Lot: 12
Assortment including Mr Punch’s Golf Stories and Mr Punch with Rod and Gun, both quarter-leather, gilt; Flowers and Views of the Holy Land, olive-wood boards, VG; Hightown Rugby Union Club Photo Album 1950-51; Donald Tuck Transfers, Tower Press, 1950s, two examples, both complete; & other items.
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: 28
The Liverpool Wasp and Liverpool Punch, 1880, from Issue No. 1, bound volume, now lacking boards, 53 issues including Christmas Supplement, a few pages repaired
Lot: 42
Legal Documents from 1650 on vellum & paper, chiefly Lancashire related especially Walton & Fazackerley areas of Liverpool, plus Lancaster, parts of Yorkshire & elsewhere. Includes several 17th Century. (38). Also some correspondence, schedules etc. Varied condition
Lot: 47
Folder of Photographs c.1890 to 1950s including H.M.S.Durban at Shanghai 1930s, good studies of children, Catholic procession in Liverpool (5), Torquay Carnival (15), etc. Fair to fine. (47)
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: 127
Liverpool & area Theatre Programmes and some related items, a collection in a folder, 1870s to 1940s, including Coronation Programme for Wallasey 1902, Blackpool Pier 1902, The Liverpool Lantern issue for Nov.30th 1878, Programmes for the Rotunda, Pavilion, Royal Court, Shakespeare, Star, Olympia, Kelly’s, Hippodrome, Empire Palace, and others. Fair to fine. (68 items)
Lot: 132
[Hugh Shimmin] Liverpool Life: Its Pleasures, Practices, and Pastimes, Egerton Smith, Liverpool, 1856, 19th Century gilt cloth, VG, fine text, 111pp ; bound with C. Dunning Clark Warncliffe, The Wanderer (all of which has been singed by fire!) and two stories extracted from Tales from the Note-Book of a Parish Officer. [Liverpool Life is an excellent survey of popular entertainments of the day including the Theatre, Gambling and Dog Fighting]