Lot: 43
The Cotton Spinners and Manufacturers’ Directory, and Engineers and Machine Makers’ Advertiser, John Worrall, Oldham, 1921, tall quarto, rebound in fine modern gilt cloth; some pages with browning/staining but largely fine internally; 100s of advertisements. 408pp
Lot: 45
British Company histories including Garnett Wainstalls Mills: the History of I. & I. Calvert Ltd ,Halifax,1951; Blyth Through the Eye of a Needle: The Story of the English Sewing Cotton Company, 1947, full leather; and variety of others from 1913. All h/bk (bar one), 7 in d/jkt. Good to VF (12)
Lot: 49
Edwin Butterworth A Statistical Sketch of the County Palatine of Lancaster, Longman, 1841, small octavo, 19th Cent boards with tape stains, cloth backstrip, VG internally, 168pp; and Manchester in 1915: Handbook for the Eighty-fifth Meeting for the British Advancement of Science, Manchester University Press, 1915, orig. printed wraps, good, colour frontispiece, plus maps and plates, 120pp + publisher’s catalogue. (2)
Lot: 50
John Curwen The Ancient Parish of Heversham with Milnthorpe,Titus Wilson, Kendal, 1930, tall octavo, original printed cloth, VG; seven b/w plates; uncut and unopened. Light toning to front endpaper o/w fine internally; 89pp
Lot: 51
W.I.Wild The History of the Stockport Sunday School and its Branch Schools, 1891, softback, original printed wraps dust-affected and chipped; VG internally; 399pp + 10 plates. Scarce
Lot: 57
Agreement for the Commutation of Tithes in the Parish of Tarleton in the County of Lancaster, 1845, a copy document, folio, half-leather, comprising 90pp of hand-written text with lists of landowners and tenants. Hingeing partly cracked; fine internally.
Lot: 63
John Watson The History and Antiquities of The Parish of Halifax, in Yorkshire, T. Lowndes, 1775, quarto, full calf, rebacked with gilt title label & raised bands, and new endpapers; title page has signature cut away at top; complete with 10 plates (4 folding); some light browning, largely confined to margins.
Lot: 66
J. Horsfall Turner Halifax Books and Authors, 1906; Claridge Origin and History of Bradford Grammar School, 1882; Prehistoric Remains in Barkisland, Longbotham, [1933]; Sedbergh School Record of War Service 1914-1918, 1925, full vellum, gilt; and other Yorkshire local history; all h/bks, two in d/jkt. Fair to VF (10)
Lot: 68
John Harland The Lancashire Lieutenancy of the Tudors and Stuarts, Chetham Soc., 1859, 2 Vols, the plates affected by foxing; Abraham Stansfield Poems, Sonnets & Translations, 1903, 1st Edn, b/w frontispiece, VG; Frederick Overend History of the Ebenezer Baptist Church Bacup, 1912, VG, 19 plates, presentation bookplate of 1948 signed by the Pastor & four others;and other local history, chiefly Lancashire. Fair to Fine. (15)
Lot: 69
Theodore Armstrong The Hazel Grove Industrial & Equitable Co-Operative Society Ltd 1860-1910: An Historical Sketch, CWS, Manchester, 1910; small octavo, original gilt cloth, spine faded; light browning to endpapers o/w fine internally; 64pp including 11 full-page photo-plates. Scarce
Lot: 70
Thomas W. Thompson The Spen Valley: A Local History, Heckmondwike, 1925, small octavo, printed cloth, a.e.g., VG, bound by Clifford Peel of Heckmondwike; previous owners’ labels front pastedown. No.23 of 100 issued, numbered and signed by the author on limitation page; light browning to endpapers with few other pages showing fox marks; largely fine internally. 355pp + 31 half-tone plates.
Lot: 71
John Sugden Slaithwaite Notes of the Past and Present, John Heywood, 1905, First Edn., original printed cloth, VG; ownership signatures to front pastedown; fine internally; xvi,220pp, 10 plates.
Lot: 72
John Holt Occasional Verses, Stand, nr. Bury, printed at the Radcliffe Times, 1912; small octavo, original gilt cloth, fine; a selection of verses written during the 1870s to 1890s, mostly in Lancashire Dialect. B/w portrait. 75pp + prelims. Rare title. A single copy held at the Bodleian library.
Lot: 74
A.Stanley Carruthers & R.C. Reid Records of the Carruthers Family , Elliot Stock, 1934, quarto, original gilt cloth, slightly chipped at foot of spine o/w fine; includes Subscribers List and 23pp of Genealogical Charts. 198pp. Pages for Notes at rear. Some typed biographical notes by J.E. Carruthers loosely inserted.
Lot: 76
The Park School Glasgow 1880-1930, W.Hodge, 1930; Merchiston Castle School 1855-58, Maclehose, 1915; Merchiston Castle School Roll of Honour 1939-1945, Pillans, 1948; Merchiston Castle School Unveiling and Dedication of War Memorial, 1948; The Eton School Lists from 1791 to 1850, Williams, 1863; and other school history; all h/bk, a few in d/jkt, good to VF (16)
Lot: 77
Domesday Book Studies: Sussex 1987-88, and Domesday: Surrey, 1987-90, each in 3 volumes, the latter lacking the large folding county map. (6) Fine
Lot: 78
Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society, bound volumes for 1930 to 1936, 1938, 1939, 1950 and 1951; uniform gilt cloth, fine. (11)
Lot: 79
John Stabb Some Old Devon Churches, Simpkin Marshall 1911-1916, 3 volumes, octavo, original gilt cloth, spines a little faded, complete with 500 photo-plates; college library handstamps to front endpapers; endpapers browned o/w fine internally. (3)
Lot: 83
Thomas Whitaker An History of the Original Parish of Whalley and Honor of Clitheroe to which is subjoined an Account of the Parish of Cartmell, George Routledge, 1872-74, 4th Edition, 2 volumes, recased with new endpapers and employing much of the original gilt cloth binding; VG internally with all plates and folding pedigrees; browning to tissue-guards partially transferred to plate margins. (2)
Lot: 87
B. Palin Dobson History of the Bolton Artillery 1860-1928, Blackshaw, Sykes & Morris, 1929; small octavo, original printed cloth, spine discoloured; ownership inscription on front endpaper; title page browned; 230pp + 5 photo-plates.