Lot: 9
Macclesfield & District softbacks including histories, Bye-Laws (from 1877), street maps, water supply, etc. 11 are pre-1950. Varied condition. (25)
Lot: 13
Louis Ambler The Old Halls & Manor Houses of Yorkshire, Batsford, 1913; quarto, orig.blind-stamped & printed cloth, spine faded, slightly marked; 110 plates plus additional illustrations in text. Good
Lot: 14
Kelly’s Directory of Cheshire, 1934, quarto, original printed cloth, gilt; complete with folding-map; minor browning to title page; neat ownership inscription. Good
Lot: 15
Whelan A New and Commercial Directory of Manchester and Salford, 1852, later half-morocco, gilt, 932pp plus appendices, VG; Pigot and Son’s General Directory of Manchester, Salford, &c. for 1830, Manchester, lacking map & other faults, fine modern half-calf, gilt; and Kelly’s Directory of Manchester, Salford and Stretford 1967, quarto, gilt cloth, VG, text browned to due paper quality.
Lot: 16
Grindon Manchester Banks and Bankers, 1878; Wheeler Manchester: its Political, Social and Commercial History, 1836; Louis Hayes Reminiscences of Manchester, 1905; Reminiscences in the Life of Joshua Bradley, Oldham, 1904; and 6 related. Varied condition (10)
Lot: 20
Rusholme Amateur Dramatic Society, Manchester, 1946-1957, large scrap album containing over 200 original photos, plus programmes and newscuttings, all laid down, some with annotations in margins. VG
Lot: 30
Vera Clare L.N.E.R. (Manchester) Athletic Association Souvenir Year Book 1931, pictorial boards, matching wraps bound in, VG; many photo-plates & advertisements, 198pp