Auction No 368, Category: Local History

20 Lots (displaying 1 - 20)

"The Cotton Spinners and Manufacturers' Directory, and Engineers and Machine Makers' Advertiser",

Lot: 43

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £52
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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 

British Company histories including Garnett "Wainstalls Mills: the History of I. & I. Calvert Ltd",

Lot: 45

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £52
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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)

Edwin Butterworth "A Statistical Sketch of the County Palatine of Lancaster", Longman, 1841,

Lot: 49

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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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)

John Curwen "The Ancient Parish of Heversham with Milnthorpe",Titus Wilson, Kendal, 1930,

Lot: 50

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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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

W.I. Wild "The History of the Stockport Sunday School and its Branch Schools", 1891,

Lot: 51

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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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

Agreement for the Commutation of Tithes in the Parish of Tarleton in the County of Lancaster,

Lot: 57

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £52
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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.

                                                                        

John Watson "The History and Antiquities of The Parish of Halifax, in Yorkshire", T. Lowndes, 1775,

Lot: 63

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £46
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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.

J. Horsfall Turner "Halifax Books and Authors", 1906; Claridge "Origin and History of Bradford Grammar School", 1882;

Lot: 66

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £24
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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)  

John Harland "The Lancashire Lieutenancy of the Tudors and Stuarts", Chetham Soc., 1859, 2 Vols,

Lot: 68

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £50
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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)

Theodore Armstrong "The Hazel Grove Industrial & Equitable Co-Operative Society Ltd 1860-1910: An Historical Sketch",

Lot: 69

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £48
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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

Thomas W. Thompson "The Spen Valley: A Local History", Heckmondwike, 1925,

Lot: 70

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
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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.

John Sugden "Slaithwaite Notes of the Past and Present", John Heywood, 1905, First Edn., original printed cloth, VG;

Lot: 71

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
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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.

John Holt "Occasional Verses", Stand, nr. Bury, printed at the Radcliffe Times, 1912; small octavo,

Lot: 72

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
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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.

A. Stanley Carruthers & R.C. Reid "Records of the Carruthers Family", Elliot Stock, 1934,

Lot: 74

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £125
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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. 

The Park School Glasgow 1880-1930, W.Hodge, 1930; Merchiston Castle School 1855-58, Maclehose, 1915;

Lot: 76

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £44
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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)

"Domesday Book Studies: Sussex" 1987-88, and "Domesday: Surrey", 1987-90,

Lot: 77

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £44
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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

"Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society"

Lot: 78

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
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Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society, bound volumes for 1930 to 1936, 1938, 1939, 1950 and 1951; uniform gilt cloth, fine. (11)

John Stabb "Some Old Devon Churches", Simpkin Marshall 1911- 1916, 3 volumes, octavo,

Lot: 79

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £68
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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)

                                                                        

Thomas Whitaker "An History of the Original Parish of Whalley and Honor of Clitheroe"

Lot: 83

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £64
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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)

                                                                                                

B. Palin Dobson "History of the Bolton Artillery 1860-1928", Blackshaw, Sykes & Morris, 1929;

Lot: 87

  • Auction Date: Wed 31st May 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £26
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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.