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Auction No 403, Category: History

28 Lots (displaying 1 - 20)

Jeremy Collier (trans.) "The Emperor Marcus Antoninus, his Conversation with Himself", Richard Sare, 1708, 2nd Edn.,

Lot: 13

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Jeremy Collier (trans.) The Emperor Marcus Antoninus, his Conversation with Himself, Richard Sare, 1708, 2nd Edn., later quarter-leather, worn, with new endpapers; title page with small signature, and inscription on reverse; minor spotting to text o/w VG internally. (8),420pp

Aleyn Lyell Reade "The Mellards & their descendants, including the Bibbys of Liverpool, with memoirs of Dinah Maria Mulock & Thomas Mellard Reade"

Lot: 34

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £100
SOLD £36
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Aleyn Lyell Reade The Mellards & their descendants, including the Bibbys of Liverpool, with memoirs of Dinah Maria Mulock & Thomas Mellard Reade, privately printed at the Arden Press, London, 1915; 4to, full buckram gilt, faded; uncut two sides; one of 200 printed; one (of two) front endpapers removed o/w fine internally with all plates & folding pedigrees. 

"The Old Denstonian Chronicle" 1915 and 1916, Old Denstonian Club, Denstone, Uttoxeter; tall octavo, printed cloth, front boards a little faded;

Lot: 35

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £20
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The Old Denstonian Chronicle 1915 and 1916, Old Denstonian Club, Denstone, Uttoxeter; tall octavo, printed cloth, front boards a little faded; 18pp or 22pp of photo-plates + 94pp or 140pp of text. Most pages of plates of the 1915 edition have a 2” vertical tear at top (not affecting the images). Uncut and partially unopened. Very scarce  (2)

W. & S. Beresford "Beresford of Beresford: Part 1. A History of the Manor of Beresford in the County of Stafford". W.H. Eaton, Leek, [1908];

Lot: 36

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £20
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W. & S. Beresford Beresford of Beresford: Part 1. A History of the Manor of Beresford in the County of Stafford. W.H. Eaton, Leek, [1908]; quarto, orig. gilt cloth; t.e.g., uncut elsewhere; 106pp plus photo-plates and index. VG

John Ward "The Borough of Stoke-Upon-Trent....comprising its History, Statistics, Civil Polity, & Traffic…."

Lot: 37

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £100
SOLD £36
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John Ward The Borough of Stoke-Upon-Trent....comprising its History, Statistics, Civil Polity, & Traffic….also, the Manorial History of Newcastle-Under-Lyme, W. Lewis & Son, London, 1843; large octavo, contemp.half-leather and patterned cloth, marble edged, gilt titles and decoration to backstrip; some wear, the front board just holding; folding map and pedigree; folding facsimile letter; 19 engraved plates plus 12 additional engravings in text. Some occasional browning, a few plates heavily foxed.

Edward Fernie "The Poll for two Knights of the Shire to represent the Western Division of the County of Stafford….November 1868 ...."

Lot: 42

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £20
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Edward Fernie The Poll for two Knights of the Shire to represent the Western Division of the County of Stafford….November 1868 including the whole of the Registered Electors. Spottiswoode & Co, London, 1869; octavo, contemp. gilt cloth, corners bumped; title and final page browned o/w fine internally. (6),267,(4)pp.

"Jones's Mercantile Directory of the Pottery District of Staffordshire 1864", Jones & Proud, London, 1864; octavo, original blind-tooled & gilt cloth,

Lot: 43

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £32
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Jones's Mercantile Directory of the Pottery District of Staffordshire 1864, Jones & Proud, London, 1864; octavo, original blind-tooled & gilt cloth, a little marked & faded, some wear to extremities; VG internally including 76pp of advertisements and a further 4pp Scottish Widows pamphlet tipped in. Very scarce. 291pp

"Cottrill's Police Directory of the Borough of Newcastle-Under-Lyme for 1836; containing an Alphabetical List....."

Lot: 44

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £32
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Cottrill's Police Directory of the Borough of Newcastle-Under-Lyme for 1836; containing an Alphabetical List of the whole of the Inhabitant Householders, with a Classification of Trades. Newcastle-under-Lyme, [1836]; sm.8vo, contemp. diced calf; 26pp of advertisements at rear with additional coloured leaflet tipped in. Near fine. (8),74,(26)(1)pp

Norman Tildesley (Ed.) "Deanery of Cheadle: Kingsley Parish Register 1561-1754", Staffordshire Parish Register Society, 1968.

Lot: 45

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £16
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Norman Tildesley (Ed.) Deanery of Cheadle: Kingsley Parish Register 1561-1754, Staffordshire Parish Register Society, 1968. Quarter cloth, printed boards. Fine. 256pp

Philip Brocklehurst "Swythamley and its Neighbourhood", Silk Press, 1998, fine in d/jkt. No.139 of 500 printed. 155pp including photo-plates;

Lot: 47

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £70
SOLD £56
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Philip Brocklehurst Swythamley and its Neighbourhood, Silk Press, 1998, fine in d/jkt. No. 139 of 500 printed. 155pp including photo-plates; together with 26 other Staffordshire titles, many illustrated. Mostly VG/VF (27)   

William Evans (Ed.) "The Potters’ Examiner and Workman’s Advocate", Vol.1, No.2 to Vol.4, No.26, 1843-1845, issued weekly;

Lot: 48

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £110
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William Evans (Ed.) The Potters' Examiner and Workman's Advocate, Vol.1, No.2 to Vol.4, No.26, 1843-1845, issued weekly; a bound volume, three-quarter calf, gilt; final leaf repaired. Includes 8pp preface. VG

Percy W.L. Adams "Wolstanton: (Wolstan’s Town) A brief History of the ancient Church, Parish, and Village", Edwin Eardley, Tunstall, 1908,

Lot: 49

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Percy W.L. Adams Wolstanton: (Wolstan's Town) A brief History of the ancient Church, Parish, and Village, Edwin Eardley, Tunstall, 1908, 2nd Edn; original cloth, gilt, wear to extremities; ownership signatures to front endpaper; illustrated with photo-plates. Fine internally; (6),112pp

H.E. Chetwynd-Stapylton "The Chetwynds of Ingestre", Longmans, 1892; original gilt cloth; bookplates of William Bree and Reginald Bladen;

Lot: 50

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £26
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H.E. Chetwynd-Stapylton The Chetwynds of Ingestre, Longmans, 1892; original gilt cloth; bookplates of William Bree and Reginald Bladen; prospectus and two manuscript letters from the author loosely inserted; b/w frontispiece and two other plates. Some fox marks, mainly affecting preface o/w VG.

"Keates & Ford’s Annual Potteries and Newcastle Street and Trade Directory with Almanack, for 1865-6", Hanley,1865;

Lot: 51

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
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Keates & Ford's Annual Potteries and Newcastle Street and Trade Directory with Almanack, for 1865-6, Hanley, 1865; original stipple-grained cloth, gilt, rebacked, worn corners; bookplate of James E. Moxon with his signature top of title-page; front inner hinge weak; VG internally. 228pp plus 111pp of advertisements

[Mary Holland] "Some Records of the Holland Family…of Barton- Under-Needwood, Staffordshire", Philip Allan, 1929; orig.cloth, gilt,

Lot: 52

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
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[Mary Holland] Some Records of the Holland Family…of Barton-Under-Needwood, Staffordshire, Philip Allan, 1929; orig.cloth, gilt, spine faded; armorial bookplate of John Gretton of Stapleford; a presentation copy from the author to Sir Reginald Hardy; browning to endpapers o/w fine internally. 8 photo-plates. 135pp

Henry Wedgwood "Staffordshire: Up and Down the County", Hanley, 1881, 3 vols (in 1); and "Romance of Staffordshire: A Series of Sketches" (in 2 vols)

Lot: 53

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £36
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Henry Wedgwood Staffordshire: Up and Down the County, Hanley, 1881, 3 vols (in 1); and Romance of Staffordshire: A Series of Sketches (in 2 vols) bound together with Life of Major-General Harrison; uniformly bound in attractive half-morocco, gilt, both with wood engravings; the latter volume with some browning and professional repairs to 7 leaves. (2)

S.W. Hutchinson "The Archdeaconry of Stoke-on-Trent. Historical Notes", Bemrose, 1893, front inner hinge cracked; and 5 others on Stoke

Lot: 54

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
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S.W. Hutchinson The Archdeaconry of Stoke-on-Trent. Historical Notes, Bemrose, 1893, front inner hinge cracked; and 5 others on Stoke including two fine directories of 1954 and 1967. (6)

Dent & Hill "Historic Staffordshire", 1975, in d/jkt, facsimile of the 1896 edition; Herbert Chester "Cheadle Coal Town", 1981;

Lot: 55

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £40
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Dent & Hill Historic Staffordshire, 1975, in d/jkt, facsimile of the 1896 edition; Herbert Chester Cheadle Coal Town, 1981; and other Staffordshire history. VG/VF (19)

"Keates’s Gazetteer & Directory of the Staffordshire Potteries, Newcastle and District 1873-74", Hanley, 1873,

Lot: 56

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
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Keates's Gazetteer & Directory of the Staffordshire Potteries, Newcastle and District 1873-74, Hanley, 1873, orig. blind-tooled & gilt cloth, faded, VG internally; F. Brighton Pattingham, 1942, ink marks to cover; Simeon Shaw History of the Staffordshire Potteries, 1829 (poor binding); and other Staffordshire history including 1980s/90s journals (23). Varied condition. (45 in all).

J. Ingamells "Directory of Newcastle-Under-Lyme with Historical Records", 1871; J.T. Coulam "The History of Newcastle-Under-Lyme", 1908,

Lot: 57

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Sep 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £22
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J. Ingamells Directory of Newcastle-Under-Lyme with Historical Records, 1871; J.T. Coulam The History of Newcastle-Under-Lyme, 1908, signed by the author, newscuttings laid down to front endpaper; M.K.J. Hunt Newcastle High School 1874-1974 in d/jkt; and two related. Good/Fine. (5)