Auction No 431, Category: History

53 Lots (displaying 21 - 40)

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;

Lot: 59

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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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)

George Oliver "The History and Antiquities of Beverley", M. Turner & others, 1829, contemp. half-leather, gilt title, plates & pedigrees,

Lot: 60

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £52
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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)   

Edward Ingram "Leaves from a Family Tree being the Correspondence of an East Riding Family", A. Brown, [1951], in d/jkt;

Lot: 61

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
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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)    

Yorkshire related including Edwards "The Early History of the North Riding", A. Brown, 1924, full buckram, plates & folding map, some browning

Lot: 62

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £36
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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)

"An Old York Church. All Hallows in North Street, York", 1908, folio, gilt cloth, No.218 of 500, many plates;

Lot: 65

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
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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)

York History, a selection of publications by the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (5), the Ministry of Public Buildings and Works,

Lot: 66

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £30
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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)      

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,

Lot: 67

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £30
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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)

Benson & Jefferson "Picturesque York", 1886, gilt cloth, sepia plates; and other York illustrated works including Hugh Murray "Doctor Evelyn’s York"

Lot: 68

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £30
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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)     

Angelo Raine "York Civic Records", Yorkshire Archaeological Society, 1939-53, eight volumes, plus the additional Vol.9 published 1978.

Lot: 69

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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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)

George Benson "Coins: Especially those relating to York", 1914, & "The Ancient Painted Glass Windows in the Minster and Churches of the City of York"

Lot: 70

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
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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)

Robert (and Elizabeth) Davies "Walks Through the City of York", Nichols & Son, 1880, orig. cloth, In Memoriam bookplates to the authors,

Lot: 71

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £30
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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)

Sturge & Clark "The Mount School, York, 1785-1814 & 1831-1931", J.M. Dent, 1931, orig. gilt cloth, front endpaper signed by the staff & girls

Lot: 72

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £10 - £20
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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.

York History, Architecture and Biography, including Cooper "The History of the Castle of York", 1911, gilt cloth, b/w plates;

Lot: 73

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £20
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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)     

"Conclusion of the Trial of Laurence Balfe and Edward McQuirk for the Murder of George Clarke, at Brentford Election". S.Bladon, London, 1769.

Lot: 75

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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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. 

"The Woman in the Cage on London Bridge"; "The manner of burying Wm.Wiseman in the Fields, who died in Prison";

Lot: 76

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
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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)       

"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,

Lot: 77

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £32
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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.

Yorkshire related softbacks, mostly City of York, from 1827 to modern, with many guides, histories, reports, etc, many illustrated. (270)

Lot: 81

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £100
SOLD £50
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Yorkshire related softbacks, mostly City of York, from 1827 to modern, with many guides, histories, reports, etc, many illustrated. (270) (approx 20 kilos)

L.C. Dunsterville "The Adventures of Dunsterforce", 1920, 2nd impression, gilt cloth, b/w plates (one loose), folding map;

Lot: 88

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
SOLD £42
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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)       

‘HW’ and Sidney Hay "By Order of the Shah", Cassell, 1937; "Persia: Geographical Handbook Series", Naval Intelligence Division, 1945, faded cloth;

Lot: 89

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £72
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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)

Dirk Rottgardt "Austro-Hungarian Armies in 1914", in four vols, and "Austro-Hungarian Armies in the 1st World War", in four vols, Nafziger Collection,

Lot: 90

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £80
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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)