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Auction No 384, Category: History

16 Lots (displaying 1 - 16)

Jennifer S. Holt "The Hornby Castle Estates", 2017; and Emmeline Garnett "John Marsden’s Will: The Hornby Castle Dispute 1780-1840",

Lot: 16

  • Auction Date: Wed 15th May 2019 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £15
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Jennifer S. Holt The Hornby Castle Estates, 2017; and Emmeline Garnett John Marsden’s Will: The Hornby Castle Dispute 1780-1840, 1998; both in fine d/jkts. Ownership signatures. VG (2)

"The Letters of Thomas Langton, Flax Merchant of Kirkham, 1771- 1788", Chetham Society 1994;

Lot: 17

  • Auction Date: Wed 15th May 2019 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £70
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The Letters of Thomas Langton, Flax Merchant of Kirkham, 1771-1788, Chetham Society 1994; Nicholas Blundell’s Diary 1702-1728, 1968-1972, 3 volumes; Barry Coward The Stanleys 1385-1672, 1983; and other West Lancashire history, mostly published by the Record Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, all bar two in d/jkts (one with a tear). Ownership signatures. Good to fine. (14)

Stephen Collins "James Crossley: A Manchester Man of Letters", 2012; David Hodgkins "The Diary of Edward Watkin", 2013;

Lot: 18

  • Auction Date: Wed 15th May 2019 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £26 - £36
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Stephen Collins James Crossley: A Manchester Man of Letters, 2012; David Hodgkins The Diary of Edward Watkin, 2013; and other Manchester related titles, all h/bk (bar one), six in fine d/jkts. (9)

"Crown Pleas of the Lancashire Eyre 1292", Record Soc. of Lancs & Cheshire, 2014-15, 3 Vols;

Lot: 19

  • Auction Date: Wed 15th May 2019 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
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Crown Pleas of the Lancashire Eyre 1292, Record Soc. of Lancs & Cheshire, 2014-15, 3 Vols; Gratton The Parliamentarian and Royalist War Effort in Lancashire 1642-1651, Chetham Society 2010; and other Lancashire History, all in good/VF d/jkts, several with ownership signature. (13)

"The Charters of the Anglo-Norman Earls of Chester c.1071-1237", 1988; "Wrenbury Wills and Inventories 1542-1661", 2009;

Lot: 20

  • Auction Date: Wed 15th May 2019 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £70
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The Charters of the Anglo-Norman Earls of Chester c.1071-1237, 1988; Wrenbury Wills and Inventories 1542-1661, 2009; and other Cheshire history, all h/bks in VG/VF d/jkts, mostly publications of The Record Society of Lancashire and Cheshire. Ownership signatures. (18)     

Hugh Owen "The Lowther Family", Phillimore, 1990; and three others, Cumbria and Northumberland related,

Lot: 21

  • Auction Date: Wed 15th May 2019 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £34
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Hugh Owen The Lowther Family, Phillimore, 1990; and three others, Cumbria and Northumberland related, all in good/VF d/jkts; ownership signatures. (4)

Lord Macaulay "The History of England from the Accession of James the Second", Longman, 1850-61, 5 Volumes

Lot: 22

  • Auction Date: Wed 15th May 2019 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £50
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Lord Macaulay The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, Longman, 1850-61, 5 Volumes, octavo, rebound in fine half-leather bindings with gilt titles, marble-edged; some browning to the half-titles and final index pages o/w an attractive set. (5)

The Delhi Durbar 1911, group of 15 souvenir cards issued by the United Provinces Lieutenant Governor’s Camp;

Lot: 26

  • Auction Date: Wed 15th May 2019 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £195
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The Delhi Durbar 1911, group of 15 souvenir cards issued by the United Provinces Lieutenant Governor’s Camp; plus 59 photos of same period depicting scenes in India, many signed by F.Hill-Cottingham, including seven of the Durbar. Mainly good to VF (74)

                                                                                               

Paul Cohen-Portheim "Time Stood Still", E.P. Dutton 1932, fourth printing, orig. printed cloth, VG;

Lot: 27

  • Auction Date: Wed 15th May 2019 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £150
SOLD £50
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Paul Cohen-Portheim Time Stood Still, E.P. Dutton 1932, fourth printing, orig. printed cloth, VG; ownership signature to front pastedown has been scratched away o/w fine internally. Scarce title. [An account of the Knockaloe Internment Camp on the Isle of Man, WWI, written by a former Prisoner.] 235pp

Michael Young "Army Service Corps 1902-1918", 2000, signed first edition in d/jkt with 2-page letter from the author loosely inserted.

Lot: 28

  • Auction Date: Wed 15th May 2019 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £15 - £20
SOLD £20
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Michael Young Army Service Corps 1902-1918, 2000, signed first edition in d/jkt with 2-page letter from the author loosely inserted. Fine    

Geoffrey Malins "How I Filmed the War", Herbert Jenkins, 1920, 1st Edition, orig. printed green cloth,

Lot: 29

  • Auction Date: Wed 15th May 2019 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £20
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Geoffrey Malins How I Filmed the War, Herbert Jenkins, 1920, 1st Edition, orig. printed green cloth, rear hinge partially cracked; foxing to edge of text block and some pages. Good.

"Hyde in War-Time: Soldiers, Sailors and Civilians’ Deeds, 1914-16", Herald Press, Hyde, July 1916;

Lot: 31

  • Auction Date: Wed 15th May 2019 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £20
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Hyde in War-Time: Soldiers, Sailors and Civilians’ Deeds, 1914-16, Herald Press, Hyde, July 1916; tall octavo, printed boards, cloth backstrip, VG; complete with tipped-in photo plates and illustrations in text; 191pp                                                                                                       

Ellen Wilkinson "The Town that was Murdered: The Life-Story of Jarrow", Gollancz, 1939, 1st Edn,

Lot: 32

  • Auction Date: Wed 15th May 2019 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £15 - £20
SOLD £10
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Ellen Wilkinson The Town that was Murdered: The Life-Story of Jarrow, Gollancz, 1939, 1st Edn, Left-Book Club, printed boards faded, fine internally. 287pp

W. Cubbon "A Bibliographical Account of Works Relating to the Isle of Man" Oxford, 1933-39, two vols, orig.gilt cloth, VG;

Lot: 35

  • Auction Date: Wed 15th May 2019 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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W. Cubbon A Bibliographical Account of Works Relating to the Isle of Man, Oxford, 1933-39, two vols, orig.gilt cloth, VG; and J.R. Dickinson The Lordships of Man Under the Stanleys, Chetham Society, 1996, in fine d/jkt. (3)

Oxford Medieval texts in good to fine d/jkts, comprising Eadmer "The Life of St.Anselm" 1979;

Lot: 36

  • Auction Date: Wed 15th May 2019 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £60
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Oxford Medieval texts in good to fine d/jkts, comprising Eadmer The Life of St. Anselm, 1979; Anglo-Scottish Relations 1174-1328, 1970; Gesta Henrici Quinti: The Deeds of Henry the Fifth, 1975 (d/j faded); Gesta Francorum: the Deeds of the Franks and the other Pilgrims to Jerusalem, 1979; Documents of the Baronial Movement of Reform and Rebellion 1258-1267, 1973; and two others. Appear unread. (7)

J.B. Bailey "History and Antiquities of Bowes, Greta Bridge &c.," Teesdale Mercury, c.1911

Lot: 37

  • Auction Date: Wed 15th May 2019 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £24
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J.B. Bailey History and Antiquities of Bowes, Greta Bridge &c., Teesdale Mercury, Barnard Castle, c.1911, a collection of 17 articles (last two on Maryport); octavo, original cloth, title label, good; few marginal annotations. Scarce