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Auction No 421, Category: History

35 Lots (displaying 21 - 35)

"An Act for cleansing, lighting, watching, and regulating the Streets, Lanes, Passages and Places within the Towns of Manchester and Salford",1792

Lot: 75

  • Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £36
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An Act for cleansing, lighting, watching, and regulating the Streets, Lanes, Passages and Places within the Towns of Manchester and Salford, 1792, 88pp; plus ten other Manchester related Acts of Parliament 1790-1849, and Charity Commission Reports (2) for Manchester and Eccles 1904. Good to fine. Also four antiquarian books, Lancashire related, in poor condition, three with engravings. (17 items) 

"Manchester Region History Review" 1990-1992 (6 issues); Manchester & Salford history publications by Neil Richardson (13),

Lot: 76

  • Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £46
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Manchester Region History Review 1990-1992 (6 issues); Manchester & Salford history publications by Neil Richardson (13), and a collection of related softbacks, mostly illustrated. Mainly VG/VF. (40 in all). Also a related DVD.

"H.M.S. Endurance 1982-82 Deployment: A Season of Conflict", [1983], A4 s/bk, printed wraps, signed by Vivian Fuchs, Rex Hunt, and five others,

Lot: 78

  • Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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H.M.S. Endurance 1982-82 Deployment: A Season of Conflict, [1983], A4 s/bk, printed wraps, signed by Vivian Fuchs, Rex Hunt, and five others, a related letter from Lt.Cmdr. Andrew Lockett loosely inserted. 150pp plus 50pp of photo-plates. Scarce. Some wear to corners o/w VG.

Cromlechs, Dolmen, Long Barrows and other ancient stone monuments, a collection of good 1930s photographs in three albums,

Lot: 82

  • Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £52
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Cromlechs, Dolmen, Long Barrows and other ancient stone monuments, a collection of good 1930s photographs in three albums, neatly annotated throughout, especially Wales and West of England, some Kent, Guernsey and elsewhere. (177)

Frederick Lloyd "An Accurate and Impartial Life of the Late Lord Viscount Nelson, Knight of the most Honourable Order of the Bath

Lot: 83

  • Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £250 - £350
SOLD £180
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Frederick Lloyd An Accurate and Impartial Life of the Late Lord Viscount Nelson, Knight of the most Honourable Order of the Bath …Comprehending authentic and circumstantial details of his Glorious Achievements: together with Private Anecdotes, and Various Interesting Particulars, never before published. J. Fowler, Ormskirk, 1806, First Edition. Bound in original sheepskin covered boards with gilt title label; professionally repaired at head & foot of the backstrip, the hinges strengthened; front pastedown with bookplate of the Literary Institute, Arkingarthdale; 19th Century ownership signature to first endpaper of George Harker, Bolton. Occasional finger marks and toning but generally clean internally, the text and endpapers intact. Several page corners are creased, one leaf (pp.77/8) with a corner torn away (not affecting text) and two other leaves roughly cut at fore-edge. Of the original 11 plates, 9 are present including frontispiece; most plates show browning and the folding plates have splits to the folds, now strengthened with archival tape. The final plate and last few leaves show damp-staining to upper right corner. The two missing plates are the portraits of Lord Hood and the Earl of St.Vincent.     

An unpublished WW2 Journal in five hardback exercise books, written by Jessica Eliot of 45 Codrington Hill, Forest Hill, London,

Lot: 84

  • Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £250 - £350
SOLD £270
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An unpublished WW2 Journal in five hardback exercise books, written by Jessica Eliot of 45 Codrington Hill, Forest Hill, London, with detailed description of daily life, the many air-raids, comment on the progress of the war, Flying Bombs, V2 Rockets etc. Witten in a clear hand, partly in pencil, partly in ink. Condition is very good. Examples of the entries are: 1940. Fri.29 Nov. Planes droning at 11.50. Sirens wailed at 11.55, and at 12.45 heard a loud crash, then Sirens to 1.10p.m.; at 6.20 guns began almost simultaneously with the Sirens. Left papers in the house, & in lull went in to get them. Soon the guns were appalling, shells tore through the air with great ferocity, like red hot iron hissing through steam, as well as the rattling noise of the machine guns. Every few minutes they come, & fresh outpourings of fire, by far the loudest we have had. On looking out of a creek of the door, we can see the flames to the Eastward, & parachute stars & concentration of searchlights. Next morning we heard one bomb had fallen in Sunderland Rd, & much damage in Stepney", and "1944. Oct. 31st. 6.10p.m. Heavy explosion, which must have been distant, as we did not hear reverberations. I stamped on the floor, for want of something else to do. 6.35p.m. Another – seems in docks direction again. 9.10 p.m. loud double explosion. Seven Flying Bombs today. 11.35 p.m. distant explosion. Wed,1st Nov. 2.15a.m. double explosion, nearer. 5.10 a.m. not a 'demon' but a DREADFUL demon – sounded about as loud as the New Cross bomb. Sprang up, & ran to the door, but could not see anything. Heard during the morning that several fell at & around Charlton (beyond Woolwich) during the night, & that the dreadful one was at Friern Road, Dulwich (5.10a.m.) & the 6 people were killed (not far from Peckham Rye). It is said  that the Heinkels have been so destroyed by day, they have now been obliged to fly by night. 6.30 p.m. more horrible explosion than ever. Shook me well up. Smoke drifting over the Brockley Jack, & over the Jargonelle pear tree & house. Poor South London again. Probably a rocket.". Many newscuttings are loosely inserted between the pages together with some notes made by the author and a few letters from relatives. 

[Abolition of the Death Penalty] William Sandford Phillips "Considerations on the Increase and Progress of Crime, accompanied by documentary evidence

Lot: 85

  • Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £50
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[Abolition of the Death Penalty] William Sandford Phillips Considerations on the Increase and Progress of Crime, accompanied by documentary evidence as to the propriety and necessity of a revision and amendments of the existing penal statutes. With a View to the Abolition of corporeal punishments; and more particularly The Awful Penalty of Death. Liverpool, 1839. Octavo. Fine 20th Century rebind in gilt quarter-calf, marbled boards; viii, 83pp, lacking prelimary pages v & vi otherwise fine internally.

Saddam Hussein "Building Up Iraq Together", 1983, ink signed by Saddam Hussein on the frontispiece. Printed wraps, 82pp. VG.

Lot: 86

  • Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £200 - £250
SOLD £125
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Saddam Hussein Building Up Iraq Together, 1983, ink signed by Saddam Hussein on the frontispiece. Printed wraps, 82pp. VG. This work comprises two speeches given by Hussein in the Kurdish area of Iraq in 1983 dealing with the integration of Kurdish citizens into Iraqi society. [Provenance: presented by the Iraqi Embassy in Belgrade to a Government Official of the former Yugoslavia]. 

History of the Iraqi Armed Forces 1921-1981 [title in Arabic], Baghdad, 1981, ink-signed by Saddam Hussein at the foot of two frontispiece photos.

Lot: 87

  • Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £300 - £350
SOLD £180
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History of the Iraqi Armed Forces 1921-1981 [title in Arabic], Baghdad, 1981, ink-signed by Saddam Hussein at the foot of two frontispiece photos. Large format, cloth bound, in d/jacket. Illustrated throughout. Text in Arabic. The jacket is slightly chipped at spine extremities; ownership stamp bleached out on front endpaper o/w fine. 174pp. [Provenance: presented by the Iraqi Embassy in Belgrade to a Government Official of the former Yugoslavia].

Ignatius Donnelly "Atlantis: The Antediluvian World", Harper & Bros., New York, 1882, First Edition, in original gilt cloth.

Lot: 88

  • Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £30
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Ignatius Donnelly Atlantis: The Antediluvian World, Harper & Bros., New York, 1882, First Edition, in original gilt cloth. Some light wear to spine extremities, front endpaper partly torn away, neat gift inscription to second free endpaper dated 25th Dec.1882. Fine internally with maps & illustrations in text; x,490pp

Ernest Broxap "Manchester a Hundred Years Ago", John Taylor, [1921], 4to, faded cloth, gilt, fine internally with all plates (2 coloured);

Lot: 90

  • Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
SOLD £42
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Ernest Broxap Manchester a Hundred Years Ago, John Taylor, [1921], 4to, faded cloth, gilt, fine internally with all plates (2 coloured); and William Shaw Manchester Old and New, Cassell, [1894] illustrated byTidmarsh, 4to, 3 vols, gilt cloth, worn at extremities, grubby mark in margin to p.vii in Vol.3, rear endpaper missing from Vol.2. (4)

David Hume & Tobias Smollett "The History of England with a Continuation to the Present Time", James S. Virtue, [1860], 4to, 12 vols,

Lot: 91

  • Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
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David Hume & Tobias Smollett The History of England with a Continuation to the Present Time, James S. Virtue, [1860], 4to, 12 vols, publisher's gilt & blind-tooled cloth, a.e.g., wear to spine extremities, 11 (of 12) coloured maps,3 engraved titles, and 94 tissue-guarded steel-engraved plates. Browning to tissue-guards, occasionally with minor offset to plates, the plate of Queen Anne badly foxed, o/w very clean internally. (12)

"The Imperial Dictionary of Universal Biography", William Mackenzie, [1858-64], 4to, complete in 16 divisions, 94 (of 96) steel-engraved plates;

Lot: 92

  • Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
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The Imperial Dictionary of Universal Biography, William Mackenzie, [1858-64], 4to, complete in 16 divisions, 94 (of 96) steel-engraved plates; publisher's gilt cloth, worn at spine extremities, browning to tissue-guards and few pages with foxing, plates VG/VF. Ownership inscription to front endpaper of one volume. (16)

Andrew Lang "Prince Charles Edward", Goupil & Co, 1900; tall 4to, no.897 of 1500, bound in gilt half-morocco over tartan-covered boards,

Lot: 93

  • Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
SOLD £20
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Andrew Lang Prince Charles Edward, Goupil & Co, 1900; tall 4to, no.897 of 1500, bound in gilt half-morocco over tartan-covered boards, worn bookplate of Richard Banastre Crosse; few cuttings tipped on to front endpapers, fine internally with all plates, titled tissue-guards. Small faults to tartan cloth of rear board. 

A Salford Dispensing Chemist’s Dangerous Drugs Registers (3) covering the periods 1927-1932 and 1951-1980, plus a related trade catalogue

Lot: 116

  • Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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A Salford Dispensing Chemist's Dangerous Drugs Registers (3) covering the periods 1927-1932 and 1951-1980, plus a related trade catalogue dated May 1939, and a notebook. 100s of entries. Mixed condition.