Auction No 421, Category: History
35 Lots (displaying 1 - 20)
North West of England history, topography and traditions, 19th Century to modern, h/bk and s/bk, mostly Lancashire related.
North West of England history, topography and traditions, 19th Century to modern, h/bk and s/bk, mostly Lancashire related.
Lot 15
Lot: 15
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £80 - £120
SOLD £50
MORE DETAILSNorth West of England history, topography and traditions, 19th Century to modern, h/bk and s/bk, mostly Lancashire related. Wide range of titles including Percy Fitzgerald Stonyhurst Memories, 1895; Berry Proud Preston's Story, 1928; Bennett The History of Marsden and Nelson, 1957; Tiffen A History of the Liverpool Institute Schools, 1935; J. Cuming Walters Lancashire Ways, 1932, in d/jkt, signed & inscribed by the author & illustrator; modern illustrated works; dialect literature; etc. Some mixed condition (three ex-library) but mostly VG/VF (57)
"Manchester Evening News", February 1943, bound volume, editorial department's file copy. Half-leather, gilt, marbled boards
"Manchester Evening News", February 1943, bound volume, editorial department's file copy. Half-leather, gilt, marbled boards
Lot 20
Lot: 20
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £20
MORE DETAILSManchester Evening News, February 1943, bound volume, editorial department's file copy. Half-leather, gilt, marbled boards. Some wear to binding; few leaves with peripheral faults, generally VG internally.
"Manchester Evening News", August 1943, bound volume, editorial department's file copy. Half-leather, gilt, marbled boards.
"Manchester Evening News", August 1943, bound volume, editorial department's file copy. Half-leather, gilt, marbled boards.
Lot 21
Lot: 21
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £20
MORE DETAILSManchester Evening News, August 1943, bound volume, editorial department's file copy. Half-leather, gilt, marbled boards. Some wear to binding. VG internally.
The 1926 General Strike, pair of anti-strike posters, one issued in the name of Sir John Simon M.P., each 36 x 24”, with folds;
The 1926 General Strike, pair of anti-strike posters, one issued in the name of Sir John Simon M.P., each 36 x 24”, with folds;
Lot 57
Lot: 57
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £50 - £70
UNSOLD
MORE DETAILSThe 1926 General Strike, pair of anti-strike posters, one issued in the name of Sir John Simon M.P., each 36 x 24”, with folds; and a [Liverpool] Daily Post billboard poster concerning the Mersey Pilot Boat Disaster. VG (3)
Ernest Warrillow "A Sociological History of the City of Stoke-on-Trent", Ironmarket Press, 1977, quarto, full leather, gilt;
Ernest Warrillow "A Sociological History of the City of Stoke-on-Trent", Ironmarket Press, 1977, quarto, full leather, gilt;
Lot 58
Lot: 58
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £56
MORE DETAILSErnest Warrillow A Sociological History of the City of Stoke-on-Trent, Ironmarket Press, 1977, quarto, full leather, gilt; gift inscription to front endpaper o/w fine; photographic illustrations. 728pp. Scarce title.
W.T. Fitzgerald "An Independent Tribute to the Memory of The Right Hon. William Pitt", 1806, a broadside, engraved by Edward Orme,
W.T. Fitzgerald "An Independent Tribute to the Memory of The Right Hon. William Pitt", 1806, a broadside, engraved by Edward Orme,
Lot 59
Lot: 59
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £105
MORE DETAILSW.T. Fitzgerald An Independent Tribute to the Memory of The Right Hon. William Pitt, 1806, a broadside, engraved by Edward Orme, 49.5 x 35.3cm; portrait copper engraving with plate-marks visible, letterpress border and text; some light soiling especially to the upper margin which has two small tears at the periphery; lower margin has small slit from worming. A scarce broadside.
Edward Baines "History, Directory & Gazetteer of the County Palatine of Lancaster", 1824-25, 2 vols, later cloth,
Edward Baines "History, Directory & Gazetteer of the County Palatine of Lancaster", 1824-25, 2 vols, later cloth,
Lot 60
Lot: 60
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £44
MORE DETAILSEdward Baines History, Directory & Gazetteer of the County Palatine of Lancaster, 1824-25, 2 vols, later cloth, (lacking maps/plans which were issued separately), and other North West of England books, pamphlets, guides, & maps, mostly 1950s to modern. (55 items)
WW2 Tank Warfare on the Eastern Front, a selection of recent publications, three of the volumes h/bks in d/jkts,
WW2 Tank Warfare on the Eastern Front, a selection of recent publications, three of the volumes h/bks in d/jkts,
Lot 61
Lot: 61
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £82
MORE DETAILSWW2 Tank Warfare on the Eastern Front, a selection of recent publications, three of the volumes h/bks in d/jkts, one s/bk with small ownership initial to front endpaper o/w fine. Hamilton's Panzergrenadiers to the Front! includes the map volume. (6)
WW2 German Military History, a selection of recent publications, mostly focusing on German military operations on the Eastern Front
WW2 German Military History, a selection of recent publications, mostly focusing on German military operations on the Eastern Front
Lot 62
Lot: 62
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £82
MORE DETAILSWW2 German Military History, a selection of recent publications, mostly focusing on German military operations on the Eastern Front especially in Poland, mainly h/bks, some in d/jkts (where issued). Three with small ownership initial to front endpaper o/w fine. (13)
W.B. Heweston "History of Napoleon Bonaparte, and Wars of Europe, from the Revolution in France to the Termination of the Late Wars",
W.B. Heweston "History of Napoleon Bonaparte, and Wars of Europe, from the Revolution in France to the Termination of the Late Wars",
Lot 63
Lot: 63
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £20 - £40
SOLD £20
MORE DETAILSW.B. Heweston History of Napoleon Bonaparte, and Wars of Europe, from the Revolution in France to the Termination of the Late Wars, Thomas Kelly, 1835, 3 vols, half-leather, gilt, some wear, binder's tickets of W. Nicholls, Cambridge; the plates with variable foxing / staining, frontispiece of Vol.3 hand-coloured. (3)
Winston S. Churchill "The World Crisis 1911-1918" and "The Aftermath", Easton Press, 1991, six volume set, full leather, gilt,
Winston S. Churchill "The World Crisis 1911-1918" and "The Aftermath", Easton Press, 1991, six volume set, full leather, gilt,
Lot 64
Lot: 64
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £100 - £150
SOLD £130
MORE DETAILSWinston S. Churchill The World Crisis 1911-1918 and The Aftermath, Easton Press, 1991, six volume set, full leather, gilt, moire silk endpapers, ribbon bookmarkers, each volume with an unused bookplate loosely inserted. No inscriptions. VF (6)
"Government Gazette - British Honduras", bound volumes for 1897 and 1907, quarto, half-leather, gilt, binding of the 1907 volume worn & marked,
"Government Gazette - British Honduras", bound volumes for 1897 and 1907, quarto, half-leather, gilt, binding of the 1907 volume worn & marked,
Lot 65
Lot: 65
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £80 - £120
SOLD £92
MORE DETAILSGovernment Gazette – British Honduras, bound volumes for 1897 and 1907, quarto, half-leather, gilt, binding of the 1907 volume worn & marked, complete with supplements; 1897 issues with filing spike hole at top and occasional ink mark in margins. (2)
William Hamilton "St. Lucia in the West Indies taken Possession of by Admiral Barrington, Monsieur de Micoud and the Inhabitants having Capitulated
William Hamilton "St. Lucia in the West Indies taken Possession of by Admiral Barrington, Monsieur de Micoud and the Inhabitants having Capitulated
Lot 66
Lot: 66
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £20 - £40
SOLD £20
MORE DETAILSWilliam Hamilton St. Lucia in the West Indies taken Possession of by Admiral Barrington, Monsieur de Micoud and the Inhabitants having Capitulated the 30th of December 1778, being the day after Count d'Estaign left the Island much disconcerted. Alex Hogg, 1783, copper engraving on watermarked paper of the period; some light creasing to lower margin and few minor fox marks o/w VG. Prepared for the 1783 edition of Edward Barnard's History of England. 31.5 x 21cm.
George Trevelyan "The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay", Longmans, 1876, 2 vols, fine three-quarter morocco by Hatchards of Piccadilly
George Trevelyan "The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay", Longmans, 1876, 2 vols, fine three-quarter morocco by Hatchards of Piccadilly
Lot 67
Lot: 67
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £40
MORE DETAILSGeorge Trevelyan The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay, Longmans, 1876, 2 vols, fine three-quarter morocco by Hatchards of Piccadilly showing minimal wear; small ownership stamp to front pastedown of each volume, fine internally. (2)
Thomas Babington Macaulay "The History of England from the Accession of James the Second", Longman, Green & Brown, 1850-55, ten volumes in five,
Thomas Babington Macaulay "The History of England from the Accession of James the Second", Longman, Green & Brown, 1850-55, ten volumes in five,
Lot 68
Lot: 68
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £64
MORE DETAILSThomas Babington Macaulay The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, Longman, Green & Brown, 1850-55, ten volumes in five, bound in fine half-leather, gilt; marbled page edges; internally fine other than some browning to half-titles and final index pages. (5)
Henry Heginbotham "Stockport: Ancient and Modern", Sampson Low, 1882-1892, full leather, gilt, recased preserving the original gilt decoration
Henry Heginbotham "Stockport: Ancient and Modern", Sampson Low, 1882-1892, full leather, gilt, recased preserving the original gilt decoration
Lot 69
Lot: 69
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £56
MORE DETAILSHenry Heginbotham Stockport: Ancient and Modern, Sampson Low, 1882-1892, full leather, gilt, recased preserving the original gilt decoration and marbled endpapers; fine internally with all plates and illustrations in text. (2)
Cheshire history & topography especially Stockport & environs, few Wirral titles, etc; including Fletcher Moss "Pilgrimages in Cheshire & Shropshire"
Cheshire history & topography especially Stockport & environs, few Wirral titles, etc; including Fletcher Moss "Pilgrimages in Cheshire & Shropshire"
Lot 70
Lot: 70
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £36
MORE DETAILSCheshire history & topography especially Stockport and environs, few Wirral titles, etc; including Fletcher Moss Pilgrimages in Cheshire & Shropshire, 1972 Morten reprint; Elizabeth Jones Old Heatonians, 1997; Marple Local History Society publications (5); Selections from the Prose, Verse & Sketches of the late Thomas Kay of Stockport, privately printed,[1918] half-vellum, with plates; and various others, h/bk and s/bk, of which four are ex-library. Mostly VG/VF (44)
Altrincham & Sale area titles including "A Century of Golf at Ashton-on-Mersey", 1997;
Altrincham & Sale area titles including "A Century of Golf at Ashton-on-Mersey", 1997;
Lot 71
Lot: 71
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £36
MORE DETAILSAltrincham & Sale area titles including A Century of Golf at Ashton-on-Mersey, 1997; Bayliss A Town in Crisis: Altrincham in the mid-nineteenth Century, 2006; works on Altrincham Grammar School, Hale United Reform Church, etc. Mostly fine but three are ex-library. (20)
John Ward "Moston Characters at Play", 1905, and "Moston Characters at Work", 1911; both orig. gilt cloth; t.e.g., uncut elsewhere, VG;
John Ward "Moston Characters at Play", 1905, and "Moston Characters at Work", 1911; both orig. gilt cloth; t.e.g., uncut elsewhere, VG;
Lot 72
Lot: 72
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £54
MORE DETAILSJohn Ward Moston Characters at Play, 1905, and Moston Characters at Work, 1911; both orig. gilt cloth; t.e.g., uncut elsewhere, VG; both signed & inscribed, and complete with fine folding maps of Moston in 1848; browning to endpapers; the 1905 title with a patched hole top left of front endpaper. (2)
William Mills "The Manchester Reform Club 1871-1921", 1922, orig. leather-covered boards, worn at extremities o/w fine;
William Mills "The Manchester Reform Club 1871-1921", 1922, orig. leather-covered boards, worn at extremities o/w fine;
Lot 74
Lot: 74
- Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
- Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £40
MORE DETAILSWilliam Mills The Manchester Reform Club 1871-1921, 1922, orig. leather-covered boards, worn at extremities o/w fine; W.E.A. Axon Handbook of the Public Libraries of Manchester and Salford, 1877, gilt cloth, some light toning to prelims; and others relating to the Portico and Chetham's Libraries including three modern pamphlets. Good to VF (10)