Lot: 51
Keates & Ford's Annual Potteries and Newcastle Street and Trade Directory with Almanack, for 1865-6, Hanley, 1865; original stipple-grained cloth, gilt, rebacked, worn corners; bookplate of James E. Moxon with his signature top of title-page; front inner hinge weak; VG internally. 228pp plus 111pp of advertisements
Lot: 52
[Mary Holland] Some Records of the Holland Family…of Barton-Under-Needwood, Staffordshire, Philip Allan, 1929; orig.cloth, gilt, spine faded; armorial bookplate of John Gretton of Stapleford; a presentation copy from the author to Sir Reginald Hardy; browning to endpapers o/w fine internally. 8 photo-plates. 135pp
Lot: 53
Henry Wedgwood Staffordshire: Up and Down the County, Hanley, 1881, 3 vols (in 1); and Romance of Staffordshire: A Series of Sketches (in 2 vols) bound together with Life of Major-General Harrison; uniformly bound in attractive half-morocco, gilt, both with wood engravings; the latter volume with some browning and professional repairs to 7 leaves. (2)
Lot: 54
S.W. Hutchinson The Archdeaconry of Stoke-on-Trent. Historical Notes, Bemrose, 1893, front inner hinge cracked; and 5 others on Stoke including two fine directories of 1954 and 1967. (6)
Lot: 55
Dent & Hill Historic Staffordshire, 1975, in d/jkt, facsimile of the 1896 edition; Herbert Chester Cheadle Coal Town, 1981; and other Staffordshire history. VG/VF (19)
Lot: 56
Keates's Gazetteer & Directory of the Staffordshire Potteries, Newcastle and District 1873-74, Hanley, 1873, orig. blind-tooled & gilt cloth, faded, VG internally; F. Brighton Pattingham, 1942, ink marks to cover; Simeon Shaw History of the Staffordshire Potteries, 1829 (poor binding); and other Staffordshire history including 1980s/90s journals (23). Varied condition. (45 in all).
Lot: 57
J. Ingamells Directory of Newcastle-Under-Lyme with Historical Records, 1871; J.T. Coulam The History of Newcastle-Under-Lyme, 1908, signed by the author, newscuttings laid down to front endpaper; M.K.J. Hunt Newcastle High School 1874-1974 in d/jkt; and two related. Good/Fine. (5)
Lot: 58
Staffordshire Record Society, a collection of works published by or on behalf of the Society, 1915-1988, including a set of maps in slipcase. All (bar two) cloth bound, gilt. One 1960 publication ex-lbrary o/w VG/VF. (15)
Lot: 62
Local History selection, mostly Staffordshire related, including Swinscoe, Blore and the Bassetts 1998; Redfern History of Uttoxeter, 1865, (with map); M. Wright The Best of Cannock Chase, 1933; Stephens History of Congleton, 1970; The Victoria History of the County of Stafford, Vol.VIII, 1963; and various others, mostly h/bk, some in d/jkts, varied condition. (25)