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Auction No 431, Category: Literature

12 Lots (displaying 1 - 12)

North West England interest including Rathbone "The Life of Kitty Wilkinson", Liverpool 1910; "Harwood’s Views of the Lakes", c.1842,

Lot: 6

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £24
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North West England interest including Rathbone The Life of Kitty Wilkinson, Liverpool 1910; Harwood's Views of the Lakes, c.1842, with 18 fine tissue-guarded plates; Birtill Over the Five Barred Gate, Chorley, 1967; Johnston Mawdsley Street Chapel, Bolton-Le-Moors 1808-1908, Sherratt & Hughes; and others including guides with some mixed condition. (25)         

[Henrietta Wilson] "Things To Be Thought Of. Addressed to the Young", W.P. Kennedy, 1853, gilt calf, rubbed at periphery;

Lot: 7

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
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[Henrietta Wilson] Things To Be Thought Of. Addressed to the Young, W.P. Kennedy, 1853, gilt calf, rubbed at periphery; The Poetical Works of George Herbert and Reginald Heber, Gall & Inglis, [1881], half leather, gilt, eight fine steel engravings; Compendium of Evidence of Christianity, D.Walther, 1821, six vols bound in three, half-leather, gilt, light foxing to preliminary leaves; and nine other antiquarian books in mixed condition. (12)

Albert Smith "The Natural History of ‘Stuck-Up’ People", "The Natural History of The Gent", and "The Natural History of the Ballet-Girl", D. Bogue,

Lot: 9

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £90
SOLD £105
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Albert Smith The Natural History of ‘Stuck-Up' People, The Natural History of The Gent, and The Natural History of the Ballet-Girl, D. Bogue, 1847-51, bound together in a single volume, complete with the original pictorial wraps, gilt cloth; John MacGowan Infernal Conference: or Dialogues of Devils, Milner & Sowerby, Halifax, 1858, gilt cloth; and a collection of other antiquarian and small books, some in sets, some in slipcases, varied condition. (66). Also four Antiquarian Booksellers' Catalogues, one damp-affected

"The Golden Ass of Apuleius", Chiswick Press, 1904, two-colour cloth, rubricated text on hand-made paper, No. 12 of 220 issued;

Lot: 19

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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The Golden Ass of Apuleius, Chiswick Press, 1904, two-colour cloth, rubricated text on hand-made paper, No. 12 of 220 issued; G.F. Handel Samson, arranged for the Organ or Piano Forte, London, 1810, folio, text printed from copper engraved plates; The Poetical Works of John Dryden, London, 1813, 16mo, 3 vols (in 2), full calf, gilt, rebacked, each vol. with an engraved plate; The Beauties of Sterne, London, 1799, old tree-calf, gilt; and The Life of Thomas Ken, Bishop of Bath and Wells. (6)

"The Monthly Chronicle of North-Country Lore and Legend", Walter Scott, 1889, bound volume of twelve issues, pictorial cloth, many illustrations;

Lot: 55

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £15 - £30
SOLD £32
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The Monthly Chronicle of North-Country Lore and Legend, Walter Scott, 1889, bound volume of twelve issues, pictorial cloth, many illustrations; and Fletcher Picturesque History of Yorkshire, Caxton, c.1900, six volume set, gilt cloth, colour & b/w plates, some wear to top of spines.

Colm O Lochlainn "Irish Street Ballads" and "More Irish Street Ballads", both Three Candles Ltd, Dublin, 1965, latter in d/jkt;

Lot: 150

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
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Colm O Lochlainn Irish Street Ballads and More Irish Street Ballads, both Three Candles Ltd, Dublin, 1965, latter in d/jkt; G.M. Tweddell Rhymes and Sketches to illustrate the Cleveland Dialect, Stokesley, 1875, limp cloth, very worn; and three others, regional poetry. (6)

"Ben Brierley’s Tales and Sketches of Lancashire Life", Abel Heywood, 1882-85, nine volumes, gilt cloth; bookplates of W.H. Lever of Thornton Manor

Lot: 151

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
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Ben Brierley's Tales and Sketches of Lancashire Life, Abel Heywood, 1882-85, nine volumes, gilt cloth; bookplates of W.H. Lever of Thornton Manor and ownership stamps of Robert Holland Ford. Most with front endpaper removed, hingeing weak in places, Vol.VI with few loose pages. Some foxing to prelims. (9)

Dialect stories, mostly Lancashire, including works by Edwin Waugh (9), Samuel Laycock, John Hartley and others.

Lot: 152

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
SOLD £15
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Dialect stories, mostly Lancashire, including works by Edwin Waugh (9), Samuel Laycock, John Hartley and others. Two rebound; two others with tape repairs to inner hinges, and the map in Waugh's Rambles with similar repairs. Fair to fine. (15)

John Harland "Ballads and Songs of Lancashire", Whittaker & Co., 1865, the author's personal copy & signed by him on front endpaper;

Lot: 155

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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John Harland Ballads and Songs of Lancashire, Whittaker & Co.,  1865, the author's personal copy & signed by him on front endpaper; alterations and annotations in Harland's hand to 'The Blessed Conscience' extending from pp.47 to 55 based on a manuscript provided to him after the book's initial publication. Small ownership stamp of the collector Robert Holland Ford at top of half-title. Together with Edwin Waugh Th' Owd Blanket and other stories, 1867; and Robert Dottie The Rambles and Recollections of “R' Dick”, Manchester 1898. (3)

C.S. Lewis selection including "The Abolition of Man", Oxford 1944, a pamphlet, unopened; "Broadcast Talks", 1943, in d/jkt; "Miracles", 1957,

Lot: 156

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
SOLD £62
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C.S. Lewis selection including The Abolition of Man, Oxford 1944, a pamphlet, unopened; Broadcast Talks, 1943, in d/jkt; Miracles, 1957, First Edition; Of This And Other Worlds, 1982, First Edn., in d/jkt; and Poetry and Poetry and Prose in the Sixteenth Century, 1990, in d/jkt. VG/VF (7)

English Poets, Oxford University Press, in full leather bindings, gilt, 1913-67, mostly 1943-51, the Elizabeth Barrett Browning a little faded,

Lot: 158

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £80
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English Poets, Oxford University Press, in full leather bindings, gilt, 1913-67, mostly 1943-51, the Elizabeth Barrett Browning a little faded, one with gift inscription, o/w fine and attractive lot. (11)

Wesleyan interest including John Wesley "Sermons on Several Occasions", John Mason, 1863, 3 vols, gilt cloth;

Lot: 159

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £30
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Wesleyan interest including John Wesley Sermons on Several Occasions, John Mason, 1863, 3 vols, gilt cloth; Early Days; or, The Wesleyan Scholars Guide for the Year 1858, John Mason, gilt cloth, engraved plates; a 1779 pamphlet; The Primitive Methodist Hymn Book, 1878, bound in full stippled leather, with brass edges and clasp, and a Book of Common Prayer with similar binding; Swindells Brentnall Street Wesleyan Sunday School, Stockport, 1916; plus five others (one ex-library), and a fine engraving of the Wesleyan Conference Office, London, c.1860. (15)