Lot: 59
J. Sutcliffe Stuart A Musical Pilgrimage in Yorkshire, 1928, b/w plates, 369 of 500, and The Literary Shrines of Yorkshire, 1892, b/w plates; Frederick Ross Yorkshire Family Romance, 1891; and other Yorkshire related. All in the original cloth bindings, Fletcher's Nooks and Corners of Yorkshire with map in rear pocket. (10)
Lot: 60
George Oliver The History and Antiquities of Beverley, M. Turner & others, 1829, contemp. half-leather, gilt title, plates & pedigrees, occasional spotting (especially the frontispiece), cracking to inner hinges (still holding); Ruston & Witney Hooton Pagnell. The Agricultural Evolution of a Yorkshire Village, 1934, b/w plates; Robert Skaife (trans.) Domesday Book for Yorkshire, 1896; and another. (4)
Lot: 61
Edward Ingram Leaves from a Family Tree being the Correspondence of an East Riding Family, A. Brown, [1951], in d/jkt; Smith The Place-Names of the East Riding of Yorkshire, 1937, gilt cloth, seven maps in rear pocket; Harris The Rural Landscape of the East Riding of Yorkshire, Oxford, 1961, in d/jkt; and two others, Yorkshire families related. (6)
Lot: 62
Yorkshire related including Edwards The Early History of the North Riding, A. Brown, 1924, full buckram, plates & folding map, some browning (espec.first few leaves); Rawnsley Antique Maps of Yorkshire and their Makers, M.T.D. Rigg, 1983, in d/jkt; Edmund Bogg From Eden Vale to the Plains of York [1894]; and various others. Includes a good scrapbook of Yorkshire related cuttings and prints, 1890s/1920s. (14)
Lot: 65
An Old York Church. All Hallows in North Street, York, 1908, folio, gilt cloth, No.218 of 500, many plates; Caine The Martial Annals of the City of York, 1898, gilt cloth, 60 illustrations; Widdrington Analecta Eboracensia – Some Remaynes of the Ancient City of York, C.J. Clark, 1897, gilt cloth, No.27 of 265, twenty-six plates; Memoirs illustrative of the History and Antiquities of the County and City of York, John Murray, 1847-48, two vols., with plates, title pages foxed; and York Bridgemasters' Accounts, York Archaeological Trust, 2002, 497pp, damage to foot of the spiral binding. (6)
Lot: 66
York History, a selection of publications by the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (5), the Ministry of Public Buildings and Works, and English Heritage. All in fine d/jkts; one with ownership inscription. (7)
Lot: 67
A.P. Purey-Cust The Heraldry of York Minster, Richard Jackson, 1896, [Vol.2, first volume issued 1890], No.145 of 300, full leather, gilt, backstrip re-laid, colour tissue-guarded plates; John Browne Fabric Rolls and Documents of York Minster, York, 1863, ‘New Edition', two copies, one rebound, the other with annotations; Hugh the Chanter: The History of the Church of York 1066-1127, Oxford, 1990, in d/jkt; and others, York Minster related. (8)
Lot: 68
Benson & Jefferson Picturesque York, 1886, gilt cloth, sepia plates; and other York illustrated works including Hugh Murray Doctor Evelyn's York, 1983; Wilson & Mee The Fairest Arch in England: Old Ouse Bridge, York, 2002; and Smith Hob Moor: Historic Stray and Local Nature Reserve. Benson's Picturesque York with some discolouration to the boards. (19)
Lot: 69
Angelo Raine York Civic Records, Yorkshire Archaeological Society, 1939-53, eight volumes, plus the additional Vol.9 published 1978. Gilt cloth, one with ownership signature. (9)
Lot: 70
George Benson Coins: Especially those relating to York, 1914, and The Ancient Painted Glass Windows in the Minster and Churches of the City of York, 1915, both in later cloth, gilt; Solloway The Alien Benedictines of York, 1910, gilt cloth, No.122 of 250, b/w plates; Ritchie The Ecclesiastical Courts of York, 1956, in d/jkt; Depositions from the Castle of York, Surtees Society, 1861, gilt cloth, and others including two bound volumes of York Historian 1976-2003. (9)
Lot: 71
Robert (and Elizabeth) Davies Walks Through the City of York, Nichols & Son, 1880, orig. cloth, In Memoriam bookplates to the authors, folding map (with faults) affixed to rear endpaper; and a selection of other works on the history & topography of York, many in d/jkts. (26)
Lot: 72
Sturge & Clark The Mount School, York, 1785-1814 & 1831-1931, J.M. Dent, 1931, orig. gilt cloth, front endpaper signed by the staff & girls of the school with over 30 signatures including Winifred Sturge one of the co-authors. B/w plates. Foxing to half-title with few tone marks on next few leaves. Unusual item.
Lot: 73
York History, Architecture and Biography, including Cooper The History of the Castle of York, 1911, gilt cloth, b/w plates; Twyford York and York Castle, 1883, gilt cloth; Purey-Cust Picturesque Old York, 1909, gilt cloth, No.8 of 100, thirty-four tissue-guarded plates; three works concerning the Rowntree family; and various others, many in d/jkts. (18)
Lot: 75
Conclusion of the Trial of Laurence Balfe and Edward McQuirk for the Murder of George Clarke, at Brentford Election. S.Bladon, London, 1769. A pamphlet, disbound, 16pp, browning to front cover.
Lot: 76
The Woman in the Cage on London Bridge; The manner of burying Wm.Wiseman in the Fields, who died in Prison; Twenty Two Prisoners in one Band from Colchester to London; and The Burning of Rose Allins Hand by Edmund Tyrill. 18th Century copper engravings, two engraved by Thomas Bowles, Approx 6.5 x 8”. On watermarked paper of the period. Large margins. Fine. (4)
Lot: 77
The Richmond Tragedy, a broadside, c.1835, concerning the murder of Ann Gray by Squire Rowland and the discovery of her body by William Gray, her twin brother. 15 x 9.5”, frayed at periphery, small splits at the vertical & horizontal folds.
Lot: 81
Yorkshire related softbacks, mostly City of York, from 1827 to modern, with many guides, histories, reports, etc, many illustrated. (270) (approx 20 kilos)
Lot: 88
L.C. Dunsterville The Adventures of Dunsterforce, 1920, 2nd impression, gilt cloth, b/w plates (one loose), folding map; Ellis The Transcaspian Episode 1918-1919, 1963, in d/jkt; and Moberley Operations in Persia 1914-1919, HMSO, 1987, in d/jkt. Spine of Dunsterforce faded. (3)
Lot: 89
‘HW' and Sidney Hay By Order of the Shah, Cassell, 1937; Persia: Geographical Handbook Series, Naval Intelligence Division, 1945, faded cloth; Wills In the Land of the Lion and the Sun, 1891, ‘new edition'; Wilson S.W. Persia: Letters and Diary of a Young Political Officer 1907-1914, Readers Union, 1942; and other books on Persia/Iran, one ex-library (11)
Lot: 90
Dirk Rottgardt Austro-Hungarian Armies in 1914, in four vols, and Austro-Hungarian Armies in the 1st World War, in four vols, Nafziger Collection, 2011, A4 s/bks, corner crease to front cover of one volume o/w fine. (8)