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Auction No 375, Category: Local History

15 Lots (displaying 1 - 15)

"The Miscellaneous Works of Tim Bobbin, Esq. Containing his View of The Lancashire Dialect", T.& J. Allman, 1818

Lot: 15

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Apr 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £30
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The Miscellaneous Works of Tim Bobbin, Esq. Containing his View of The Lancashire Dialect, T.& J. Allman, 1818, octavo, nicely rebound in modern quarter buckram, marbled boards and gilt leather title; complete with 10 engravings which show some browning also affecting facing text pages.

Walter Haigh "A New Glossary of the Dialect of the Huddersfield District", Oxford University Press, 1928;

Lot: 16

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Apr 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £34
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Walter Haigh A New Glossary of the Dialect of the Huddersfield District, Oxford University Press, 1928; tall octavo, original gilt cloth, spine faded, fine internally; xxix,166pp

L. Jewitt (Ed.) "The Ballads & Songs of Derbyshire". Bemrose & Lothian, 1867, First Edition

Lot: 20

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Apr 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
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L. Jewitt (Ed.) The Ballads & Songs of Derbyshire. Bemrose & Lothian, 1867, First Edition, octavo, original decorated cloth, gilt, hinges professionally reinforced, VG; light browning to prelims o/w fine internally; b/w frontispiece; xvi,307pp

Wild Thistle "The Second Selection of Poems", S. Stead, Morley, 1874; small octavo, original gilt cloth, fine;

Lot: 21

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Apr 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Wild Thistle The Second Selection of Poems, S. Stead, Morley, 1874; small octavo, original blind-tooled and gilt cloth, fine; no internal inscriptions, advert page at rear; viii,86,[1]pp

                                                                                    

Matthew Willis "The Mountain Minstrel: or, Effusions of Retirement. Poems". William Alexander, York, 1834;

Lot: 22

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Apr 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Matthew Willis The Mountain Minstrel: or, Effusions of Retirement. Poems. William Alexander, York, 1834; small octavo, original cloth, a little faded, printed title label to front board; unopened; some minor spotting; 195pp

"Ikin's Bolton Guide", 1923, complete with 4 folding maps; "Bolton & District Year Book 1929";

Lot: 28

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Apr 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £86
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Ikin’s Bolton Guide, 1923, complete with 4 folding maps; Bolton & District Year Book 1929; Tillotsons Bolton Directory 1932, gilt cloth, map removed; The Book of Bolton 1929, 1948, 1953/54, 1961 and 2 later; and a collection of other Bolton guide books, histories and maps, mostly good to fine (over 40 items)

John Kirk "Memoir of Mrs. Eliza Kirk, of Edinburgh. By Her Husband". Ward & Co, 1860, 2nd Edn;

Lot: 29

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Apr 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £10
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John Kirk Memoir of Mrs. Eliza Kirk, of Edinburgh. By Her Husband. Ward & Co, 1860, 2nd Edn; 12mo, original blind-tooled & gilt cloth, good; contemp. gift inscription; engraved portrait and two woodcuts; some minor spotting. 204pp

"The Trial of Mr. Hunt, Mr. Johnson, and others for a Conspiracy at the Manchester Meeting, on the 16th August last"

Lot: 32

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Apr 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £68
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The Trial of Mr. Hunt, Mr. Johnson, and others for a Conspiracy at the Manchester Meeting, on the 16th August last, John Barr, Leeds, 1820; 19th Cent. half-leather, very worn, requiring rebinding, folding plate foxed; bound with The Trials of Arthur Thistlewood, James Ings, and John Thomas Brunt, and others, for High Treason, John Barr, 1820, complete with frontispiece; text & endpapers intact and clean, final text leaf of Thistlewood torn but no loss; uncut. A few leaves loose; 120pp + 101pp.

R.S. Crossley "Accrington: Chronological Notes and Men of Mark", Accrington Observer and Times, 1924;

Lot: 35

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Apr 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £34
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R.S. Crossley Accrington: Chronological Notes and Men of Mark, Accrington Observer and Times, 1924; original gilt cloth, fine; gift inscription on reverse of title page. 173pp

                                                                                    

Henry Fishwick "The History of the Parish of Garstang", 1878-79, two vols; "The History of the Parish of Kirkham", 1874;

Lot: 38

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Apr 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £96
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Henry Fishwick The History of the Parish of Garstang, 1878-79, two vols; The History of the Parish of Kirkham, 1874; and The History of the Parish of St.Michaels-on-Wyre, 1891; all Chetham Society publications, original gilt cloth, VG, St. Michaels inscribed by the author to his daughter. (4)

Andrew Clark (Ed.) "Survey of the Antiquities of the City of Oxford, composed in 1661-6, by Anthony Wood"

Lot: 40

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Apr 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Andrew Clark (Ed.) Survey of the Antiquities of the City of Oxford, composed in 1661-6, by Anthony Wood, Oxford Historical Society, 1889, tall octavo, original cloth, gilt, 3 volumes; recased with new endpapers, some small repairs to backstrips; fine internally with all folding Maps and Plans. (3)

"Reminiscences in the Life of Joshua Bradley", W.E. Clegg, Oldham, 1904, octavo, original gilt cloth, VG,

Lot: 42

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Apr 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Reminiscences in the Life of Joshua Bradley, W.E. Clegg, Oldham, 1904, octavo, original gilt cloth, VG, light browning to prelims o/w fine internally; b/w frontispiece and 8 other plates. 281pp

Richard Ainsworth "The Lingards of Huncoat and Their Descendants", Wardleworth Ltd, Accrington, 1930;

Lot: 43

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Apr 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £46
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Richard Ainsworth The Lingards of Huncoat and Their Descendants, Wardleworth Ltd, Accrington, 1930; octavo, gilt cloth, VG; some spotting to text; 15 photo-plates. 51pp; and Ainsworth’s History and Associations of Altham and Huncoat, Wardleworth 1932, gilt cloth, VG, foxing to edge of text block, few pages with minor spotting, 18pp of plates, 307pp

B. Nightingale "Lancashire Nonconformity, Or, Sketches, Historical & Descriptive...." 1890s, 6 Vols

Lot: 46

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Apr 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £74
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B. Nightingale Lancashire Nonconformity, Or, Sketches, Historical & Descriptive, of the Congregational and Old Presbyterian Churches in the County, John Heywood, 1890s, six volume set, original gilt cloth, VG; light browning to endpapers; fine internally. (6)

Road Transport softbacks, largely Tram & Bus history and nostalgia, much of Local History interest,

Lot: 50

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Apr 2018 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £44
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Road Transport softbacks, largely Tram & Bus history and nostalgia, much of Local History interest, 1960s to modern publications. Mainly VG/VF (44)