Auction No 427, Category: Books
111 Lots (displaying 1 - 20)
Ephemera and documents, 1870s to 1950s, including Dublin United Tramways Co.Timetable 1920s (6pp); Insurance Policies, copy wills,
Ephemera and documents, 1870s to 1950s, including Dublin United Tramways Co.Timetable 1920s (6pp); Insurance Policies, copy wills,
Lot 1
Lot: 1
- Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £20
MORE DETAILSEphemera and documents, 1870s to 1950s, including Dublin United Tramways Co. Timetable 1920s (6pp); Insurance Policies, copy wills, used cheques (1902), etc, with interest in N.W. Hampshire & Berkshire, most from the estate of G. Prior of Yateley. (Qty.)
Various including Thomas Rose "Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham & Northumberland", 1833, Vols.1 & 2, engraved plates complete
Various including Thomas Rose "Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham & Northumberland", 1833, Vols.1 & 2, engraved plates complete
Lot 2
Lot: 2
- Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £52
MORE DETAILSVarious including Thomas Rose Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham & Northumberland, 1833, Vols.1 & 2, engraved plates complete (Vol.1 lacking front board); two early-19th Century bound vols. of sheet music (popular arias, rondos, etc); Demmin Weapons of War, 1870; and assorted others. Mixed condition. (12)
Penguin publications, 1939-73, mostly 1940s to early ‘60s, mainly fiction, very mixed condition, 28 with ownership inscription to front cover.
Penguin publications, 1939-73, mostly 1940s to early ‘60s, mainly fiction, very mixed condition, 28 with ownership inscription to front cover.
Lot 4
Lot: 4
- Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £20
MORE DETAILSPenguin publications, 1939-73, mostly 1940s to early ‘60s, mainly fiction, very mixed condition, 28 with ownership inscription to front cover. Most are first printings in Penguin including five by Simenon and nine by Freeman Wills Crofts. (59)
The Whitbread Library 1947-1953, set of 11 volumes, complete with the Chairman’s letter, all first editions with good to VF d/jackets
The Whitbread Library 1947-1953, set of 11 volumes, complete with the Chairman’s letter, all first editions with good to VF d/jackets
Lot 5
Lot: 5
- Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £40
MORE DETAILSThe Whitbread Library 1947-1953, set of 11 volumes, complete with the Chairman's letter, all first editions with good to VF d/jackets except Inns of Sport which is a 2nd Edn. and lacks the jacket. Published by Whitbread & Co or Naldrett Press for Whitbread. Some with browning to endpapers. No inscriptions. (11)
"Recording Britain", Oxford, 1946-49, 4 vols, in d/jkts (spines of jackets poor); and various small books including "Holland & Britain"
"Recording Britain", Oxford, 1946-49, 4 vols, in d/jkts (spines of jackets poor); and various small books including "Holland & Britain"
Lot 6
Lot: 6
- Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £30 - £50
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSRecording Britain, Oxford, 1946-49, 4 vols, in d/jkts (spines of jackets poor); and various small books including Holland & Britain and Greece and Britain; About Britain Nos.1 to 9, Collins, 1951; King Penguins (5), and eight of the In Praise Of series, Frederick Muller 1949-59. Fair to VF. (32)
"Britain in Pictures: The British People in Pictures", Collins, 1941-1949, a set of 126 volumes including the British C/Wealth issues
"Britain in Pictures: The British People in Pictures", Collins, 1941-1949, a set of 126 volumes including the British C/Wealth issues
Lot 7
Lot: 7
- Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £160 - £220
SOLD £310
MORE DETAILSBritain in Pictures: The British People in Pictures, Collins, 1941-1949, a set of 126 volumes including the British C/Wealth issues and the six volumes of English Poets in Pictures in a smaller format. A high proportion are first editions and 93 have the dustjackets including Orwell's The English People 1947. Also two larger ‘Guinea Volumes', a spare copy of Trees, and Carney's Britain in Pictures: A History and Bibliography, 1995. Some wear to spines, mostly to the extremities. (130)
Assorted books including "The Spectator", Routledge, 1860, complete in 2 vols, worn leather; Genestoux "Les Trois Petits Chats", Hachette, 1936,
Assorted books including "The Spectator", Routledge, 1860, complete in 2 vols, worn leather; Genestoux "Les Trois Petits Chats", Hachette, 1936,
Lot 8
Lot: 8
- Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £30
MORE DETAILSAssorted books including The Spectator, Routledge, 1860, complete in 2 vols, worn leather; Genestoux Les Trois Petits Chats, Hachette, 1936, in poor d/jkt o/w VG; Mayhew London Labour and the London Poor – Those That Will Not Work, [1861], one leaf of the Contents missing; Brown's Signalling, James Brown, 1920; Smith The Class Book of Anatomy, 1837, old calf, some damp staining to first & last few leaves; and four others. Mixed condition. (10)
"The Saturday Evening Post", Curtis Publishing, March to June 1958, November-December 1958, September to December 1959, bound into five volumes,
"The Saturday Evening Post", Curtis Publishing, March to June 1958, November-December 1958, September to December 1959, bound into five volumes,
Lot 13
Lot: 13
- Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £20
MORE DETAILSThe Saturday Evening Post, Curtis Publishing, March to June 1958, November-December 1958, September to December 1959, bound into five volumes, gilt cloth, the original pictorial wraps intact, VG condition.
"Burke’s Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage", 2003, 3 volume set in slipcase; and "Burke’s Landed Gentry - The Kingdom of Scotland "(19th Edn., Vol.1)
"Burke’s Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage", 2003, 3 volume set in slipcase; and "Burke’s Landed Gentry - The Kingdom of Scotland "(19th Edn., Vol.1)
Lot 14
Lot: 14
- Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £26
MORE DETAILSBurke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 2003, 3 volume set in slipcase; and Burke's Landed Gentry – The Kingdom of Scotland (19th Edn., Vol.1). Small repair to foot of rear hinge of Vol.1 of Burke's Peerage o/w fine. (4)
Tudor & Stuart history including Orlin "Locating Privacy in Tudor London", 2009; Hoyle "The Pilgrimage of Grace and the politics of the 1530s", 2001;
Tudor & Stuart history including Orlin "Locating Privacy in Tudor London", 2009; Hoyle "The Pilgrimage of Grace and the politics of the 1530s", 2001;
Lot 15
Lot: 15
- Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £42
MORE DETAILSTudor & Stuart history including Orlin Locating Privacy in Tudor London, 2009; Hoyle The Pilgrimage of Grace and the politics of the 1530s, 2001; Phillips The Anglo-Scots Wars 1513-1550, 1999; and related titles. 17 are h/bk in d/jkts. Also a pamphlet. (29). [This and the following 50 lots comprise the collection of the historian Jennifer Holt. Unless otherwise stated many bear her initials on the front endpaper, or occasionally her bookplate. Condition is largely fine..]
"The Management of Common Land in North-West Europe, c.1500-1850", Brepols, 2002, and other titles in the Comparative Rural History Series,
"The Management of Common Land in North-West Europe, c.1500-1850", Brepols, 2002, and other titles in the Comparative Rural History Series,
Lot 16
Lot: 16
- Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £78
MORE DETAILSThe Management of Common Land in North-West Europe, c.1500-1850, Brepols, 2002, and other titles in the Comparative Rural History Series, all in card wraps. (8)
"The Place-Names of the West Riding of Yorkshire" (8 vols.); "The Place-Names of Westmorland" (2 vols.), & "The Place-Names of Cumberland" (3 vols.)
"The Place-Names of the West Riding of Yorkshire" (8 vols.); "The Place-Names of Westmorland" (2 vols.), & "The Place-Names of Cumberland" (3 vols.)
Lot 17
Lot: 17
- Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £38
MORE DETAILSThe Place-Names of the West Riding of Yorkshire (8 vols.); The Place-Names of Westmorland (2 vols.), and The Place-Names of Cumberland (3 vols.); Cambridge University Press for the English Place-Name Society, 1961-99; all in d/jkts. (13)
Lewis "The Medieval Earthworks of the Hundred of West Derby", British Archaeological Reports, 2000, and other BAR publications
Lewis "The Medieval Earthworks of the Hundred of West Derby", British Archaeological Reports, 2000, and other BAR publications
Lot 18
Lot: 18
- Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £70 - £100
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSLewis The Medieval Earthworks of the Hundred of West Derby, British Archaeological Reports, 2000, and other BAR publications including Evans Neolithic and Bronze Age Landscapes of Cumbria, 2008, and similar. A4, card wraps. (9)
Surtees Society publications including "Records of the Borough of Crossgate, Durham, 1312-1531", 2008;
Surtees Society publications including "Records of the Borough of Crossgate, Durham, 1312-1531", 2008;
Lot 19
Lot: 19
- Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £52
MORE DETAILSSurtees Society publications including Records of the Borough of Crossgate, Durham, 1312-1531, 2008; Thomas Denton: A Perambulation of Cumberland 1687-1688, 2003; Naworth Estate and Household Accounts 1648-1660, 1958, and others, all in the gilt cloth bindings. (10)
Local and Family History pamphlets (120), books (2), photocopied articles, etc, many with annotations. (360+)
Local and Family History pamphlets (120), books (2), photocopied articles, etc, many with annotations. (360+)
Lot 20
Lot: 20
- Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £100
MORE DETAILSLocal and Family History pamphlets (120), books (2), photocopied articles, etc, many with annotations. (360+)
Yorkshire interest including "The Registers of the Parish Church of St.Andrew, Slaidburn", 1994-98, 2 vols;
Yorkshire interest including "The Registers of the Parish Church of St.Andrew, Slaidburn", 1994-98, 2 vols;
Lot 21
Lot: 21
- Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £32
MORE DETAILSYorkshire interest including The Registers of the Parish Church of St.Andrew, Slaidburn, 1994-98, 2 vols; Redmonds English Surnames Series: Yorkshire West Riding, 1973; Mullins The Giggleswick School Register 1499 to 1913, folding plate & map, and various others. (10)
"The Agricultural History Review", British Agricultural Society,1995 (part II) to 2023, a complete run, each volume in two parts. No inscriptions.
"The Agricultural History Review", British Agricultural Society,1995 (part II) to 2023, a complete run, each volume in two parts. No inscriptions.
Lot 22
Lot: 22
- Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £60 - £80
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSThe Agricultural History Review, British Agricultural Society, 1995 (part II) to 2023, a complete run, each volume in two parts. No inscriptions. (77)
Lancashire Parish Register Society publications 1899-1930, including "The Registers of the Parish Church of Whalley", 1900, and similar titles,
Lancashire Parish Register Society publications 1899-1930, including "The Registers of the Parish Church of Whalley", 1900, and similar titles,
Lot 23
Lot: 23
- Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £70 - £90
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSLancashire Parish Register Society publications 1899-1930, including The Registers of the Parish Church of Whalley, 1900, and similar titles, many scarce. Seven are ex-library. Gilt cloth. Some shelfwear to bindings. (14)
Lancashire Parish Register Society publications 1978-1998, a fairly complete run (lacking vols. 117, 119 & 120).
Lancashire Parish Register Society publications 1978-1998, a fairly complete run (lacking vols. 117, 119 & 120).
Lot 24
Lot: 24
- Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £60 - £80
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSLancashire Parish Register Society publications 1978-1998, a fairly complete run (lacking vols. 117, 119 & 120). One with annotations to front endpaper o/w uninscribed. Gilt leatherette bindings. (24)
Lancashire Parish Register Society publications 1998-2022, a complete run. Vols. 176 & 177 initialled by Jennifer Holt,
Lancashire Parish Register Society publications 1998-2022, a complete run. Vols. 176 & 177 initialled by Jennifer Holt,
Lot 25
Lot: 25
- Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £100 - £150
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSLancashire Parish Register Society publications 1998-2022, a complete run. Vols. 176 & 177 initialled by Jennifer Holt, the former volume transcribed & edited by her. Other volumes without inscriptions. Gilt leatherette bindings. (57)