Auction No 432, Category: Local History

15 Lots (displaying 1 - 15)

"Ben Brierley's Tales and Sketches of Lancashire Life", Abel Heywood, 1882-85, nine volumes, gilt cloth; bookplates of W.H. Lever of Thornton Manor

Lot: 31

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £20
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Ben Brierley's Tales and Sketches of Lancashire Life, Abel Heywood, 1882-85, nine volumes, gilt cloth; bookplates of W.H. Lever of Thornton Manor and ownership stamps of Robert Holland Ford. Most with front endpaper removed, hingeing weak in places, Vol.VI with few loose pages. Some foxing to prelims. (9)

Bradbury "In the Derbyshire Highlands", J.C. Bates, 1881, gilt cloth, spotting to prelims; Gibson "Northumbrian Castles, Churches, and Antiquities",

Lot: 50

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £20
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Bradbury In the Derbyshire Highlands, J.C. Bates, 1881, gilt cloth, spotting to prelims; Gibson Northumbrian Castles, Churches, and Antiquities, 1848, first series, tissue-guarded plate; Cunliffe Excavations at Fishbourne, Leeds, 1971, 2 vols., fine, in the d/jkts; and other local history & topography. (15)

William Smith "Old Yorkshire" 1881-84, five volumes, and the New Series additions of 1889-91 in three volumes; gilt cloth, b/w plates.

Lot: 55

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
SOLD £10
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William Smith Old Yorkshire 1881-84, five volumes, and the New Series additions of 1889-91 in three volumes; gilt cloth, b/w plates. Some minor spotting to prelims. Attractive set. (8)  

J. Sutcliffe Stuart "A Musical Pilgrimage in Yorkshire", 1928, b/w plates, 369 of 500, and "The Literary Shrines of Yorkshire", 1892, b/w plates;

Lot: 56

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £20
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J. Sutcliffe Stuart A Musical Pilgrimage in Yorkshire, 1928, b/w plates, 369 of 500, and The Literary Shrines of Yorkshire, 1892, b/w plates; Frederick Ross Yorkshire Family Romance, 1891; and other Yorkshire related. All in the original cloth bindings, Fletcher's Nooks and Corners of Yorkshire with map in rear pocket. (10)

Edward Ingram "Leaves from a Family Tree being the Correspondence of an East Riding Family", A. Brown, [1951], in d/jkt;

Lot: 57

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
SOLD £10
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Edward Ingram Leaves from a Family Tree being the Correspondence of an East Riding Family, A. Brown, [1951], in d/jkt; Smith The Place-Names of the East Riding of Yorkshire, 1937, gilt cloth, seven maps in rear pocket; Harris The Rural Landscape of the East Riding of Yorkshire, Oxford, 1961, in d/jkt; and two others, Yorkshire families related. (6)    

"An Old York Church. All Hallows in North Street", York, 1908, folio, gilt cloth, No.218 of 500, many plates;

Lot: 58

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £30
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An Old York Church. All Hallows in North Street, York, 1908, folio, gilt cloth, No.218 of 500, many plates; Caine The Martial Annals of the City of York, 1898, gilt cloth, 60 illustrations; Widdrington Analecta Eboracensia – Some Remaynes of the Ancient City of York, C.J. Clark, 1897, gilt cloth, No.27 of 265, twenty-six plates; Memoirs illustrative of the History and Antiquities of the County and City of York, John Murray, 1847-48, two vols., with plates, title pages foxed; and York Bridgemasters' Accounts, York Archaeological Trust, 2002, 497pp, damage to foot of the spiral binding. (6)

Angelo Raine "York Civic Records", Yorkshire Archaeological Society, 1939-53, eight volumes, plus the additional Vol.9 published 1978.

Lot: 59

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
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Angelo Raine York Civic Records, Yorkshire Archaeological Society, 1939-53, eight volumes, plus the additional Vol.9 published 1978. Gilt cloth, one with ownership signature. (9)

George Benson "Coins:Especially those relating to York", 1914, and "The Ancient Painted Glass Windows in the Minster and Churches of the City of York"

Lot: 60

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £20
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George Benson Coins: Especially those relating to York, 1914, and The Ancient Painted Glass Windows in the Minster and Churches of the City of York, 1915, both in later cloth, gilt; Solloway The Alien Benedictines of York, 1910, gilt cloth, No.122 of 250, b/w plates; Ritchie The Ecclesiastical Courts of York, 1956, in d/jkt; Depositions from the Castle of York, Surtees Society, 1861, gilt cloth, and others including two bound volumes of York Historian 1976-2003. (9)

Sturge & Clark "The Mount School, York, 1785-1814 & 1831-1931", J.M. Dent, 1931, orig. gilt cloth,

Lot: 61

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £10 - £20
SOLD £8
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Sturge & Clark The Mount School, York, 1785-1814 & 1831-1931, J.M. Dent, 1931, orig. gilt cloth, front endpaper signed by the staff & girls of the school with over 30 signatures including Winifred Sturge one of the co-authors. B/w plates. Foxing to half-title with few tone marks on next few leaves. Unusual item.

"Conclusion of the Trial of Laurence Balfe and Edward McQuirk for the Murder of George Clarke, at Brentford Election". S.Bladon, London, 1769.

Lot: 62

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
SOLD £32
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Conclusion of the Trial of Laurence Balfe and Edward McQuirk for the Murder of George Clarke, at Brentford Election. S.Bladon, London, 1769. A pamphlet, disbound, 16pp, browning to front cover. 

Maidstone Police document, 1838, signed by 16 police officers, acknowledging payment for their services from the 23rd to 29th September. 16 x 13”,

Lot: 65

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £20
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Maidstone Police document, 1838, signed by 16 police officers, acknowledging payment for their services from the 23rd to 29th September. 16 x 13”, framed & glazed.

Charles Welch "History of the Tower Bridge, and other bridges over the Thames", London, 1894, extra-illustrated with additional plates tipped in,

Lot: 66

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
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Charles Welch History of the Tower Bridge, and other bridges over the Thames, London, 1894, extra-illustrated with additional plates tipped in, few newscuttings laid down on final two leaves, half-leather, gilt; Dasent Piccadilly in Three Centuries with some account of Berkeley Square and The Haymarket, Macmillan, 1920, in chipped d/jkt; and other London titles. (12)

"Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society", a partial run comprising 1877, 1878, 1882-1899, 1913

Lot: 69

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £10
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Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian &  Archaeological Society, a partial run comprising 1877, 1878, 1882-1899, 1913, 1915-1923, 1925-1940, 1956-1962, 1965, 1966, 1973-1975, and 14 later to 2015. Also two Index vols., and a commemorative volume. 22 of the 1913-40 period are cloth bound, gilt. Many of the 19th Century volumes have faults to the paper covers (1897 & 1899 covers damaged and detached) o/w VG/VF (75)

Collection of ‘In Memoriam’ cards 19th and early-20th Century, many of residents of North-East Yorkshire and Co. Durham,

Lot: 71

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £150
SOLD £80
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Collection of ‘In Memoriam' cards 19th and early-20th Century, many of residents of North-East Yorkshire and Co. Durham, with the parishes named in which they lived, plus some for WWI soldiers killed in action and later items. In four modern albums. VG/VF (302)  

C.H. Dick "Highways and Byways in Galloway and Carrick", Macmillan,1916, first edition, illustrations by Hugh Thomson, folding map; and others,

Lot: 74

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Feb 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £30
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C.H. Dick Highways and Byways in Galloway and Carrick, Macmillan, 1916, first edition, illustrations by Hugh Thomson, folding map; and others, mostly Scotland, with interest in hiking & topography, many in d/jkts (one ex-library). (41)