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Auction No 404, Category: Local History

9 Lots (displaying 1 - 9)

Adam Sharpe (and others) "St. Just: An Archaeological Survey of The Mining District", Truro, 1992, 2 volumes, A4 softbacks, VG/Fine. (2)

Lot: 54

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Adam Sharpe (and others) St. Just: An Archaeological Survey of The Mining District, Truro, 1992, 2 volumes, A4 softbacks, VG/Fine. (2)  

Catherine Lorigan "Delabole: The History of the Slate Quarry and The Making of its Village Community", 2007; Brown & Acton "Exploring Cornish Mines"

Lot: 56

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £170 - £200
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Catherine Lorigan Delabole: The History of the Slate Quarry and The Making of its Village Community, 2007; Brown & Acton Exploring Cornish Mines, 1996-2001, 5 volumes; Bob Acton Exploring Cornwall's Tramway Trails, 2000-2001, 2nd Edn, 2 vols; and other Cornish history, all softbacks, mostly Industrial especially Tin Mining. No ownership inscriptions. VG/VF (89)

Reg Jones "Dinorwic:The Llanberis Slate Quarry 1780-1969", 2006, in price-clipped d/jkt; Rees "King Copper: South Wales and the Copper Trade", 2000;

Lot: 57

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £80
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Reg Jones Dinorwic: The Llanberis Slate Quarry 1780-1969, 2006, in price-clipped d/jkt; Rees King Copper: South Wales and the Copper Trade, 2000; Strange Merthyr Tydfil: Iron Metropolis, 2005; Bryan Hope A Curious Place: The Industrial History of Amlwch, 1994, in d/jkt, signed by the author; Bick The Old Metal Mines of Mid-Wales, 1974-77, 4 vols; and other Welsh industrial history, largely Metal-Mining and Quarrying. No ownership inscriptions. VG/VF (34)

Ernald James "Unforgettable Countryfolk: Midlands Reminiscences", Cornish Bros, [1948], VG in worn & chipped d/jkt; 8 photo-plates. 178pp

Lot: 58

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £10
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Ernald James Unforgettable Countryfolk: Midlands Reminiscences, Cornish Bros, [1948], VG in worn & chipped d/jkt; 8 photo-plates. 178pp

Percy W.L. Adams "Wolstanton: (Wolstan's Town) A brief History of the ancient Church, Parish, and Village", Edwin Eardley, Tunstall, 1908,

Lot: 59

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £15
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Percy W.L. Adams Wolstanton: (Wolstan's Town) A brief History of the ancient Church, Parish, and Village, Edwin Eardley, Tunstall, 1908, 2nd Edn; original cloth, gilt, wear to extremities; ownership signatures to front endpaper; illustrated with photo-plates. Fine internally; (6),112pp

"Keates & Ford's Annual Potteries and Newcastle Street and Trade Directory with Almanack, for 1865-6", Hanley, 1865;

Lot: 60

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £18
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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

[Mary Holland] "Some Records of the Holland Family…of Barton-Under-Needwood, Staffordshire", Philip Allan,1929; orig.cloth, gilt,

Lot: 61

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £52
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[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

S.W. Hutchinson "The Archdeaconry of Stoke-on-Trent. Historical Notes", Bemrose, 1893, front inner hinge cracked; and 5 others on Stoke

Lot: 62

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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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)

"Keates's Gazetteer & Directory of the Staffordshire Potteries, Newcastle and District 1873-74", Hanley, 1873,

Lot: 63

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £18
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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).