Lot: 67
John Mills(1821-1896) Threads from the Life of John Mills, Banker (Author of Vox Humana) interwoven with some early recollections by his wife, Sherratt & Hughes, Manchester, 1899, original gilt cloth, fine; top edge gilt, uncut elsewhere, partly unopened; fine internally; front endpapers replaced; tissue-guarded frontispiece and 15 other plates; xiv,403pp [This work focuses principally on the subject’s life in Ashton-under-Lyne, with good sections on Bowdon and Nantwich]. Scarce
Lot: 73
William Glover History of Ashton-under-Lyne and the Surrounding District, J. Andrew & Co, 1884, First Edn, tall octavo, half-leather, gilt, VG; marble edged & endpapers; few minor tone spots but largely fine internally with all lithographed plates and illustrations in text; iv,372,viii,46pp