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Auction No 385, Category: History

13 Lots (displaying 1 - 13)

Lord John Lawrence (1811-1879), Viceroy of India from 1864-1869 and successful administrator of the Punjab during the Indian Mutiny:

Lot: 5

  • Auction Date: Wed 3rd Jul 2019 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £70
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Lord John Lawrence (1811-1879), Viceroy of India from 1864-1869 and successful administrator of the Punjab during the Indian Mutiny: two-page autograph letter declining an invitation, dated 5th April 1869, written at 12, Queen’s Gate, London, following his return from India. Laid down. VG

Robert Baden-Powell (1857-1941), hero of the Mafeking siege and founder of the Boy Scout Movement: three-page autograph letter,

Lot: 6

  • Auction Date: Wed 3rd Jul 2019 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £140
SOLD £135
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Robert Baden-Powell (1857-1941), hero of the Mafeking siege and founder of the Boy Scout Movement: three-page autograph letter, dated 1908, written from the County Hotel, London, declining an invitation. Laid down. VG.

                       

Queen Victoria (1819-1901): Court Document appointing Edward Ramshay as a Beadsman at Durham Cathedral, dated May 1870,

Lot: 9

  • Auction Date: Wed 3rd Jul 2019 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £150
SOLD £165
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Queen Victoria (1819-1901):  Court Document appointing Edward Ramshay as a Beadsman at Durham Cathedral, dated May 1870, with impressed Duty Stamp and London datestamp. Three pages of text signed by the Queen’s private secretary, countersigned Victoria Reg. at top of first page. The foolscap document has been folded as a letter sheet with an address panel on the reverse to the Dean of Durham Cathedral. VG. Together with a printed copy of a two-page autograph letter from Victoria written at Windsor Castle 1887.

James Montgomery (1771-1854), Scottish poet and humanitarian: an autograph receipt for the purchase of 6 Bibles for a secondary school.

Lot: 11

  • Auction Date: Wed 3rd Jul 2019 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £32
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James Montgomery (1771-1854), Scottish poet and humanitarian: an autograph receipt for the purchase of 6 Bibles for a secondary school. Endorsed and dated 1823 in another hand. Laid down. Some text on reverse shows through. Good.

A selection of historical autographs, laid down, taken from an old scrap album, including W.E. Gladstone, Charles E. Pollock

Lot: 12

  • Auction Date: Wed 3rd Jul 2019 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £32
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A selection of historical autographs, laid down, taken from an old scrap album, including W.E. Gladstone, Charles E. Pollock (Master of the Supreme Court), Duke of Wellington (possibly secretarial), Prince Arthur, Samuel Morley (philanthropist, 1875 ALS), Dinah Maria Craik (author), and others. Mixed quality. (17 items)

Labour Politicians & Trade Unionists, a selection of signed 10x8” Photos, including Gordon Brown, Reg Prentice, Shirley Williams, Roy Hattersley,

Lot: 37

  • Auction Date: Wed 3rd Jul 2019 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Labour Politicians & Trade Unionists, a selection of signed 10x8” Photos, including Gordon Brown, Reg Prentice, Shirley Williams, Roy Hattersley, and Bill Morris. VG/Fine (7). Also David Owen cut signature matted with a photo.

Politicians, a selection of signed illustrated covers, including David Owen, Denis Healey, Douglas Hurd, Glenys Kinnock, Jack Ashley,

Lot: 40

  • Auction Date: Wed 3rd Jul 2019 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £46
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Politicians, a selection of signed illustrated covers, including David Owen, Denis Healey, Douglas Hurd, Glenys Kinnock, Jack Ashley, Michael Heseltine, Nigel Lawson, Tony Benn, Virginia Bottomley and other well-known. Fine (20)

Collection of Industrial Archaeology (9) and Coalmining history, mostly in dustjackets; many published by David & Charles.

Lot: 55

  • Auction Date: Wed 3rd Jul 2019 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Collection of Industrial Archaeology (9) and Coalmining history, mostly in dustjackets; many published by David & Charles. Mainly VG/Fine. (18) 

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

Lot: 56

  • Auction Date: Wed 3rd Jul 2019 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
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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: 57

  • Auction Date: Wed 3rd Jul 2019 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £34
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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: 58

  • Auction Date: Wed 3rd Jul 2019 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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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: 59

  • Auction Date: Wed 3rd Jul 2019 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
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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) 

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

Lot: 60

  • Auction Date: Wed 3rd Jul 2019 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
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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)