Auction No 426, Category: Local History

5 Lots (displaying 1 - 5)

John Harland "Ballads and Songs of Lancashire", Whittaker & Co.,1865, the author’s personal copy & signed by him on front endpaper,

Lot: 41

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £70
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John Harland Ballads and Songs of Lancashire, Whittaker & Co., 1865, the author's personal copy & signed by him on front endpaper; alterations and annotations in the author's hand to 'The Blessed Conscience' extending from pp.47 to 55 based on a manuscript provided to the author after the book's initial publication. Orig. gilt cloth. A small ownership stamp at top of half-title of the collector Robert Holland Ford.     

Henry Fishwick "The History of The Parish of Rochdale",1889, first edition, complete with all plates, pedigrees and illustrations in text.

Lot: 65

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £80
SOLD £40
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Henry Fishwick The History of The Parish of Rochdale, 1889, first edition, complete with all plates, pedigrees and illustrations in text.  Minor spotting to half-title o/w fine internally. Quarto. Handsomely rebound in quarter-morocco, gilt, with buckram covered boards. Boards slightly bowed. (8),588pp.          

[Andrew] Ducarel "A Repertory of the Endowments of Vicarages in the Dioceses of Canterbury and Rochester", London, 1782, half-leather, rebacked,

Lot: 69

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £80
SOLD £50
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[Andrew] Ducarel A Repertory of the Endowments of Vicarages in the Dioceses of Canterbury and Rochester, London, 1782, half-leather, rebacked, light spotting to prelims, front pastedown with label of Henry Wood, Lewisham, and obituary newscutting of the author; iv,215pp; and Thomas Olyer Kent Epitaphs and Inscriptions from the Churches of Kent, 1912, gilt cloth, 125pp (2)

W.E. Axon "Annals of Manchester", 1886, gilt cloth, VG; Raymond Richards "Old Cheshire Churches", 1973, signed & inscribed by the author,

Lot: 74

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £10 - £20
SOLD £15
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W.E. Axon Annals of Manchester, 1886, gilt cloth, VG; Raymond Richards Old Cheshire Churches, 1973, signed & inscribed by the author, tape stains to inscription page; and two other items including a notebook of popular songs, written in manuscript, 1920. (4) 

Mrs.Willingham Rawnsley "The New Forest", A. & C. Black, 1904, large paper edition, No.22 of 100, signed by the author, 20 colour plates, gilt cloth,

Lot: 114

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £46
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Mrs. Willingham Rawnsley The New Forest, A. & C. Black, 1904, large paper edition, No.22 of 100, signed by the author, 20 colour plates, gilt cloth, near fine. [Offered on behalf of The National Trust]