Lot: 6
Harrison Ainsworth The Good Old Times: The Story of the Manchester Rebels of '45, Tauchnitz, 1873, two vols, half-calf, gilt; L'Abbe B. [Bathelemy Baudrand] The Elevation of the Soul to God, trans. Robert Plowden, B.Thorn, Exeter, [1785], 2 vols, rebound in half-calf, gilt, pp.75/6 torn & stained; J. M. Barrie Peter Pan, Hodder & Stoughton, 1928, first edition; Rowland & ‘Berkeley' Card Tricks & Puzzles, 1902; and Hercat Card Tricks and Conjuring Up to Date, [1899]. (7)
Lot: 13
Joseph Gillow A Literary and Biographical History or Bibliographical Dictionary of the English Catholics from the Breach with Rome in 1534 to the Present Time, Burns & Oates, 1885, five volumes, gilt cloth, Vols.2 to 5 faded, Vol.1 rebound. Fine internally. Partly unopened. (5).
Lot: 29
Sibford Magazine and Annual Reports, 1931-73, issued by the Quaker school at Sibford, Banbury. Few early issues in mixed condition but mostly VG/Fine. (45)
Lot: 42
Wesleyan interest including John Wesley Sermons on Several Occasions, John Mason, 1863, 3 vols, gilt cloth; Early Days; or, The Wesleyan Scholars Guide for the Year 1858, John Mason, gilt cloth, engraved plates; a 1779 pamphlet; The Primitive Methodist Hymn Book, 1878, bound in full stippled leather, with brass edges and clasp, and a Book of Common Prayer with similar binding; Swindells Brentnall Street Wesleyan Sunday School, Stockport, 1916; plus five others (one ex-library), and a fine engraving of the Wesleyan Conference Office, London, c.1860. (15)
Lot: 46
Canonical Histories and Apocryphal Legends relating to the New Testament represented in drawings with a Latin text, Milan, 1873, privately printed, sm.folio, full vellum, gilt, darkened, gift inscription of 1874, fine internally, 160 illustrated pages + prelims; together with a Biblia Sacra, Paris 1839, half-leather, recased; and Francis Wormald The Winchester Psalter, Harvey Miller & Metcalf, 1973, in d/jkt. (3)
Lot: 57
William Paley Sermons on Several Subjects, London 1808, 3rd Edition, half-leather gilt, marbled boards & endpapers, together with Paley's The Principles of Moral and Political Economy, London 1829, and Horae Paulinae: or, The Truth of the Scripture History of St. Paul, London 1805, both rebound in cloth with gilt leather titles. Previous owner's bookplates
Lot: 58
Jeremy Taylor The Worthy Communicant: or, A Discourse of the Nature, Effects, and Blessings, consequent to the Worthy Receiving of the Lords Supper, John Martyn, London, 1678, and The Beauties of Jeremy Taylor, London 1845, both rebound, gilt leather titles; together with Gother's Prayers for Sundays & Festivals, J. Smart, Wolverhampton, [1800], full leather, rebacked & recased, sporadic foxing. Previous owner's bookplates. (3)
Lot: 59
Samuel Hopkinson Religious and Moral Reflections, J. Harris, 1814, 2nd Edition, inscribed by the author on front endpaper, full tree-calf, gilt title; Bishop Ken Approach to the Holy Altar, John Murray, 1854, orig. gilt cloth; and [Mr. Rotherham] An Essay on Establishments in Religion, Newcastle 1767, 148pp, bound with five Tracts and Sermons of same date by various writers, front board detached. Good clean contents throughout. Previous owner's bookplates (3).
Lot: 103
Harold J. Smith (Ed.) The Manchester Diocesan Magazine, 1904-1913, Vols 1 to 10, complete in half-leather gilt bindings, some wear, fine internally, Vol.1 with presentation bookplate. (10)