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Auction No 355, Category: Local History

12 Lots (displaying 1 - 12)

John Reilly "History of Manchester" Judd & Glass, 1864, and Abraham Stansfield (Ed.) "The Manchester Monthly" 1893-94

Lot: 78

  • Auction Date: Wed 18th Nov 2015 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £48
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John Reilly History of Manchester Judd & Glass, 1864, and Abraham Stansfield (Ed.) The Manchester Monthly Nov. 1893-October 1894, bound volume, both original cloth, good; together with Manchester area and Derbyshire ephemera, photos and literature, late-19th Century to modern, including early 20th Century military photos. (Qty.)

Victorian leather bound album with presentation inscription of 1892 pertaining to a Conference held in Ashton-under-Lyne, VG condition;

Lot: 81

  • Auction Date: Wed 18th Nov 2015 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £36
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Victorian leather bound album with presentation inscription of 1892 pertaining to a Conference held in Ashton-under-Lyne, VG condition; containing 24 cabinet portraits including the Mayor of Ashton and 40 carte-de-visite. 

Richard Lawson "A History of Flixton, Urmston and Davyhulme" 1898

Lot: 84

  • Auction Date: Wed 18th Nov 2015 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
UNSOLD
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Richard Lawson A History of Flixton, Urmston and Davyhulme,  Richard Lawson, 1898, original printed boards very worn, good internally, signed & inscribed by the author to H.G. Mills. 152pp + 10 plates

"Acts of Parliament for the Government and Regulation of The Poor in the Town and Parish of Maidstone" J. Smith, Maidstone, 1828

Lot: 87

  • Auction Date: Wed 18th Nov 2015 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
UNSOLD
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Acts of Parliament for the Government and Regulation of The Poor in the Town and Parish of Maidstone J. Smith, Maidstone, 1828, foolscap, original printed wraps, 15pp of text. Stitch bound. 

Sales Catalogue for the Pendleton Estate, Manchester, 1912, issued Knight,Frank & Rutley of London, including two large and impressive folding Maps

Lot: 88

  • Auction Date: Wed 18th Nov 2015 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £120 - £150
UNSOLD
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Sales Catalogue for the Pendleton Estate, Manchester, 1912, issued by Knight,Frank & Rutley of London, including two large and impressive folding Maps in rear pocket; folio, the cover worn and detached, an additional key map as frontispiece, extensive descriptive text. Also some related papers. 

"Proposed High-Level Roadway Bridge Across the River Mersey Liverpool" 1898

Lot: 89

  • Auction Date: Wed 18th Nov 2015 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
UNSOLD
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Proposed High-Level Roadway Bridge Across the River Mersey Liverpool 1898, prepared for Liverpool Chamber of Commerce by John Webster & John Wood, Engineers; oblong folio, original printed wraps grubby, disbound, some staining internally with peripheral tears; 9pp of text, photogravure art plate, two pages of diagrams. 

Whiteley Turner "A Spring-Time Saunter in Bronte Land" Halifax Courier, 1913

Lot: 91

  • Auction Date: Wed 18th Nov 2015 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £10 - £20
SOLD £12
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Whiteley Turner A Spring-Time Saunter in Bronte Land Halifax Courier, 1913, quarto, original gilt cloth, VG, original owner's inscription, few pages with toning. 239pp + subscribers' list, many illustrations.

City of Manchester Surveyor's Department album of Photographs, all high quality enlargements taken from original negatives 1900s to 1930s

Lot: 92

  • Auction Date: Wed 18th Nov 2015 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £150
SOLD £175
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City of Manchester Surveyor's Department album of Photographs, all high quality enlargements taken from original negatives 1900s to 1930s, with chief interest in suburbs especially Didsbury, plus 1930s Street Cleaning vehivles, Barton and Ringway Airports, etc. Photos tipped in. Also ten photographs loosely inserted. (51)

Ribblesdale Cricket League secretary's Minute Book, Clitheroe, 1953-1966

Lot: 110

  • Auction Date: Wed 18th Nov 2015 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
UNSOLD
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Ribblesdale Cricket League secretary's Minute Book, Clitheroe, 1953-1966, quarto, half-leather, gilt, worn at extremities, fine internally, 97pp of manuscript with some printed extracts from rule books pasted in, written in a good clear hand.

Billheads, receipts and correspondence 1860s to 1940s arranged in folder and mostly Berwickshire

Lot: 195

  • Auction Date: Wed 18th Nov 2015 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £44
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Billheads, receipts and correspondence 1860s to 1940s arranged in folder and mostly Berwickshire, but including 15 of Sunderland 1885/86. Wide variety of items, some of the letters accompanied by brief research notes. (68 items)

Correspondence, receipts and billheads, 1800s to 1870s, all to Manchester familes including the Davenports of Plymouth Grove

Lot: 201

  • Auction Date: Wed 18th Nov 2015 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £46
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Correspondence, receipts and billheads, 1800s to 1870s, all to Manchester familes including the Davenports of Plymouth Grove and the Adsheads of Withington, the letters both family and business related, the receipts & billheads including 8 with pictorial vignettes of the period 1810-20. (abt. 106 items)

Greater Manchester Theatre Programmes 1913-1960s, plus few fliers; including Manchester Hippodrome 1928-32 Grand Variety Matinees (6)

Lot: 204

  • Auction Date: Wed 18th Nov 2015 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
UNSOLD
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Greater Manchester Theatre Programmes 1913-1960s, plus few fliers; including Manchester Hippodrome 1928-32 Grand Variety Matinees (6) featuring Gertie Gitana, George Formby, Ted Ray, Sybil Thorndike etc; 1934 Rochdale Hippodrome Souvenir Brochure for Gracie Fields; Free Trade Hall re-opening 1951; etc. (26)