Lot: 3
Album of autographs, 1990s, chiefly Sport, some Entertainers, with Lancashire Cricketers, Joan Collins, Francis Lee, Asa Hartford, Falcon (Gladiators), Manchester City players 1995 and 1997; West Indies Cricketers with Andy Roberts, Wes Hall, Courtney Walsh & others; TV Soap stars; Sammy McIlroy, Ray Illingworth, Ian Botham, Teddy Sheringham; South African Cricket Team 1998 including Hansie Cronje, Jacques Kallis, Alan Donald; Bob Willis, Richie Benaud; England Cricket Team 1997; Brian Kidd, Alex Ferguson, and many other well-known. Signed pages mostly ‘back to back’. Fine (124)
Lot: 27
The Liverpool Lion; or Lancashire Charivari, 1847-48, from Issue No.1, a selection of issues bound together, now lacking boards, the binding spine retained; many cartoons in the style of Punch, some full-page plates. Old library stamp on p.11. Some occasional spotting. Approx 360pp
Lot: 36
Thomas Baines & William Fairbairn Lancashire and Cheshire Past and Present, William Mackenzie [1868-69], quarto, 2 volumes in 4, original gilt cloth, backstrips a little worn & faded; engravings complete; occasional foxing including a plan of Manchester Waterworks scheme and one page of text heavily foxed. (4)
Lot: 37
Commissioners’ Reports on Municipal Boundaries, 1830s, a bound volume, folio, original cloth, each report with one or more hand-coloured maps, comprising Liverpool, Clitheroe, Oldham, Rochdale, Lancaster, Wigan, Newton, Preston, Ashton-under-Lyne. Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Salford, and Warrington, plus general maps of Lancashire. VG
Lot: 43
Legal Indentures pertaining to Chorley, comprising 1698 paper Agreement of 9pp between Thomas Cross of Cross Hall and others, and 3 vellum documents concerning John Whittaker & John Clark 1751-1775 including attractive 1751 Portrait Document agreement with Joseph Clarke of Dunham Massey. Good/VG (4)
Lot: 52
Burnley Legal Documents 1863-1910, all on vellum, various properties & families; including the Burnley Conservative Sick and Burial Society, Clifton Weaving Shed, properties at Calder Vale, etc. All with seals and duty stamps intact. (23). Also 1906 Auction particulars with Plan, and an 1895 notice. Good to VF
Lot: 60
The Rev. Oliver Heywood B.A. (1630-1702); His Autobiography, Diaries, Anecdote and Event Books; illustrating the general and family history of Yorkshire and Lancashire, with illustrations. Edited by J Horsfall Turner. Bingley, 1882-1885, octavo, 4 volumes, original gilt cloth, VG; endpapers of Vol. 4 browned o/w fine internally.
Lot: 74
James Butterworth A History & Description of the Towns and Parishes of Stockport, Ashton-under-Lyne….Manchester, 1827; Crump Ancient Highways of the Parish of Halifax, 1914; John Hall A History of South Cave, 1892; Travis Notes…of Todmorden and District, 1896; Recollections of Old Liverpool, J.F.Hughes, 1863; Mather Rambles Round Rossendale, 1888-94, 2 Vols; all with binding and/or other faults, all requiring repair or restoration. (7)
Lot: 80
An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Town of Lancaster, C. Clark, 1811, 2nd Edn, octavo, original boards, backstrip largely worn away; uncut, fine internally with folding Map, folding Plans (2) and a further plate; lacks front endpaper, half-title intact; index, errata leaf; vii,128,[5]pp
Lot: 81
P. Mannex Topography and Directory of Lancaster and Sixteen Miles Round; with an Essay on the Science of Geology. P.Mannex & Co, Preston, 1881; octavo, original cloth discoloured, spine frayed and partly detached, gilt title to front, hinges weak; good clean text including extensive listing of all the householders and their occupations; adverts at front & rear; [8],349,[11]pp
Lot: 88
G.H. Tupling The Economic History of Rossendale, Manchester University Press, 1927, tall octavo, original gilt cloth, spine a little faded, recased with new endpapers; occasional spotting, mainly to text margins; six maps and plans, four folding; 274pp. Good