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Auction No 430, Category: History

31 Lots (displaying 21 - 31)

"Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society", a partial run comprising 1877, 1878, 1882-1899, 1913,

Lot: 100

  • Auction Date: Wed 20th Nov 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £120
UNSOLD
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Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian &  Archaeological Society, a partial run comprising 1877, 1878, 1882-1899, 1913, 1915-1923, 1925-1940, 1956-1962, 1965, 1966, 1973-1975, and 14 later to 2015. Also two Index vols., and a commemorative volume. 22 of the 1913-40 period are cloth bound, gilt. Many of the 19th Century volumes have faults to the paper covers (1897 & 1899 covers damaged and detached) o/w VG/VF (75)

"The Coucher Book of Furness Abbey", Chetham Society, 1886-1919, six volumes, unopened; and "The Chartulary of Cockersand Abbey", Chetham Society,

Lot: 101

  • Auction Date: Wed 20th Nov 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £42
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The Coucher Book of Furness Abbey, Chetham Society, 1886-1919, six volumes, unopened; and The Chartulary of Cockersand Abbey, Chetham Society, 1898-1909, five (of six) vols, lacking Vol.1, part II. Publisher's gilt cloth. VG/Fine

World War 1 interest including ‘An M.P.’ [Aubrey Herbert] "Mons, Anzac and Kut" 1919, 1st Edn; S. Macnaughton "My War Experiences in Two Continents"

Lot: 104

  • Auction Date: Wed 20th Nov 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £86
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World War 1 interest including ‘An M.P.' [Aubrey Herbert] Mons, Anzac and Kut, 1919, 1st Edn; S. Macnaughton My War Experiences in Two Continents, 1st Edn; Louis Raemaeker The ‘Land & Water' Edition of Raemaekers' Cartoons, 1916-17, two vols, 310 colour plates; Ward Mr.Poilu: Notes and Sketches with the Fighting French, 1916, 46 tipped-in plates; and various others, together with a fine 7x12” photograph of N.C.O.s and Officers of the 59th Field Ambulance, R.A.M.C., 15th February, 1915, with several named on reverse. Mons, Anzac and Kut rebound. (15)

"Cottrill’s Police Directory of the Borough of Newcastle-Under-Lyme for 1836", Newcastle, full diced calf;

Lot: 105

  • Auction Date: Wed 20th Nov 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £24
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Cottrill's Police Directory of the Borough of Newcastle-Under-Lyme for 1836, Newcastle, full diced calf; The Newcastle and Pottery General and Commercial Directory for 1822-23, Hanley [1822], fine modern rebind in half-leather, tape stains to first few leaves; and The Potteries, Newcastle and District Directory, 1912, lacking maps, weak hinges, 1,250pp. (3)  

Catherine L. W. Powlett (Duchess of Cleveland) "In Memory of Colonel The Honourable Everard Henry Primrose", privately published, London, [1887];

Lot: 108

  • Auction Date: Wed 20th Nov 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
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Catherine L. W. Powlett (Duchess of Cleveland) In Memory of Colonel The Honourable Everard Henry Primrose, privately published, London, [1887]; half-leather, gilt; frontispiece portrait. Inscribed by the author to Viscount Halifax top of title page. 257pp. A scarce title. [Col. Primrose (1848-85) served in the Grenadier Guards, later as the Military Attache at Vienna. He was the brother of Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, UK Prime Minister. His mother, who is the author, was a very close companion to Queen Victoria and was bridesmaid at her wedding].

Henry Fishwick "The History of The Parish of Rochdale", James Clegg & Elliot Stock,1889, rebound in quarter-morocco, gilt, over buckram-covered boards

Lot: 109

  • Auction Date: Wed 20th Nov 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £40
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Henry Fishwick The History of The Parish of Rochdale, James Clegg & Elliot Stock, 1889, rebound in quarter-morocco, gilt, over buckram-covered boards; minor spotting to half-title o/w fine with all plates, pedigrees and illustrations in text; and The Works of John Trafford Clegg: Stories, Sketches, and Rhymes chiefly in the Rochdale Dialect, James Clegg, 1895, two vols., orig. gilt cloth, 18 b/w plates. (3)

The Titanic - In Memoriam poster, 15 x 18”, captioned: "In Memoriam, 'Titanic,' Sunk on her maiden voyage off Cape Race, April 15th, 1912,

Lot: 111

  • Auction Date: Wed 20th Nov 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £170 - £230
SOLD £175
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The Titanic – In Memoriam poster, 15 x 18”, captioned: In Memoriam, 'Titanic,' Sunk on her maiden voyage off Cape Race, April 15th, 1912, The most appalling disaster in Maritime History, with a loss of over 1,500 lives. Printed by The East London Printing Co. Laid down. Peripheral faults, tear upper right, some light browning. Also a limited edition print (No.9 of 10) of survivor Millvina Dean, autographed by her.            

German Military History WW2, including Archer, Kraska & Lippert "Panzers in Berlin 1945", 2019 (with map), and Mark "Guderian’s Foxes", 2021;

Lot: 112

  • Auction Date: Wed 20th Nov 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £66
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German Military History WW2, including Archer, Kraska & Lippert Panzers in Berlin 1945, 2019 (with map), and Mark Guderian's Foxes, 2021; two with a bumped corner o/w fine, no inscriptions. Sommer 1943: SS-Panzer Division Totenkopf with bilingual English/German text. (7)

William Mills "The Manchester Reform Club 1871-1921", Manchester 1922, privately printed, full leather, gilt, eight plates;

Lot: 113

  • Auction Date: Wed 20th Nov 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £20
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William Mills The Manchester Reform Club 1871-1921, Manchester 1922, privately printed, full leather, gilt, eight plates; and Royal Residential Schools for the Deaf, Old Trafford, Manchester, Centenary of the Founding of the Schools, Manchester, 1923, in d/jkt, 26 photo-plates. (2)

Autographs of William IV (as Duke of Clarence) and Lord Melbourne: 1829 & 1839 letter fronts signed ‘Clarence’ and ‘Melbourne’ respectively.

Lot: 114

  • Auction Date: Wed 20th Nov 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £32
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Autographs of William IV (as Duke of Clarence) and Lord Melbourne, 1829 & 1839 letter fronts signed ‘Clarence' and ‘Melbourne' respectively. In soft mounts, matted with related portraits. (2)

Autographs of Politicians, a selection of signed photos, various sizes, including Hilary Benn, Paddy Ashdown, Jack Straw, Leon Brittan, John Prescott,

Lot: 115

  • Auction Date: Wed 20th Nov 2024 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
SOLD £15
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Autographs of Politicians, a selection of signed photos, various sizes, including Hilary Benn, Paddy Ashdown, Jack Straw, Leon Brittan, John Prescott, and other well-known. Also two signed pages. VG/VF (21).