Lot: 56
The Letters of Thomas Langton, Flax Merchant of Kirkham, 1771-1788, Chetham Society 1994; Nicholas Blundell’s Diary 1702-1728, 1968 -1972, 3 volumes; Barry Coward The Stanleys 1385-1672, 1983; and other West Lancashire history, mostly published by the Record Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, all bar two in d/jkts (one with a tear). Ownership signatures. Good to fine. (14)
Lot: 57
Stephen Collins James Crossley: A Manchester Man of Letters, 2012; David Hodgkins The Diary of Edward Watkin, 2013;and other Manchester related titles, all h/bk (bar one), six in fine d/jkts. (9)
Lot: 58
Crown Pleas of the Lancashire Eyre 1292, Record Soc. of Lancs & Cheshire, 2014-15, 3 Vols; Gratton The Parliamentarian and Royalist War Effort in Lancashire 1642-1651, Chetham Society 2010; and other Lancashire History, all in good/VF d/jkts, several with ownership signature. (13)
Lot: 75
North West of England Bus Timetables 1959-1975, mainly Ribble Bus Services (7), North Western Road Car Co. (3) and Selnec (3); twelve with folding maps; fair to VF (17)
Lot: 121
Advertising accumulation, chiefly insert / give-away / correspondence etc but including some better art types / poster style. Includes shop fronts of Entwistle’s Grocers Stores Grange-over-Sands (2) and other better items. Mostly good to fine. (248)
Lot: 129
Boy Scouts humour (4) and heroic scenes (2), various artists; plus rare fund-raising card for St. Thomas’s Boy Scouts of Blackburn. Fair to fine. (7)