Lot: 24
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.
Lot: 86
The Manchester Martyrs and the murder of Police Sergeant Brett, 1867, comprising an original 14 x 10.5” photograph on glass of Sergeant Brett, and The Illustrated London News for 9th November detailing the trial of the members of the Irish Republican Brotherhood with a second edition insert describing their execution. Also a reproduction of a contemporary broadside, reproduction photographs, and research notes. The photograph of Sergeant Brett cracked, professionally repaired and subsequently framed and glazed. [The buyer of this lot to be responsible for its collection].
Lot: 103
Harold J. Smith (Ed.) The Manchester Diocesan Magazine, 1904-1913, Vols 1 to 10, complete in half-leather gilt bindings, some wear, fine internally, Vol.1 with presentation bookplate. (10)
Lot: 132
Manchester Gaiety Theatre Christmas Annual, 1908, edited by Henry Austin and inscribed by him on front card cover. Bound in gilt cloth-covered boards. Numerous photo-plates. Light damp-staining to advertisements o/w fine internally. 168pp
Lot: 186
Kelly's Directory of Manchester, Salford and Stretford 1967, gilt cloth, 1482pp + prelims; and Kelly's Map of Manchester & Salford showing tram lines in red, taken from an earlier edition. VG condition.