56
Keates's Gazetteer & Directory of the Staffordshire Potteries, Newcastle and District 1873-74, Hanley, 1873, orig. blind-tooled & gilt cloth, faded, VG internally; F. Brighton Pattingham, 1942, ink marks to cover; Simeon Shaw History of the Staffordshire Potteries, 1829 (poor binding); and other Staffordshire history including 1980s/90s journals (23). Varied condition. (45 in all).
Lot: 57
J. Ingamells Directory of Newcastle-Under-Lyme with Historical Records, 1871; J.T. Coulam The History of Newcastle-Under-Lyme, 1908, signed by the author, newscuttings laid down to front endpaper; M.K.J. Hunt Newcastle High School 1874-1974 in d/jkt; and two related. Good/Fine. (5)