Lot: 56
Bradshaw’s Manchester Journal (later Bradshaw’s Journal), 1st May 1841 to 22nd October 1842, Vols 1 to 3 complete, fine modern cloth, gilt; complete with steel engravings (37, mostly VG to fine but one heavily browned), additional woodcuts, and Vol. 1 with two folding maps of Lancashire (poor) and Cheshire (fine). (3)
Lot: 129
J.M.W. Turner and John Ruskin The Harbours of England, Smith, Elder & Co, 1877, New Edition, small Folio, original gilt cloth, VG; 12 fine tissue-guarded engraved plates by Thomas Lupton after J.M.W. Turner, each plate on thin card, image size 16.5 x 24.5cm. Overall 26.5 x 37cm. Text and plates very clean but loose throughout.
Lot: 131
B. Winkles French Cathedrals, Charles Tilt, 1837, quarto, half-leather, gilt, worn at extremities, engraved title and 49 plates after R. Garland; some spotting and staining especially to the last two plates.
Lot: 137
Qty. of Engravings, 1650 to 1920s, mostly 18th & 19th Century, mainly topographical and historical, some portraits and humorous, various sizes, mixed condition. (145)
Lot: 138
Leon Lebegue (1863-1944) a collection of book illustrations, mostly b/w with decorative red borders, but including historiated initials (14 plates each with 6 initials in red) and one hand-coloured plate; comprising humorous, erotic, romantic etc. 15 x 10cm, plus generous borders. Good/Fine (65)
Lot: 149
Thomas Warton The Hamlet, an ode written in Wichwood Forest, Illustrated with fourteen etchings by Birket Foster, Sampson Low, 1859, octavo, original gilt cloth VG, gutta percha binding weak with few loose plates, a few minor tone spots, plates unaffected.
Lot: 194
E. Dayes and J. Scrivener: 18th Century Topographical Engravings of Manchester & area including Peak District, published 1798 by Stockdale but all bar one with publisher’s name trimmed away; some light foxing largely affects the margins only. VG. Image sizes 16.5 x 23.3cm. (26)