Lot: 48
J. Corbett The River Irwell, 1907; McKechnie Manchester in Nineteen Hundred and Fifteen, 1915, 2nd impression, tipped-in plates; Didsbury Coronation Festivities 1911 (2 copies, many half-tone plates); John Booker A History of the Ancient Chapels of Didsbury and Chorlton, Chetham Society, 1857, worn binding; Speake A History of Droylsden, 1953; Grindon Manchester Banks and Bankers, 1877; John Loudon Manchester Memoirs, Royal Exchange Assurance, 1916, half-leather, gilt; Procter Manchester in Holiday Dress, 1866 (spine chipped & faded); and related titles. (18)
Lot: 63
Glass lantern slides, Manchester related, comprising 1890s photographs of Patricroft (4, including 1897 Jubilee Day), Belle Vue Stadium, and Eccles; and 1920s group of 12 hand-coloured advertisements for the clothing retailers G.F. Leather of Withington (presumably for screening at local Cinemas). Fine throughout. (18)
Lot: 80
Ellerby & Cheetham's Manchester District Railway Time Table, January 1858 to December 1859, the 24 issues complete, all with original wraps, bound together as a single volume, the spine rebacked, fine gilt leather title, new endpapers; a small advert cut away from the October 1859 issue o/w fine internally. Includes Omnibus timetables, and unusual timetable for “Swift Packet Boats” on the Dunkinfield to Marple Canal. Very scarce.
Lot: 148
Great Britain 1740-1790 ELs from Manchester to Cornwall (2) and Kendal with fair to good MANCHESTER handstamps, British County Catalogue Nos. M9, M29 and M35; the 1740 letter in poor condition.. A scarce group. (3)
Lot: 149
Great Britain 1792-1799 ELs from Manchester to Rochdale with fair to very good MANCHESTER handstamps, BCC Nos. M39, M43 and M51, the 1792 EL with seal cut away. (3)
Lot: 150
Great Britain 1800-1821 ELs from Manchester, variously addressed, with all-different range of good to VF MANCHESTER datestamps, mostly dated mileages, one with Too Late in oval. BCC Nos. M53, M55, M58 (in red and black), M61, M70, M74, M102, and M255. (9)
Lot: 152
Great Britain 1818-1838 ELs from Manchester, variously addressed, with all-different range of fair to fine Manchester handstamps, including PAID AT MANCHESTER (5 types), Too Late (2 types), and ARDWICK / MANCHR. in oval. Also 1841 cover with 1d red (damaged) and P.L. in oval. BCC Nos. 104, 108, 120, 122, 126, 128, 169, and 391. (8)