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Auction No 431, Tag: Lancashire

7 Lots (displaying 1 - 7)
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North West England interest including Rathbone "The Life of Kitty Wilkinson", Liverpool 1910; "Harwood’s Views of the Lakes", c.1842,

Lot: 6

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £24
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North West England interest including Rathbone The Life of Kitty Wilkinson, Liverpool 1910; Harwood's Views of the Lakes, c.1842, with 18 fine tissue-guarded plates; Birtill Over the Five Barred Gate, Chorley, 1967; Johnston Mawdsley Street Chapel, Bolton-Le-Moors 1808-1908, Sherratt & Hughes; and others including guides with some mixed condition. (25)         

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P.A. Whittle "Blackburn as it is: a Topographical, Statistical and Historical Account", Preston, 1852, half-leather, rubbed, gilt title,

Lot: 14

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
SOLD £20
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P.A. Whittle Blackburn as it is: a Topographical, Statistical and Historical Account, Preston, 1852, half-leather, rubbed, gilt title, endpapers foxed; and seven others, mostly unrelated. (8)

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T.E. Swindells "Manchester Streets and Manchester Men", J.E. Cornish, 1906-1908, five volume set, gilt cloth;

Lot: 24

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £10 - £20
SOLD £32
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T.E. Swindells Manchester Streets and Manchester Men, J.E. Cornish, 1906-1908, five volume set, gilt cloth; and Francis Espinasse Lancashire Worthies, 1874, worn & faded cloth; small ownership stamps of Robert Holland Ford.  

"The Monthly Chronicle of North-Country Lore and Legend", Walter Scott, 1889, bound volume of twelve issues, pictorial cloth, many illustrations;

Lot: 55

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £15 - £30
SOLD £32
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The Monthly Chronicle of North-Country Lore and Legend, Walter Scott, 1889, bound volume of twelve issues, pictorial cloth, many illustrations; and Fletcher Picturesque History of Yorkshire, Caxton, c.1900, six volume set, gilt cloth, colour & b/w plates, some wear to top of spines.

"Ben Brierley’s Tales and Sketches of Lancashire Life", Abel Heywood, 1882-85, nine volumes, gilt cloth; bookplates of W.H. Lever of Thornton Manor

Lot: 151

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
UNSOLD
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Ben Brierley's Tales and Sketches of Lancashire Life, Abel Heywood, 1882-85, nine volumes, gilt cloth; bookplates of W.H. Lever of Thornton Manor and ownership stamps of Robert Holland Ford. Most with front endpaper removed, hingeing weak in places, Vol.VI with few loose pages. Some foxing to prelims. (9)

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Dialect stories, mostly Lancashire, including works by Edwin Waugh (9), Samuel Laycock, John Hartley and others.

Lot: 152

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
SOLD £15
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Dialect stories, mostly Lancashire, including works by Edwin Waugh (9), Samuel Laycock, John Hartley and others. Two rebound; two others with tape repairs to inner hinges, and the map in Waugh's Rambles with similar repairs. Fair to fine. (15)

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John Harland "Ballads and Songs of Lancashire", Whittaker & Co., 1865, the author's personal copy & signed by him on front endpaper;

Lot: 155

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Jan 2025 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
UNSOLD
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John Harland Ballads and Songs of Lancashire, Whittaker & Co.,  1865, the author's personal copy & signed by him on front endpaper; alterations and annotations in Harland's hand to 'The Blessed Conscience' extending from pp.47 to 55 based on a manuscript provided to him after the book's initial publication. Small ownership stamp of the collector Robert Holland Ford at top of half-title. Together with Edwin Waugh Th' Owd Blanket and other stories, 1867; and Robert Dottie The Rambles and Recollections of “R' Dick”, Manchester 1898. (3)