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Auction No 404, Category: Books

57 Lots (displaying 41 - 57)

Diane Baker "Workhouses in the Potteries", City of Stoke on Trent, n.d.; A4 s/back, stapled binding; well illustrated including 3 fold-out plans

Lot: 51

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £15 - £20
SOLD £22
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Diane Baker Workhouses in the Potteries, City of Stoke on Trent, n.d.; A4 s/back, stapled binding; well illustrated including 3 fold-out plans/elevations. 51pp. VG

William Scarratt "Old Times in the Potteries", Stoke-on-Trent,1906; original illustrated cloth, gilt, some fading; fine internally.

Lot: 52

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
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William Scarratt Old Times in the Potteries, Stoke-on-Trent, 1906; original illustrated cloth, gilt, some fading; fine internally. B/w plates in text. 202pp

Benjamin Gregory "Consecrated Culture: Memorials of Benjamin Alfred Gregory", T. Woolmer,1885; original gilt cloth, spine faded;

Lot: 53

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £26 - £36
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Benjamin Gregory Consecrated Culture: Memorials of Benjamin Alfred Gregory, T. Woolmer, 1885; original gilt cloth, spine faded; tissue-guarded frontispiece; good clean text. A biography of a Methodist minister; viii,416,(8)pp

Adam Sharpe (and others) "St. Just: An Archaeological Survey of The Mining District", Truro, 1992, 2 volumes, A4 softbacks, VG/Fine. (2)

Lot: 54

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Adam Sharpe (and others) St. Just: An Archaeological Survey of The Mining District, Truro, 1992, 2 volumes, A4 softbacks, VG/Fine. (2)  

Cyril Noall "Botallack", Bradford Barton, 1972, fine, in VG d/jkt, and 14 others on Cornish history, largely Mining, plus a related Devon title,

Lot: 55

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £70
SOLD £92
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Cyril Noall Botallack, Bradford Barton, 1972, fine, in VG d/jkt, and 14 others on Cornish history, largely Mining, plus a related Devon title, all hardbacks, 12 in d/jkts, no ownership inscriptions, VG/VF (16)   

Catherine Lorigan "Delabole: The History of the Slate Quarry and The Making of its Village Community", 2007; Brown & Acton "Exploring Cornish Mines"

Lot: 56

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £170 - £200
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Catherine Lorigan Delabole: The History of the Slate Quarry and The Making of its Village Community, 2007; Brown & Acton Exploring Cornish Mines, 1996-2001, 5 volumes; Bob Acton Exploring Cornwall's Tramway Trails, 2000-2001, 2nd Edn, 2 vols; and other Cornish history, all softbacks, mostly Industrial especially Tin Mining. No ownership inscriptions. VG/VF (89)

Reg Jones "Dinorwic:The Llanberis Slate Quarry 1780-1969", 2006, in price-clipped d/jkt; Rees "King Copper: South Wales and the Copper Trade", 2000;

Lot: 57

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £80
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Reg Jones Dinorwic: The Llanberis Slate Quarry 1780-1969, 2006, in price-clipped d/jkt; Rees King Copper: South Wales and the Copper Trade, 2000; Strange Merthyr Tydfil: Iron Metropolis, 2005; Bryan Hope A Curious Place: The Industrial History of Amlwch, 1994, in d/jkt, signed by the author; Bick The Old Metal Mines of Mid-Wales, 1974-77, 4 vols; and other Welsh industrial history, largely Metal-Mining and Quarrying. No ownership inscriptions. VG/VF (34)

Percy W.L. Adams "Wolstanton: (Wolstan's Town) A brief History of the ancient Church, Parish, and Village", Edwin Eardley, Tunstall, 1908,

Lot: 59

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £15
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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

[Mary Holland] "Some Records of the Holland Family…of Barton-Under-Needwood, Staffordshire", Philip Allan,1929; orig.cloth, gilt,

Lot: 61

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £52
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[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

S.W. Hutchinson "The Archdeaconry of Stoke-on-Trent. Historical Notes", Bemrose, 1893, front inner hinge cracked; and 5 others on Stoke

Lot: 62

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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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)

"Keates's Gazetteer & Directory of the Staffordshire Potteries, Newcastle and District 1873-74", Hanley, 1873,

Lot: 63

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £18
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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).

F.O. Morris "A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland", William Mackenzie [1866-80],

Lot: 64

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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F.O. Morris A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, William Mackenzie [1866-80], Vols.1 and 2; elaborate gilt cloth, the spines worn at top & tail o/w VG; endpapers with ownership stamp (one endpaper loose); 80 quality chomo-litho plates. Some light browning to text.

C.M. Doughty "Travels in Arabia Deserta", Folio Society, 2013, re-issue of the 1936 edition with introduction by T.E.Lawrence;

Lot: 65

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £350 - £400
SOLD £430
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C.M. Doughty Travels in Arabia Deserta, Folio Society, 2013, re-issue of the 1936 edition with introduction by T.E.Lawrence; number 701 of 780 issued, complete in 2 volumes bound in half-leather by Lachenmaier with marbled sides designed by Jemma Lewis; t.e.g., together with fine folding map bound in buckram, and all contained in the issued box with gilt leather title label on verso. No internal markings. VF. Scarce

Capt. F. Brinkley (editor) "Japan Described and Illustrated by the Japanese", Folio Society, 2012, 2 volume set, large format,

Lot: 66

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £350 - £400
SOLD £460
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Capt. F. Brinkley (editor) Japan Described and Illustrated by the Japanese, Folio Society, 2012, 2 volume set, large format, bound in decorated cloth by Beltz Fine Books of Germany with a design by Neil Gower, gilt edged; number 66 of 980 issued; reproduced from originals in the John Rylands Library; in the publisher's slipcases.  VF

Edward Mogg "Paterson's Roads; Being an Entirely Original and Accurate Description of all the Direct and Principal Cross Roads in England and Wales

Lot: 67

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Edward Mogg Paterson's Roads; Being an Entirely Original and Accurate Description of all the Direct and Principal Cross Roads in England and Wales with Part of the Roads of Scotland. Worn contemp. half-leather; clean internally but lacking first few leaves including title page & general map of Great Britain; seven (of eight) maps present with some spotting; burn hole to p.463/4 with loss of few words of text. 

Thomas Dugdale "England & Wales Delineated", John Tallis [c.1860] Vol.2 only (pp.815-1585), half-leather, gilt, complete, many engravings,

Lot: 68

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Thomas Dugdale England & Wales Delineated, John Tallis [c.1860] Vol.2 only (pp.815-1585), half-leather, gilt, complete, many engravings, some foxing; and a selection of other UK topography. Fair to fine. (14)

"Paxton’s Magazine of Botany", Vols. 6 to 12, W.S. Orr & Co., 1834-46, half morocco, gilt titles and gilt edges, some wear,

Lot: 69

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £500 - £600
SOLD £660
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Paxton's Magazine of Botany, Vols. 6 to 12, W.S. Orr & Co., 1834-46, half morocco, gilt titles and gilt edges, some wear, shelf marks at foot; private library stamps to front pastedowns o/w VG internally with 48 superb hand-coloured plates to each volume; some tone marks to text, the plates unaffected. (7 volumes)