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Auction No 424, Category: History

17 Lots (displaying 1 - 17)

"The Queen’s Matrimonial Ladder: A National Toy", William Hone, [1820], lacking the pamphlet with which this was originally issued. Scarce. VG.

Lot: 14

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Mar 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
SOLD £36
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The Queen's Matrimonial Ladder: A National Toy, William Hone, [1820], lacking the pamphlet with which this was originally issued. Scarce. VG.

WW2 HMSO softback publications and similar including "Coastal Command", "Roof Over Britain", "Bomber Command" (2 different),

Lot: 15

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Mar 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £28
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WW2 HMSO softback publications and similar including Coastal Command, Roof Over Britain, Bomber Command (2 different), The Mediterranean Fleet, R.A.F. Middle East, R.A.F. Parade (2), His Majesty's Minesweepers, The Air Battle of Malta, The Eighth Army, Target Germany, etc. Some wear. Fair to near fine. (23)

The Speight family, photographers of Market Harborough, Kettering and Nuneaton: a collection of portrait photographs in modern album, and loose,

Lot: 16

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Mar 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
UNSOLD
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The Speight family, photographers of Market Harborough, Kettering and Nuneaton: a collection of portrait photographs in modern album, and loose, comprising 19th Century cabinet photos (16) and carte-de-visite (6), and early-20th Century PC size photos (10); together with topographical PPCs (25) issued by Clare Speight mostly views of Warwickshire plus few Blackpool. VG/VF (57)

E. H. Speight of Rugby, photographer: a collection of 19th Century carte-de-visite (40) and cabinet portrait photographs, plus a church interior,

Lot: 17

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Mar 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
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E. H. Speight of Rugby, photographer: a collection of 19th Century carte-de-visite (40) and cabinet portrait photographs, plus a church interior, housed in a modern album. Good to VF (47). Also a portrait photo c.1910, and a modern reproduction of Speight in old age with his wife.

Thomas Archer & Amelia Stirling "Queen Victoria: Her Life and Reign", Gresham, 1901, four volume set, art nouveau style bindings, gilt-edged,

Lot: 18

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Mar 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Thomas Archer & Amelia Stirling Queen Victoria: Her Life and Reign, Gresham, 1901, four volume set, art nouveau style bindings, gilt-edged, some fading to spines, tissue-guarded plates, ownership inscriptions to front endpapers. VG  

John Graves "The History of Cleveland, in the North Riding of the County of York", Carlisle,1808, complete with fine folding map & pedigree,

Lot: 21

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Mar 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £120
SOLD £64
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John Graves The History of Cleveland, in the North Riding of the County of York, Carlisle, 1808, complete with fine folding map & pedigree, & nine engraved topographical plates; quarto, 19th Cent. half-leather with gilt title label, hinges worn (still holding); the additional engraved title page stained & browned, some occasional browning elsewhere but generally VG internally, no inscriptions. Together with Frank Elgee Early Man in North-East Yorkshire, 1930, ex-library; and Elgee's The Moorlands of North Eastern Yorkshire, A. Brown & Sons, 1912, orig. gilt cloth, VG. (3)

Louis XIII of France (1601-1643): fine complete letter of 1625, written as king, the salutation and signature 'Louis' in the king’s hand,

Lot: 22

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Mar 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £400 - £500
SOLD £430
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Louis XIII of France (1601-1643): fine complete letter of 1625, written as king, the salutation and signature Louis in the king's hand, 16 lines of text in another hand, endorsement at foot in a further hand. The letter concerns the activities of some field marshals in Sedan and the movement of horses under the charge of Louis XIII's cousin the Duke of Bouillon. Foolscap sheet with watermark of the royal monogram, remnants of the royal seal, three lines of instruction for delivery on reverse. Tipped on to an old album leaf. Fine. [Provenance: purchased from the Hazel Gallery, Chicago, in 1986; later sold by Trafford Books, March 2008]

H.A. Bullock "History of the Isle of Man", London, 1816, 20th Century quarter-calf, gilt, a.e.g.; engraved frontispiece and folding map;

Lot: 24

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Mar 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £82
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H.A. Bullock History of the Isle of Man, London, 1816, 20th Century quarter-calf, gilt, a.e.g.; engraved frontispiece and folding map; offset browning to title page o/w fine internally. 

German WW2 Military History including Szamveber "Last Panzer Battles in Hungary", 2020; Ursula Hartmann "German Fighter Ace Erich Hartmann", 1992,

Lot: 25

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Mar 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £80
SOLD £76
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German WW2 Military History including Szamveber Last Panzer Battles in Hungary, 2020; Ursula Hartmann German Fighter Ace Erich Hartmann, 1992, in fine d/jkt; Rolf Hinze East Front Drama – 1944, 1996; and other modern works. One with a damaged d/jkt, mostly VG/VF, no ownership inscriptions. (11)

German Tank Warfare WW2 including Zaloga "Patton Versus the Panzers", 2016; Nevenkin "Fortress Budapest", 2020, two vols;

Lot: 26

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Mar 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £62
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German Tank Warfare WW2 including Zaloga Patton Versus the Panzers, 2016; Nevenkin Fortress Budapest, 2020, two vols; Thomas Anderson Panther, 2017; and Armored Bears, 2012, two vols. Fine, no inscriptions. (7)

H.M.S. Hood, on tour, 1936-1939: a collection of photographs, 2.5 x 3.5” to PC size, including a group of Spanish Civil War (18)

Lot: 29

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Mar 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £76
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H.M.S. Hood, on tour, 1936-1939: a collection of photographs, 2.5 x 3.5” to PC size, including a group of Spanish Civil War (18) centered on Barcelona, the remaining photos either topographical or relating to the Hood and other British Naval ships. Arranged in album, with corner mounts, each photo with hand-written caption, the album damaged, pages loose, photos fine. (131)

Parliamentary Papers, two bound volumes comprising 1852 Report from the Select Committee on Manchester and Salford Education, 603pp,

Lot: 30

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Mar 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Parliamentary Papers, two bound volumes comprising 1852 Report from the Select Committee on Manchester and Salford Education, 603pp, fifteen coloured maps/plans bound in at rear, all with faults; together with 1852-53 part two of the Report, bound with Minutes of Evidence taken before the Select Committee on the Devon and Dorset Railway Bill and a Report on Communication between London and Dublin. Gilt cloth bindings, VG; ex-library. (2)

"The Manchester Genealogist" 2007 to 2022, 43 issues; Journal of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, 9 issues 1970s/90s;

Lot: 31

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Mar 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £15 - £20
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The Manchester Genealogist 2007 to 2022, 43 issues; Journal of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, 9 issues 1970s/90s; The Manchester Review, 10 issues, mainly 1930s; and four other journals.

Legal Documents (8) on vellum and paper, Lancs & Cheshire related, including 1853 & 1871 Assignments relating to land at Barlow's Croft, Salford;

Lot: 32

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Mar 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
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Legal Documents (8) on vellum and paper, Lancs & Cheshire related, including 1853 & 1871 Assignments relating to land at Barlow's Croft, Salford; 1882 Conveyance concerning an Estate & Premises at Brook Meadow, Elton, nr. Bury; 1797 Lease of houses in Cheadle Hulme; 1929 Lease of land at Nether Alderley; and a 1915 Abstract of Title on 24 large sheets relating to Lady Francis Cecil & her Settlement Trustees and lands at Cheadle Bulkeley. VG condition; together with vendor's detailed descriptive notes.

Manchester Grammar School related books (4), prospectus (2), and magazines, mostly 1960s/1980s. VG condition. (22)

Lot: 33

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Mar 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £15 - £20
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Manchester Grammar School related books (4), prospectus (2), and magazines, mostly 1960s/1980s. VG condition. (22)

"Kelly's Directory of Manchester, Salford and Stretford" for 1951 and 1957; the 1951 edition in poor condition but text intact;

Lot: 34

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Mar 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
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Kelly's Directory of Manchester, Salford and Stretford for 1951 and 1957; the 1951 edition in poor condition but text intact; together with Edward Baines History, Directory, and Gazetteer of the County Palatine of Lancaster, 1824-25, 2 vols, rebound, lacking maps o/w VG. (5)           

Englebert Koempfer "An Account of Japan", London, 1853 (abridged version); bound with Voltaire "The History of Charles the Twelfth"

Lot: 59

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Mar 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £72
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Englebert Koempfer An Account of Japan, London, 1853 (abridged version); bound with Voltaire The History of Charles the Twelfth, Alison Essays on the Nature & Principles of Taste, 1853, and three other titles. Half-leather, gilt; ownership label & signature to front endpaper. VG