Trafford Books
  1. < back to catalogue

Auction No 375, Category: History

14 Lots (displaying 1 - 14)

Thomas Keneally "Schindler's Ark", Hodder & Stoughton, 1982, First Edition in fine d/jkt, signed & inscribed by the author

Lot: 6

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Apr 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £70
SOLD £66
MORE DETAILS

Thomas Keneally Schindler’s Ark, Hodder & Stoughton, 1982, First Edition in fine d/jkt, signed & inscribed by the author on the title page; and a fine signed book club edition of Schindler’s List in d/jkt also signed on the title page. (2)  

Powys Evans "Eighty-Eight Cartoons", The Cayme Press, 1926, tall quarto, full buckram, printed title labels, fine

Lot: 26

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Apr 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £150
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILS

Powys Evans Eighty-Eight Cartoons, The Cayme Press, 1926, tall quarto, full buckram, printed title labels, fine, in scarce though faded d/jkt; minor spotting to prelims o/w fine. One of 500 produced. Signed and inscribed by the artist on front endpaper.

                                                                        

John Kirk "Memoir of Mrs. Eliza Kirk, of Edinburgh. By Her Husband". Ward & Co, 1860, 2nd Edn;

Lot: 29

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Apr 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £10
MORE DETAILS

John Kirk Memoir of Mrs. Eliza Kirk, of Edinburgh. By Her Husband. Ward & Co, 1860, 2nd Edn; 12mo, original blind-tooled & gilt cloth, good; contemp. gift inscription; engraved portrait and two woodcuts; some minor spotting. 204pp

Francis Camps "Medical and Scentific Investigations in the Christie Case", Medical Publications Ltd, 1953,

Lot: 30

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Apr 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £28
MORE DETAILS

Francis Camps Medical and Scentific Investigations in the Christie Case, Medical Publications Ltd, 1953, 1st Edn, original gilt cloth, backstrip worn at top & tail of spine, front board bowed; fine internally with all b/w and colour illustrations. Ownership signature front endpaper. 244pp

"The Three Trials of William Hone, for publishing Three Parodies", together with "Trial by Jury and Liberty of the Press", 1818

Lot: 31

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Apr 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILS

The Three Trials of William Hone, for publishing Three Parodies, together with Trial by Jury and Liberty of the Press, 1818, the four sections bound together, each with a title page and separate pagination, various editions; original boards, worn, backstrip frayed; text sound and clean, uncut.

"The Trial of Mr. Hunt, Mr. Johnson, and others for a Conspiracy at the Manchester Meeting, on the 16th August last"

Lot: 32

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Apr 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £68
MORE DETAILS

The Trial of Mr. Hunt, Mr. Johnson, and others for a Conspiracy at the Manchester Meeting, on the 16th August last, John Barr, Leeds, 1820; 19th Cent. half-leather, very worn, requiring rebinding, folding plate foxed; bound with The Trials of Arthur Thistlewood, James Ings, and John Thomas Brunt, and others, for High Treason, John Barr, 1820, complete with frontispiece; text & endpapers intact and clean, final text leaf of Thistlewood torn but no loss; uncut. A few leaves loose; 120pp + 101pp.

William Blundell "A Cavalier's Note Book Being Notes, Anecdotes, & Observations of William Blundell of Crosby

Lot: 36

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Apr 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILS

William Blundell A Cavalier's Note Book Being Notes, Anecdotes, & Observations of William Blundell of Crosby, Lancashire, Esquire, Longmans, Green & Co, 1880, original gilt & blind-tooled cloth, t.e.g., uncut elsewhere; half-title and final page browned o/w VG; and J.W.Ebsworth Cavalier Lyrics: For Church and Crown, Stephen Austin, 1886, No.74 of 150, later half-cloth, gilt, VG. (2)

                                                                        

Elliott O'Donnell "Great Thames Mysteries", Selwyn & Blount, 1929, original printed cloth, spine dulled

Lot: 39

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Apr 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILS

Elliott O’Donnell Great Thames Mysteries, Selwyn & Blount, 1929, original printed cloth, spine dulled, VG internally without inscriptions; eight b/w plates (one loose); few pages affected by light foxing in the margins.288pp  

Andrew Clark (Ed.) "Survey of the Antiquities of the City of Oxford, composed in 1661-6, by Anthony Wood"

Lot: 40

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Apr 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILS

Andrew Clark (Ed.) Survey of the Antiquities of the City of Oxford, composed in 1661-6, by Anthony Wood, Oxford Historical Society, 1889, tall octavo, original cloth, gilt, 3 volumes; recased with new endpapers, some small repairs to backstrips; fine internally with all folding Maps and Plans. (3)

Charles Goldmann "With General French and the Cavalry in South Africa", Macmillan, 1902,

Lot: 41

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Apr 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £30
MORE DETAILS

Charles Goldmann With General French and the Cavalry in South Africa, Macmillan, 1902, octavo, gilt cloth, backstrip worn and partly detached; few loose pages; complete with 61 plates, 4 folding panoramas, 45 maps, plus 8 additional maps in rear pocket. Repair required to tears to p.219 and two of the maps.

"Reminiscences in the Life of Joshua Bradley", W.E. Clegg, Oldham, 1904, octavo, original gilt cloth, VG,

Lot: 42

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Apr 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILS

Reminiscences in the Life of Joshua Bradley, W.E. Clegg, Oldham, 1904, octavo, original gilt cloth, VG, light browning to prelims o/w fine internally; b/w frontispiece and 8 other plates. 281pp

Richard Ainsworth "The Lingards of Huncoat and Their Descendants", Wardleworth Ltd, Accrington, 1930;

Lot: 43

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Apr 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £46
MORE DETAILS

Richard Ainsworth The Lingards of Huncoat and Their Descendants, Wardleworth Ltd, Accrington, 1930; octavo, gilt cloth, VG; some spotting to text; 15 photo-plates. 51pp; and Ainsworth’s History and Associations of Altham and Huncoat, Wardleworth 1932, gilt cloth, VG, foxing to edge of text block, few pages with minor spotting, 18pp of plates, 307pp

Rollin "The Antient History of the Egyptians, Cathaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians..."1759

Lot: 45

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Apr 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £80
MORE DETAILS

Rollin The Antient History of the Egyptians, Cathaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians, Glasgow, 1759, ten volume set, small octavo, contemporary full calf, spines worn and each with 19th Century library label at foot; bookplates of Sandeman Public Library of Perth. VG internally. (10)

B. Nightingale "Lancashire Nonconformity, Or, Sketches, Historical & Descriptive...." 1890s, 6 Vols

Lot: 46

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Apr 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £74
MORE DETAILS

B. Nightingale Lancashire Nonconformity, Or, Sketches, Historical & Descriptive, of the Congregational and Old Presbyterian Churches in the County, John Heywood, 1890s, six volume set, original gilt cloth, VG; light browning to endpapers; fine internally. (6)