Auction No 364, Category: History

21 Lots (displaying 1 - 20)

'Scenes of Commerce, by Land and Sea; or, "Where does it come from?" answered, upon a plan

Lot: 66

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £8
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Scenes of Commerce, by Land and Sea; or, 'Where does it come from?' answered, upon a plan arranged by the late Rev. Isaac Taylor; John Harris, 1836, new edition, 12mo, quarter-leather, gilt, some wear; complete with 66 small engravings, 2pp of engravings browned. Includes good section on whaling. 

"The First Trial of William Hone" 10th Edn, 1817, bound with the Second Trial, 3rd Edn, 1818,

Lot: 68

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £30
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The First Trial of William Hone 10th Edn, 1817, bound with the Second Trial, 3rd Edn, 1818, and Third Trial, 1st Edn, 1818, all on charges of Religious Libel, lacking original wraps, contained in a good 19th Century tree calf binding, newspaper obituary laid down on front endpapers, 48 + 48 + 44pp; together with Jean Diodati Les Epistres de Saints Apostres, Amsterdam, 1667, and 2 others. (4)

[Daniel Macqueen] "Letters on Mr Hume's History of Great Britain" Kincaid & Donaldson, 1756, First Edn,

Lot: 69

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £24
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[Daniel Macqueen] Letters on Mr Hume’s History of Great Britain, Kincaid & Donaldson, 1756, First Edn, later cloth with leather backstrip, lacking half-title, ownership inscription top of title-page, clean text. 328pp

"England's Black Tribunal : containing 1.The complete Tryal of King Charles the First 2.The Loyal Martyrology

Lot: 70

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £28
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England's Black Tribunal : containing 1.The complete Tryal of King Charles the First 2.The Loyal Martyrology 3. An Historical Register 4. The Loyal Confessors. C. Rivington, 1737, sixth edition (enlarged), octavo, contemp. worn calf; Charles I frontispiece; title & extensive preface; clean interior; xxxii, 308, (4),pp.

"The Principles of the Dissenters concerning Toleration" London, 1705, (12), 48pp; "St. James's Park, a Satyr" London, 1709, 16 + 8pp;

Lot: 71

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £36
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The Principles of the Dissenters concerning Toleration, London, 1705, (12), 48pp; St. James's Park, a Satyr, London, 1709, 16 + 8pp; An Address Sign’d by the greatest part of the Members of the Parliament of Scotland, and Deliver’d to His Majestey, 1689, 7pp; and Some Short Remarks Upon the late Address of the Bishop of London, London, 1711, 24pp. All disbound o/w VG. (4)

Adolf Eichmann, Oswald Pohl, and Jozef Falk, cut signatures arranged on display cards,

Lot: 72

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £150
SOLD £125
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Adolf Eichmann, Oswald Pohl, and Jozef Falk, cut signatures arranged on display cards, all in pencil, fair contrast. (3)

"Deeds That Thrill the Empire" Standard Art Book Co., c.1920, five volume set, quarto, publisher's gilt cloth, good;

Lot: 73

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £46
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Deeds That Thrill the Empire, Standard Art Book Co., c.1920, five volume set, quarto, publisher’s gilt cloth, good; fine internally with 100s of b/w illustrations and 26 coloured plates. 

Louis Creswicke "South Africa and the Transvaal War" T.C. & E.C. Jack, 1900, Volumes 1 to 6,

Lot: 74

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £15 - £20
SOLD £8
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Louis Creswicke South Africa and the Transvaal War T.C. & E.C.Jack, 1900, Volumes 1 to 6, original pictorial cloth, occasional browning o/w good. (6)

John H. Cooke "Bibliotheca Cestriensis, or a Biographical Account of Books, Maps, Plates, and other Printed Matter

Lot: 75

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £100
SOLD £32
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John H. Cooke Bibliotheca Cestriensis, or a Biographical Account of Books, Maps, Plates, and other Printed Matter relating to….The County of ChesterMackie & Co, 1904, tall quarto, half-vellum, gilt, VG, No. 89 of 200 issued; fine internally; 218pp + index + tissue-guarded half-tone plates. Some light foxing to fore-edge. Upper-right corners bumped. 

Edward Waterhouse "A Discourse and Defence of Arms and Armory", London, 1660,

Lot: 76

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £130
SOLD £42
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Edward Waterhouse A Discourse and Defence of Arms and Armory, London, 1660, rebound in modern leather gilt, marginal annotations and some cropping, rare; together with Philip Hamerton Chapters on Animals London, 1874, pictorial gilt cloth, 20 fine etchings; and N.P. Willis Letters from Under a Bridge, and Poems, George Virtue, 1840, half leather, gilt, 8 engraved plates. Fair to VG (3)

Victorian carte-de-visite album, full gilt leather with brass clasps, containing 33 photographs,

Lot: 77

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £58
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Victorian carte-de-visite album, full gilt leather with brass clasps, containing 33 photographs, largely family portraits but including Queen Victoria, Prince Albert and a Royal Family group. Rear inner hinge cracked.

Barnes Wallis (1887-1979): an ink-signed typed letter of 1972 recollecting his WWI service in the Artists' Rifles,

Lot: 78

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £185
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Barnes Wallis (1887-1979): an ink-signed typed letter of 1972 recollecting his WWI service in the Artists’ Rifles, together with a signed & dated autograph card, and a copy of J.E. Morpurgo’s book Barnes Wallis, fine in d/jkt and signed by the author.

                                                                        

Mockler-Ferryman "The 43rd & 52nd Light Infantry Chronicle, 1894 and The Oxfordshire Light Infantry Chronicle, 1896"

Lot: 80

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £24
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Mockler-Ferryman The 43rd & 52nd Light Infantry Chronicle, 1894 and The Oxfordshire Light Infantry Chronicle, 1896Eyre & Spottiswoode, latter with boards damp affected; plus O’Donnell Historical Records of the 14th Regiment, A.H. Swiss, 1893, fine colour plates intact, front board detached.

William Wolf "Victory Roll! The American Fighter Pilot and Aircraft in World War II", 2001, in djkt;

Lot: 81

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £46
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William Wolf Victory Roll! The American Fighter Pilot and Aircraft in World War II, 2001, in djkt; USA Airborne 50th Anniversary, Turner Publishing, 1990; G.E. Cross Jonah’s Feet Are Dry, 2001, signed limited edition in d/jkt; Jefford The Flying Camels: The History of No.45 Sqn, RAF, 1995, in djkt, signed by the author; and another.  (5)

"The History of the Campaigns in the Years 1796, 1797, 1798 and 1799 in Germany, Italy, Switzerland"

Lot: 83

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £100
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The History of the Campaigns in the Years 1796, 1797, 1798 and 1799 in Germany, Italy, SwitzerlandT. Gardiner, & others, 1814, 2nd Edn, octavo, 4 volumes bound as 2; half-calf, gilt, over marbled boards, VG; all maps present, a few with repairs, few tone marks. (2)

Co-Operative Society related including Catherine Webb "The Woman with the Basket" CWS, 1927;

Lot: 85

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £30
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Co-Operative Society related including Catherine Webb The Woman with the Basket CWS, 1927; Edward Jackson Industrial Co-Operation in Bristol, CWS, 1911; Thomas Rigby Co-operation in Bury, 1905; etc. Varied condition. (11)

Local History softbacks, mostly A4 format, including Penny McKnight "Stockport Hatting"

Lot: 86

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £26 - £36
SOLD £34
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Local History softbacks, mostly A4 format, including Penny McKnight Stockport HattingNeil Richardson A History of Wilsons Brewery 1834-1984, Dorothy Flowers My Dukinfield Childhood, etc. VG/VF (18)

Louis Raemaekers "The Great War" Fine Art Society, 1916-1919, 2 volumes, folio,

Lot: 93

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £130
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Louis Raemaekers The Great War, Fine Art Society, 1916-1919, 2 volumes, folio, half-buckram over marbled boards,de-luxe edition, each volume signed by the artist; the bindings rather tired, the 1916 volume with title labels damaged; fine internally with all 192 coloured plates.

Francesco Algarotti "Il Congresso di Citera" Parigi,1768, 12mo, polished calf, backstrip & hinges worn;

Lot: 105

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £15
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Francesco Algarotti Il Congresso di Citera, Parigi, 1768, 12mo, polished calf, backstrip & hinges worn; VG internally with engraved frontispiece, title and four woodcuts of cupids etc. 201pp

Christian de Thomas Becket "Epistolae Et Vita Divi Thomae Martyris Et Archi-Episcopi Cantvariensis.

Lot: 114

  • Auction Date: Wed 14th Dec 2016 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £120 - £150
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Christian de Thomas Becket Epistolae Et Vita Divi Thomae Martyris Et Archi-Episcopi Cantvariensis. Nec Non Epistolae Alexandri III. Pontificis, Galliae Regis Ludovici Septimi, Angliae Regis Henrici II. Aliarumque plurium Sublimium ex utroque Foro Personarum. Henrici Fricx, Brussels, 1682, quarto, 2 Volumes, 18th Cent polished calf, gilt, a little worn at hinges; bookplates of James Whatman. Occasional minor spotting o/w fine internally. (12), 905, (76)pp