Lot: 37
Edward Baines (Jnr.) The Life of Edward Baines, Longman, 1859, 2nd Edition, original blind-tooled cloth, gilt title, VG; bookplate of William Garnett (M.P. for Lancaster 1857-63) of Bleasdale & Quernmore Park; photographic frontispiece rather faded; 316pp. The biography includes a chilling account of the Peterloo massacre, the failure to prosecute those that ordered the attack and the attempted Government cover-up which followed it, amongst much other contemporary narrative.
Lot: 57
Hurst The Manchesters in the East 1918; Headlam The Guards Division in the Great War, 1924, 2 Vols; Magnus The West Riding Territorials in the Great War, 1920; The 21st Battalion of the Manchester Regiment, 1934 (cover stained); Shakespear Historical Records of the…Northumberland Fusiliers, 1920; Hodgkinson The King’s Own, 1921; Stanley The History of The 89th Brigade 1914-1918 (faults); and related titles. Mixed condition. (13)