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Auction No 402, Category: History

24 Lots (displaying 1 - 20)

"Feminist Review", London 1979-1987, quarto softbacks, all different collection of 19 issues, plus 3 related publications. VG/Fine (22)

Lot: 11

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
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Feminist Review, London 1979-1987, quarto softbacks, all different collection of 19 issues, plus 3 related publications. VG/Fine (22)

"The Illustrated London News", July to December 1931, bound volume, publisher's gilt cloth, VG, colour plates by Cecil Aldin & others,

Lot: 12

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £80
SOLD £82
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The Illustrated London News, July to December 1931, bound volume, publisher's gilt cloth, VG, colour plates by Cecil Aldin & others, rear inner hinge weak o/w fine internally.

C. Frederick Lawrence "History of Middlewich and Neighbourhood", 1895, orig. printed boards worn & darkened, near detached;

Lot: 14

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £15 - £20
SOLD £24
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C. Frederick Lawrence History of Middlewich and Neighbourhood, 1895, orig. printed boards worn & darkened, near detached; title-page damaged at inner margin; text clean & intact. 40pp of adverts by local businesses at rear. 100,(40)pp.

Manchester & area local history titles, mostly 1970s/2000s, comprising softbacks (22) and h/bks (6, three in d/jkt).

Lot: 15

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £26
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Manchester & area local history titles, mostly 1970s/2000s, comprising softbacks (22) and h/bks (6, three in d/jkt). Largely VG/VF (28)

Alexander Mackenzie "The Isle of Skye in 1882-1883; illustrated by a full report of the Trials of the Braes and Glendale Crofters" Inverness, 1883;

Lot: 16

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £46
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Alexander Mackenzie The Isle of Skye in 1882-1883; illustrated by a full report of the Trials of the Braes and Glendale Crofters….Inverness, 1883; orig. gilt cloth faded & marked; ownership signature to front pastedown scratched away; light browning to title page, small tear to margin at foot of Contents leaf. Good clean text; liv,203,12pp

Horace Field Parshall "The Parshall Family A.D. 870-1913", Francis Edwards, 1915, 4to, quarter vellum, gilt, t.e.g., uncut elsewhere;

Lot: 20

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £100
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Horace Field Parshall The Parshall Family A.D. 870-1913, Francis Edwards, 1915, 4to, quarter vellum, gilt, t.e.g., uncut elsewhere; bookplate of the Gale family; folding map, pedigrees and plates; faint damp staining to upper margin affects some pages; some light marginal glosses in pencil. One of 100 printed. VG

"The Potteries, Newcastle and District Directory", Staffordshire Sentinel, 1912; orig. gilt decorated cloth, some wear, fading to spine;

Lot: 21

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £40
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The Potteries, Newcastle and District Directory, Staffordshire Sentinel, 1912; orig. gilt decorated cloth, some wear, fading to spine; VG internally; xxxviii, 1248pp

[Charles II] "An Account of the Preservation of King Charles II, after the Battle of Worcester: drawn up by himself. To which are added his Letters

Lot: 22

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £34
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[Charles II] An Account of the Preservation of King Charles II, after the Battle of Worcester: drawn up by himself. To which are added his Letters to several persons. John Scott & others, 1803, bound in fine modern quarter-leather, gilt; b/w frontispiece and three other plates; browning to frontisp.,title and last few leaves.

"Slater’s Royal National Commercial Directory - Staffordshire", Isaac Slater, 1862, in a fine 20th Century quarter-morocco binding, gilt;

Lot: 23

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £30
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Slater's Royal National Commercial Directory – Staffordshire, Isaac Slater, 1862, in a fine 20th Century quarter-morocco binding, gilt; title page with some tone marks, fine hand-coloured folding map. 178pp of advertisements at rear and coloured 4pp brochure of Royal Insurance Co. bound in; (8),232,178,(4)pp

Local History selection, mostly Staffordshire related, including "Swinscoe, Blore and the Bassetts" 1998; Redfern "History of Uttoxeter",1865,

Lot: 24

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £130
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Local History selection, mostly Staffordshire related, including Swinscoe, Blore and the Bassetts 1998; Redfern History of Uttoxeter, 1865, (with map); M. Wright The Best of Cannock Chase, 1933; Stephens History of Congleton, 1970; The Victoria History of the County of Stafford, Vol.VIII, 1963; and various others, mostly h/bk, some in d/jkts, varied condition. (25)

Gregory King (edited Armytage & Rylands) "Staffordshire Pedigrees based on the visitation of that County made by William Dugdale",

Lot: 25

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £150
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Gregory King (edited Armytage & Rylands) Staffordshire Pedigrees based on the visitation of that County made by William Dugdale, Harleian Society, 1912; 4to, original gilt cloth, small spilt to foredge of front board; few leaves with a corner crease o/w VG internally; viii,295,20,(6)pp   

Aleyn Lyell Reade "The Reades of Blackwood Hill in the Parish of Horton Staffordshire. A Record of Their Descendants:

Lot: 26

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £66
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Aleyn Lyell Reade The Reades of Blackwood Hill in the Parish of Horton Staffordshire. A Record of Their Descendants: With a Full Account of Dr.Johnson's Ancestry His Kinsfolk and Family Connexions, privately printed for the author, London, 1906; tall 4to, orig. gilt cloth, slightly marked, lower right corner of front board bumped; browning to endpapers and front tissue-guard; 18 photo plates and 29 tabular pedigrees; 285pp plus introduction, index and pedigrees. One of 350 printed. 

Diane Baker "Workhouses in the Potteries", City of Stoke on Trent, n.d.; A4 s/back, stapled binding; well illustrated including 3 fold-out plans

Lot: 27

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £15 - £20
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Diane Baker Workhouses in the Potteries, City of Stoke on Trent, n.d.; A4 s/back, stapled binding; well illustrated including 3 fold-out plans/elevations. 51pp. VG

William Scarratt "Old Times in the Potteries", Stoke-on-Trent,1906; original illustrated cloth, gilt, some fading; fine internally. B/w plates in text

Lot: 28

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
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William Scarratt Old Times in the Potteries, Stoke-on-Trent, 1906; original illustrated cloth, gilt, some fading; fine internally. B/w plates in text. 202pp

Percy W.L. Adams "John Henry Clive 1781-1853 of North Staffordshire and his Descendants", Newcastle, 1947;

Lot: 29

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £66
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Percy W.L. Adams John Henry Clive 1781-1853 of North Staffordshire and his Descendants, Newcastle, 1947; orig. grained cloth, gilt; thirty tissue-guarded plates; folding pedigree loosely inserted; xviii,144,(2)pp. A prospectus of the book and a hand-written letter from the author are also loosely inserted. Front board bumped at foot o/w fine, no inscriptions.

Benjamin Gregory "Consecrated Culture: Memorials of Benjamin Alfred Gregory", T. Woolmer, 1885; original gilt cloth, spine faded;

Lot: 30

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Benjamin Gregory Consecrated Culture: Memorials of Benjamin Alfred Gregory, T. Woolmer, 1885; original gilt cloth, spine faded; tissue-guarded frontispiece; good clean text. A biography of a Methodist minister; viii,416,(8)pp

Josiah C. and Joshua G.E. Wedgwood "Wedgwood Pedigrees", Titus Wilson, 1925; quarter vellum with silver title, pictorial boards, minor wear;

Lot: 31

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £50
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Josiah C. and Joshua G.E. Wedgwood Wedgwood Pedigrees, Titus Wilson, 1925; quarter vellum with silver title, pictorial boards, minor wear; uncut two sides; bookplate of Reginald Bladen; some slight spotting mostly confined to foredge and folding plate at rear; ix,384pp. Together with Robert Nicholls The Life of Josiah Wedgwood, 1930, orig.cloth; and three related softbacks. Good/Fine (5)

E. J. D. Warrilow "History of Etruria", Etruscan Publications, 1952, gilt cloth, fine, in a complete but damaged d/jkt

Lot: 32

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £40
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E. J. D. Warrilow History of Etruria, Etruscan Publications, 1952, gilt cloth, fine, in a complete but damaged d/jkt (rear panel of jacket badly torn). Fine internally, without inscriptions. Numerous photo-plates. 396pp   

Hermann Goring: autographed page from a notebook, inscribed in pencil "Hermann Goring, 1945, Nurnberg". Some creasing and slight staining o/w VG.

Lot: 34

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £600 - £700
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Hermann Goring: autographed page from a notebook, inscribed in pencil Hermann Goring, 1945, Nurnberg. Some creasing and slight staining o/w VG. Together with a PPC of Goring PU 1940, and a 3-page statement (with covering letter) dated 1981 from one M.F Clarke who attended the Nuremburg Trials as U.S. delegate to the International Military Tribunal and who obtained the autograph through one of Goring's guards.

Clement Attlee autograph letter:1953 letter to his cousin Jenny in South Africa, on House of Commons notepaper, signed "Your affectionate cousin,Clem"

Lot: 35

  • Auction Date: Wed 21st Jul 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £100
SOLD £70
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Clement Attlee autograph letter: 1953 letter to his cousin Jenny in South Africa, on House of Commons notepaper, signed Your affectionate cousin, Clem, with original cover postmarked HOUSE OF COMMONS SW1 cds. Tear to flap of cover o/w fine.