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Auction No 401, Category: Local History

41 Lots (displaying 1 - 20)

W. Keen "A Letter to the Inhabitants of Stafford, containing some account of the trusts reposed in the Corporation,

Lot: 13

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £15
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W. Keen A Letter to the Inhabitants of Stafford, containing some account of the trusts reposed in the Corporation, and of the charities given to that Borough. J. Drewry, [1808]; disbound pamphlet, printed front cover reduced at right, preliminary leaves with some foxing. 85pp

Staffordshire history, topography and miscellanea: a collection of mostly softback publications including pamphlets, from 1880s to 1980s;

Lot: 14

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £130
SOLD £90
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Staffordshire history, topography and miscellanea: a collection of mostly softback publications including pamphlets, from 1880s to 1980s; a few signed by authors. Some better items noted. Mixed condition. (79). Also few programmes & sundry ephemera.

Biography & Autobiography, many Staffordshire related; including "Reminiscences, Letters and Journals of Thomas Percival Heywood" 1899;

Lot: 15

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £74
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Biography & Autobiography, many Staffordshire related; including Reminiscences, Letters and Journals of Thomas Percival Heywood, 1899; W.D. Spanton The Story of My Life, 1920; Albert Walker Samuel Hick, the Village Blacksmith, 1862; Bretherton The Countess of Huntingdon, 1940; Memoir of Mrs. Allen of Woodhead-Hall, 1872 (sporadic foxing, some pencil annotations); Extracts from the Journal and Correspondence of the late Mrs.M.M. Clough, 1840; and others, mostly 19th & early 20th Century, some signed by the authors. Mixed condition but mostly good to fine. (23)

Aleyn Lyell Reade "The Mellards & their descendants, including the Bibbys of Liverpool, with memoirs of Dinah Maria Mulock & Thomas Mellard Reade",

Lot: 16

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £150
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Aleyn Lyell Reade The Mellards & their descendants, including the Bibbys of Liverpool, with memoirs of Dinah Maria Mulock & Thomas Mellard Reade, privately printed at the Arden Press, London, 1915; 4to, full buckram gilt, faded; uncut two sides; one of 200 printed; one (of two) front endpapers removed o/w fine internally with all plates & folding pedigrees. 

James P. Jones "A History of the South Staffordshire Regiment (1705- 1923)", Whitehead Brothers, 1923; octavo, orig. gilt cloth,

Lot: 17

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £36
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James P. Jones A History of the South Staffordshire Regiment (1705-1923), Whitehead Brothers, 1923; octavo, orig. gilt cloth, spine a little worn & faded; uncut two sides; fine internally with all plates & maps; xx,483pp

Lt.Col. E.U. Bradbridge (& others) "59th Division 1915-1918", Chesterfield, 1928; octavo, orig. gilt cloth, VG;

Lot: 18

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £40
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Lt.Col. E.U. Bradbridge (& others) 59th Division 1915-1918, Chesterfield, 1928; octavo, orig. gilt cloth, VG; folding map toned o/w fine internally. 186pp + 8pp of photo-plates.

Francis Percival Eliot "Six Letters on the subject of the Armed Yeomanry, addressed to the Rt. Hon. Earl Gower Sutherland,

Lot: 19

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £145
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Francis Percival Eliot Six Letters on the subject of the Armed Yeomanry, addressed to the Rt. Hon. Earl Gower Sutherland, Colonel of the Staffordshire Volunteer Cavalry. T. Egerton, London, 1797; orig. boards, spine damaged and front board detached; armorial bookplate of John Gretton; uncut & partly unopened; good clean text & plates; xvi,230,(1)pp, plus seven folding plates including frontispiece. Together with a related original letter of 1804 addressed to the author as Colonel of the 2nd Staffordshire Militia.

"The Stafford Battery: 241/61st Field and Super Heavy Regiment Royal Artillery 1939-1945", privately published, Stafford c.1946;

Lot: 20

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £92
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The Stafford Battery: 241/61st Field and Super Heavy Regiment Royal Artillery 1939-1945, privately published, Stafford c.1946; octavo s/bk, printed wraps; coloured map and b/w photo-plates. 104pp plus plates. VG. No copy recorded by Copac. 

"The Old Denstonian Chronicle 1915" and 1916, Old Denstonian Club, Denstone, Uttoxeter; tall octavo, printed cloth, front boards a little faded;

Lot: 21

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
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The Old Denstonian Chronicle 1915 and 1916, Old Denstonian Club, Denstone, Uttoxeter; tall octavo, printed cloth, front boards a little faded; 18pp or 22pp of photo-plates + 94pp or 140pp of text. Most pages of plates of the 1915 edition have a 2” vertical tear at top (not affecting the images). Uncut and partially unopened. Very scarce  (2)

"History of the 1st and 2nd Battalions the North Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales) 1914-1923", Hughes & Harber, Longton [1932];

Lot: 22

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £40
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History of the 1st and 2nd Battalions the North Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales) 1914-1923, Hughes & Harber, Longton [1932]; 4to, quarter leather over gilt cloth, wear to top & tail of spine o/w VG; 12 plates including eight maps/plans; top edge gilt, uncut elsewhere. Fine internally.

L. R. Missen "The History of the 7th (Ser.) Bn. Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment) 1914-1919". W.Heffer, 1920;

Lot: 23

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £42
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L. R. Missen The History of the 7th (Ser.) Bn. Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment) 1914-1919. W.Heffer, 1920; octavo, orig. printed cloth, VG; presentation inscription to front pastedown; complete with six plates/maps. Fine internally

George Savage (5th North Staffs Regt.) "Mespots during the Great War", Burslem, 1920, signed by the author,

Lot: 24

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £64
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George Savage (5th North Staffs Regt.) Mespots during the Great War, Burslem, 1920, signed by the author, worming to endpapers and lower text margins, b/w frontisp. marked; and C.H. Wylly Historical Records of the 1st King's Own Stafford Militia, Lichfield, 1902, orig.cloth, some wear, occasional fox marks. (2)

P.C.G. Webster "The Records of the Queen’s Own Regiment of the Staffordshire Yeomanry", Lichfield & London, 1870; octavo, orig. gilt cloth,

Lot: 25

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £26
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P.C.G. Webster The Records of the Queen's Own Regiment of the Staffordshire Yeomanry, Lichfield & London, 1870; octavo, orig. gilt cloth, a little worn; bookplate of Lord Alexander Paget (Deputy Lieutenant of Staffordshire), and signed by Paget at top of title page during year of publication. Two tissue-guarded plates. Few pages with a corner crease o/w fine internally; vi,(1),192,xlvi, pp.

Benson F.M. Freeman "Historical Records of the Queen’s Own Royal Staffordshire Imperial Yeomanry", Stafford,1907;

Lot: 26

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £18
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Benson F.M. Freeman Historical Records of the Queen's Own Royal Staffordshire Imperial Yeomanry, Stafford, 1907; printed wraps, front cover with contemp. ownership signature & small corner fault; fine internally. 76pp. In original card slipcase. Scarce 

Major R.M. Ovens "Military Lectures", Lichfield, 1908; octavo, orig. printed cloth, VG; endpapers browned, fine internally;

Lot: 29

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £30
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Major R.M. Ovens Military Lectures, Lichfield, 1908; octavo, orig. printed cloth, VG; endpapers browned, fine internally; ownership inscription of Pte. C.Hudson, 3rd South Staffs Regt to front pastedown. Ovens was a Major in the South Staffs Regiment. 88pp

"Walsall & District. The Roll of the Great War, 1914-1918". Quarto, printed cloth, gilt, faded; front inner hinge cracked. Clean text. 232pp

Lot: 30

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £40
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Walsall & District. The Roll of the Great War, 1914-1918. Quarto, printed cloth, gilt, faded; front inner hinge cracked. Clean text. 232pp

Col. W.L. Vale "History of the South Staffordshire Regiment", Gale & Polden 1969, 1st Edn; orig. gilt cloth, corners bumped o/w VG;

Lot: 32

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £34
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Col. W.L. Vale History of the South Staffordshire Regiment, Gale & Polden 1969, 1st Edn; orig. gilt cloth, corners bumped o/w VG; ownership signature top of half-title. Maps as endpapers. Fine internally. 516pp plus plates

Thomas Wardle "Royal Jubilee Exhibition, Manchester, 1887: Descriptive Catalogue of the Silk Section". John Heywood [1887];

Lot: 33

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £44
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Thomas Wardle Royal Jubilee Exhibition, Manchester, 1887: Descriptive Catalogue of the Silk Section. John Heywood [1887]; quarto, orig. gilt cloth, front hinge a little worn o/w VG; light browning to title page & final page of plates o/w fine internally. 238pp including 83 full-page plates.

Thomas Blore "The History of the Manor and Manor-House of South Winfield, in Derbyshire", J. Nichols, 1816, 2nd Edition; 4to, orig.boards,

Lot: 34

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £92
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Thomas Blore The History of the Manor and Manor-House of South Winfield, in Derbyshire, J. Nichols, 1816, 2nd Edition; 4to, orig.boards, quarter-cloth, rebacked in leather with original (worn) title label; uncut; complete with three pedigrees (one loosely inserted) and four full-page engraved plates, two of the pedigrees slightly affected by damp at the foredge. Some natural wrinkling to the centre of the text leaves due to shrinkage of the hand-made paper (plates & pedigrees unaffected)

Henry Steer "The Smedleys of Matlock Bank", Elliot Stock, 1897; orig. gilt cloth, spine a little discoloured o/w VG; t

Lot: 35

  • Auction Date: Wed 2nd Jun 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Henry Steer The Smedleys of Matlock Bank, Elliot Stock, 1897; orig. gilt cloth, spine a little discoloured o/w VG; tissue-guarded frontispiece and other plates in text. Unopened. 121pp