Lot: 54
Crime reference works including Lloyd Trott Mafia, a select annotated bibliography, Cambridge, 1977; Kent & Flynn The Lizzie Borden Sourcebook, Boston, 1992, in d/jkt, signed by the authors; John Cumming Bibliography Dealing with Crime and Cognate Subjects, London, 1935 (2 copies); and various others. (11)
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: 58
The War Memorials of the West Yorkshire Regiment, [1926], quarto, gilt cloth, eight full-page plates, fine internally, abrasions to back cover.
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: 61
Edward Ingram Leaves from a Family Tree being the Correspondence of an East Riding Family, A. Brown, [1951], in d/jkt; Smith The Place-Names of the East Riding of Yorkshire, 1937, gilt cloth, seven maps in rear pocket; Harris The Rural Landscape of the East Riding of Yorkshire, Oxford, 1961, in d/jkt; and two others, Yorkshire families related. (6)
Lot: 62
Yorkshire related including Edwards The Early History of the North Riding, A. Brown, 1924, full buckram, plates & folding map, some browning (espec.first few leaves); Rawnsley Antique Maps of Yorkshire and their Makers, M.T.D. Rigg, 1983, in d/jkt; Edmund Bogg From Eden Vale to the Plains of York [1894]; and various others. Includes a good scrapbook of Yorkshire related cuttings and prints, 1890s/1920s. (14)
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: 66
York History, a selection of publications by the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (5), the Ministry of Public Buildings and Works, and English Heritage. All in fine d/jkts; one with ownership inscription. (7)
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: 69
Angelo Raine York Civic Records, Yorkshire Archaeological Society, 1939-53, eight volumes, plus the additional Vol.9 published 1978. Gilt cloth, one with ownership signature. (9)
Lot: 70
George Benson Coins: Especially those relating to York, 1914, and The Ancient Painted Glass Windows in the Minster and Churches of the City of York, 1915, both in later cloth, gilt; Solloway The Alien Benedictines of York, 1910, gilt cloth, No.122 of 250, b/w plates; Ritchie The Ecclesiastical Courts of York, 1956, in d/jkt; Depositions from the Castle of York, Surtees Society, 1861, gilt cloth, and others including two bound volumes of York Historian 1976-2003. (9)
Lot: 71
Robert (and Elizabeth) Davies Walks Through the City of York, Nichols & Son, 1880, orig. cloth, In Memoriam bookplates to the authors, folding map (with faults) affixed to rear endpaper; and a selection of other works on the history & topography of York, many in d/jkts. (26)
Lot: 72
Sturge & Clark The Mount School, York, 1785-1814 & 1831-1931, J.M. Dent, 1931, orig. gilt cloth, front endpaper signed by the staff & girls of the school with over 30 signatures including Winifred Sturge one of the co-authors. B/w plates. Foxing to half-title with few tone marks on next few leaves. Unusual item.
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.