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Auction No 369, Tag: Manchester

12 Lots (displaying 1 - 12)

Legal Documents/Indentures, 1659 to 1843, majority on vellum with impressed or adhesive Duty Stamps,

Lot: 37

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £72
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Legal Documents/Indentures, 1659 to 1843, majority on vellum with impressed or adhesive Duty Stamps, various locations and families mostly in Manchester or Lancashire; including agreements, marriage settlement, leases etc. Mostly 17th or 18th Century. Poor to fine (one document wormed). (14)      

"Reception in the Town Hall Manchester May 22nd 1930 on the Occasion of the Celebration of the Jubilee of the Victoria University

Lot: 39

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £15 - £20
SOLD £15
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Reception in the Town Hall Manchester May 22nd 1930 on the Occasion of the Celebration of the Jubilee of the Victoria University of Manchester, ribbon-bound programme; together with related Order of Service at the Cathedral, Garden Party Programme, and Degree Ceremony Ticket. Good to VF (4)

"Bradshaw's Manchester Journal" (later "Bradshaw's Journal"), 1st May 1841 to 22nd October 1842, Vols 1 to 3 complete,

Lot: 56

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £70
SOLD £56
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Bradshaw’s Manchester Journal (later Bradshaw’s Journal), 1st May 1841 to 22nd October 1842, Vols 1 to 3 complete, fine modern cloth, gilt; complete with steel engravings (37, mostly VG to fine but one heavily browned), additional woodcuts, and Vol. 1 with two folding maps of Lancashire (poor) and Cheshire (fine). (3)

Manchester & district related softbacks (29) from c.1900, mostly 1980s & 1990s, largely illustrated, all large format,

Lot: 57

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £62
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Manchester & district related softbacks (29) from c.1900, mostly 1980s & 1990s, largely illustrated, all large format, many Neil Richardson publications; includes Abel Heywood & Sons 1832-1932; together with related pamphlets & some journals c.1919 to modern; mostly VG to VF (100)

"Manchester Athenaeum Catalogue of the Books in the Library", 1892, printed boards, worn;

Lot: 58

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
UNSOLD
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Manchester Athenaeum Catalogue of the Books in the Library, 1892, printed boards, worn; Ann Brooks & Bryan Howarth Portico Library, a History, 2000, in d/jkt; The Manchester Courier Coronation Souvenir, 1902, printed wraps, fine; Lester Burney Cross Street Chapel Schools Manchester 1734-1942, Manchester, 1977, 93pp, in d/jkt; and other Manchester books and pamphlets, from 19th Century, some fictional. Varied condition, mostly good to fine. (31)     

John Archer (Ed.) "Art and Architecture in Victorian Manchester", 1985, in d/jkt; Ashworth "The Lost Rivers of Manchester"

Lot: 59

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £50
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John Archer (Ed.) Art and Architecture in Victorian Manchester, 1985, in d/jkt; Ashworth The Lost Rivers of Manchester, 1987, s/bk; W.H. Thomson Beppy Byrom’s Diary. An Eye-witness Account of Bonnie Prince Charlie in Manchester, 1954, ex-library; Neal Hyde Brewing was a Way of Life: The Story of Hydes’ Anvil Brewery, Manchester, 1999, s/bk; and other Manchester history, a few of the earlier ex-library. Varied condition. (24)

T. Swindells "Manchester Streets and Manchester Men", Morten reprint, gilt cloth, 5 volumes;

Lot: 60

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
UNSOLD
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T. Swindells Manchester Streets and Manchester Men, Morten reprint, gilt cloth, 5 volumes; J.T. Slugg Reminiscences of Manchester Fifty Years Ago, 1971 reprint, in d/jkt; Louis M. Hayes Reminiscences of Manchester and its surrounding areas from 1840, 2009 reprint, s/bk; and ​A Dictionary of Edwardian Biography – Manchester & Salford, 1987 reprint, gilt cloth. Fine (8)

"Pigot & Deans' New Directory of Manchester, Salford, &c. for 1821-2;

Lot: 69

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £170 - £220
UNSOLD
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Pigot & Deans’ New Directory of Manchester, Salford, &c. for 1821-2; containing an Alphabetical List of the Manufacturers, and Inhabitants in General, with the numbers as affixed to their doors.  R. & W. Dean and J. Pigot, Manchester, [1821], octavo, modern three-quarter calf over marbled boards, gilt, raised bands, VG; complete with two attractive folding maps of Manchester and Lancashire, each with stamps on reverse of the Manchester Law Incorporated Library. Gift inscription of 1888 on reverse of first map. Some occasional foxing but generally clean text. Engraved advertsing plate for J. Pigot after title page; further advert plate at rear. Collated as complete.

                        

"The Manchester & Salford Director for 1829, containing an Alphabetical List of the Principal Inhabitants;

Lot: 71

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £150
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The Manchester & Salford Director for 1829, containing an Alphabetical List of the Principal Inhabitants; also a Classification of the Professions, Trades, &c. with a separate list of the Country Manufacturers. M. Wardle, Manchester, [1828]; octavo, modern three-quarter calf over marbled boards, fine; gift inscription of 1888 on reverse of endpaper; title-page partly detached; spotting to prelims and few minor tone marks elsewhere; 6pp of advertisements at rear; viii,224,65,(42)pp. No copies recorded by Copac.

            

Collection of Medical titles from 1829, including W.H. Kittoe "The Pocket Book of Practical Medicine", 1844, 3rd Edn,

Lot: 124

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £42
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Collection of Medical titles from 1829, including W.H. Kittoe The Pocket Book of Practical Medicine, 1844, 3rd Edn, contemp.cloth, VG; works on homoeopathy and phrenology; aspects of Manchester Medical History; Cecil Wall The History of the Surgeons’ Company 1745-1800, 1937; Hamilton Bailey (Ed.) Surgery of Modern Warfare, E. & S. Livingstone, 1942, two volumes; etc. Fair to fine. (22)

"Manchester and its Neighbourhood", Ordnance Survey, 1843, linen- backed folding Map, dissected, 27 x 31.5”,

Lot: 190

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £38
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Manchester and its Neighbourhood, Ordnance Survey, 1843, linen-backed folding Map, dissected, 27 x 31.5”, in cloth-covered boards, front board detached o/w fine. Scale 1” to 1 mile. Sold by George Simms, St. Ann’s Square. 

E. Dayes and J. Scrivener: 18th Century Topographical Engravings of Manchester & area including Peak District,

Lot: 194

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Jul 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £10
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E. Dayes and J. Scrivener: 18th Century Topographical Engravings of Manchester & area including Peak District, published 1798 by Stockdale but all bar one with publisher’s name trimmed away; some light foxing largely affects the margins only. VG. Image sizes 16.5 x 23.3cm. (26)