Broadbent (G.H.)Ancient Stone Doorheads in Settle and Neighbourhood, nd., cloth with original wraps bound in;Brayshaw (Thos.), Local Extracts, nd., Settle, original wraps;idem, Local Clippings, nd., Settle, cloth with original wraps bound in;Hewitson (Anthony), Guide and Visitors' Handbook to Ingleton .., 1887, original wraps (worn)with a small quantity of others (qty) £100 - 200
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BroadsidesFifteen 19th and 20th century broadsides, predominantly Settle (Yorks.) related, including roll of honour poster, reward notice, election posters, etc., some framed and glazed, together with two large photographs of a Liberal political rally in Ingleboro (17) £80 - 120
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Gilpin (William)Observations, Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty, Made in the Year 1772.... the Mountains and Lakes of Cumberland and Westmoreland, 1792, 2 volumes, 30 aquantint plates and maps, calf;[West (Thomas)], A Guide to the Lakes, in Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire, 1784, frontis, folding map, calf (worn) £80 - 120
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Mackenzie (E.) & Ross (M.)An Historical, Topographical and Descriptive View of the County Palatine of Durham ..., 1834, 4to., two volumes, folding map, plates as called for, calf (re-backed);Billings (Robert William), Illustrations of the Architectural Antiquities of The County of Durham: Ecclesiastical, Castellated, and Domestic, 1846, 4to., full page plates, gauffered gilt edges, calf;Surtees (Robert), The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham, 1972, EP, folio, four volumes, dust wrapper;with a quantity of others (qty) £300 - 500
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Dibdin (Thomas Frognall)A Bibliographical Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in the Northern Counties of England and in Scotland, 1838, two volumes, plates as called for, calf (back-strips faded);[Brathwait (Richard)], Drunken Barnaby's Four Journeys to the North of England, 1774, Stuart, four plates, calf (re-backed);The Northumberland Poll Book; Containing a List of the Freeholders who voted in the Contested Elections for the County of Northumberland ..., 1826, Alnwick; Davison, original boards (worn);The Poll-Book of the Contested Election for the County of Northumberland from June 20th to July 6th, 1826 .., 1827, Alnwick; Davison, cloth (5) £200 - 300
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Anon. [Walker (George)]The Costume of Yorkshire, Illustrated by a series of Forty Engravings, being Facsimiles of Original Drawings with Descriptions in English and French, 1814, folio, hand-coloured frontis and forty hand-coloured plates, each with a duplicate plate in uncoloured outline (duplicate of plate V is an uncoloured aquatint), a.e.g., contemporary morocco gilt £1000 - 2000
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Cave (H.)Antiquities of York, 1813, Ackermann, 4to., etched title and forty mounted plates, a.e.g., full morocco for George Rutland of Newcastle (tail of spine restored) £100 - 150
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Anon. [Walker (George)]The Costume of Yorkshire, 1885, Richard Jackson, folio, colour frontis and forty colour plates, English and French text (some foxing to pages), t.e.g., quarter morocco (restoration to spine) £200 - 300
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The Surtees SocietyA collection of 107 volumes published by the Society, predominantly original cloth, some ex-library in library cloth £200 - 400
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PeriodicalsA large quantity of Periodicals including; Northants Record Soc., Canterbury and York Society, Pipe Roll Society, Thoresby Society, Camden Society, Seldon Society and Royal Historical Society (qty) £100 - 200
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PeriodicalsA large quantity of Yorkshire Archaeological Society Records and Journals £100 - 200
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Tate (Ralph)The Yorkshire Lias, 1876, large folding map, plates as called for, original cloth;Wasey (George Leigh), Our Ancient Parishes, or a Lecture on 'Quatford, Morville & Aston Eyre 800 Years Ago', 1859, Bridgnorth, plates as called for, original cloth;Jones (Charles Percy), History of Lymington, 1930, plates, original cloth, A.L.S. from author loosely inserted;Douglas (Thomas), The History of the Baptist Church, Lymington, Hants, from 1688 to 1909, frontis, cloth;Bostock (Charles) & Hapgood (Edward), Notes on the Parish Church, Lymington and the Daughter Church of All Saints .., Lymington, 1912, cloth;Lawlor (H.C.), The Monastery of Saint Mochaoi of Nendrum, 1925, folding frontis (torn), plates, original cloth;with three others (9) £70 - 100
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Anon. [Clarkson (Christopher)]The History of Richmond in the County of York, including a Description of the Castle, Friary, Easeby-Abbey, and other Remains of Antiquity in the Neighbourhood, 1814, first edition, frontis, plates as called for, later half sprinkled calf [Boyne p181] £80 - 120
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Boyle (J.R.)The County of Durham: Its Castles, Churches, and Manor Houses ..., nd, [c1892], large paper edition, limited to 250 numbered copies, two folding maps, t.e.g., half morocco;Fordyce (William), The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham .., nd., Newcastle; Fordyce, two volumes, 4to., engraved plates, half morocco (joints starting);Whellan (Francis & Co), History, Topography and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham ..., 1894, original half calf (4) £200 - 300
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Ornsby (George)Sketches of Durham ..., 1846, deluxe edition, with four tinted litho plates, three page A.L.S. from the author bound in, together with manuscript presentation slip, t.e.g., original marbled boards with later cloth spine;Anon, Historical and Descriptive View of the City of Durham and its Environs ..., nd [1847], original cloth (worn);Carlton (C.M.), History of the Charities in the City of Durham ..., 1872, portrait frontis, original limp cloth;with eleven others (14) £100 - 200
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Drake (Francis)Eboracum: or the History and Antiquities of the City of York ..., 1736, folio, sixty plates as called for, together with two additional folding mezzotint portraits (Drake and Gent), text illustrations, calf with gilt armorial (joint cracking) [Boyne p 36];Purey-Cust (A.P.), The Heraldry of York Minster: A Key to the History of its Builders and Benefactors. 1890, two volumes, 4to., twenty-three colour plates as called for, calf (worn, board detached) (3) £300 - 400
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'A Gentleman'A Tour Thro' the Whole Island of Great Britain .., 1742, four volumes, recent half leather;Whellan (William), The History and Topography of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland .., 1860, 4to., original cloth;Bigland (John), A Topographical and Historical Description of the County of York ..., nd., four folding maps, engraved plates, half calf;with a small quantity of others (qty) £100 - 200
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Stanley Kent (E.)'Photographs of Old St Albans', a collection of early 20th century photographs of the city, approx 160 mounted in folio album together with a further 11 loose photographs;Newcome (Peter), The History of the Ancient and Royal Foundation called The Abbey of St Alban..., 1795, 4to., large folding map, plates (well worn, remnant binding, boards detached) sold not subject to return £80 - 120
MAPS AND ATLASES |
Ralegh (Walter)The History of the World, in Five Books ..., 1687, Tho. Basset, Ric. Chiswell, etc., folio, portrait frontis, engraved title, eight double page maps, calf (worn) £200 - 400
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[Walton (Robert)]A New and Accurat Map of the World, Drawne to ye truest Descriptions, latest Discoveries & best Observations y't have beene made by English or Strangers, nd., [nd c1659], no seller imprint, hand-coloured twin hemisphere map, 388mm x 520mm, mounted, framed and glazed £1000 - 2000
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Morse (Jedidiah)The American Geography; or, A View of the Present Situation of the United States of America ..., 1794, John Stockdale, 4to., 24 of 25 maps (lacks Massachusetts, folding maps of Northern/Middle States, Southern States and Kentucky are torn), half calf (well worn) £200 - 400
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Teesdale (Henry & Co.) & Stocking (C.)To the Nobility, Gentry & Clergy of Yorkshire, this Map of the County constructed from a Survey commenced in the Year 1817, & corrected in the Years 1827 & 1828, is respectfully dedicated by the Proprietors, April 21, 1828, large engraved map on nine sheets, each sheet 670mm x 855mm, (some wear and tears, predominantly to margins) £100 - 200
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IrelandAnon., The County of Corke, nd., large engraved map, 680mm x 975mm, (creased, worn and torn, some unsympathetic repairs) £70 - 100
FOREIGN TRAVEL |
Royal Tour - Manuscript JournalAn Account of the 'Cruise of H.M.S. Renown to India and the Far East with HRH the Prince of Wales', 26th October 1921 - 4th June 1922, daily account by W.S. Atkins, manuscript, several days per page, ephemera and photographs, both loosely inserted and mounted at rear, many with descriptive annotation below, cloth-backed folio journal with protective paper cover (cover worn) £80 - 120
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Wilson (William) et al,A Missionary Voyage to the Southern Pacific Ocean performed in the Years 1796, 1797, 1798, in the Ship Duff, Commanded by Captain James Wilson, compiled from Journals of the Officers and the Missionaries ..., 1799, T. Chapman, 4to., folding maps, plates as called for (some staining), half calf (well worn) £100 - 200
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Scott (Capt R. F.), Shackleton (Ernest) et alSouth Polar Times, 2012, Folio Society with the Royal Geographical Society, the British Library and the Scott Polar Research Institute, numbered limited edition of 1000, twelve volumes in pictorial card wraps, housed in original cloth box with magnetic flap and on-laid title;Savours (Ann), The South Polar Times, Commentary, 2012, Folio Society, issued as a companion volume, original cloth, slipcase (2) £300 - 500
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Doughty (Charles M.)Travels in Arabia Deserta, 2013, Folio Society, numbered limited edition of 780, three volumes including folding map, two volumes bound in half morocco with t.e.g., the map in cloth boards, housed in original cloth slipcase with on-laid title £200 - 400
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Stark (Freya)Letters, 1914 to 1980, 1974-82, Michael Russell, eight volumes, all first editions, edited by Caroline Moorehead, dust wrappers;idem, The Valley of the Assassins and Other Persian Travels, 1934, Dutton, first US edition, dust wrapper (priced $4.00);idem, The Valley of the Assassins and Other Persian Travels, 1934, Murray, first British edition, cloth (10) £100 - 200
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Lawrence (T.E.)Sims (R.G.), The Sayings and Doings of T.E. Lawrence, nd. [c1994], Fleece Press, limited edition of 300, original cloth;O'Brien (Philip M.), T.E. Lawrence, A Bibliography, 2000-8, Oak Knoll, two volumes incl Supplement, 4to., dust wrapper and cloth;Silk (Dennis), T.E. Lawrence and Siegfried Sassoon, A Friendship, 2010, Reading Room Press, numbered limited edition of 120 copies, original cloth (2 copies);Hodgson (Herbert), Printer, Work for T.E. Lawrence & at Gregynog, 1989, Fleece Press, one of 340 copies, original quarter cloth;Lawrence (T.E.), Seven Pillars of Wisdom, 1935, dust wrapper;with a quantity of others, by, or about, T.E. Lawrence(qty) £300 - 500
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Trendall (Alec)Putting South Georgia on the Map, Duncan Carse's South Georgia Surveys of 1951-56, 2011, numbered limited edition of 100 copies, signed by the author, pictorial boards, slipcase;Crossley (Louise) edit., Trial by Ice, The Antarctic Journals of John King Davis, 1997, dust wrapper;Doyle (Arthur Conan), 'Dangerous Work', Diary of an Arctic Adventure, 2012, dust wrapper (3) £60 - 100
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Morrison (G.E.)The Correspondence of G.E. Morrison, Volumes I & II, 1976, Cambridge University Press, two volumes, edited by Lo Hui-Min, dust wrapper;with a quantity of others, predominantly Asian and Middle Eastern travel (qty) £300 - 500
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Doughty (Charles M.)Travels in Arabia Deserta, 1949, Cape, two volumes, dust wrappers;Treneer (Anne), Charles M. Doughty: A Study of His Prose and Verse, Cape, 1935, first edition, dust wrapper;Bell (Gertrude Lothian), Amurath to Amurath, 1911, Heinemann, first edition, original cloth;with a small quantity of others (qty) £100 - 200
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Nansen (Fridtjof)Adventure, And Other Papers, 1927, Hogarth Press, first edition, presentation inscription signed by the author in 1927, original cloth with paper spine label £50 - 80
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Walsh (Robert) & Allom (Thomas)Constantinople and the Scenery of the Seven Churches of Asia Minor, First and Second Series, nd., Fisher, two volumes, 4to., 98 engraved plates including titles and maps (one additional plate to those called for), a.e.g., half roan (rubbed);Prior (Samuel), The Universal Traveller ..., 1824, engraved plates, calf;Walker (John), The Universal Gazetteer .., 1807, fourteen folding maps, calf (worn);with five others (9) £200 - 300
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Roberts (David)Sketches in the Holy Land, 1991, Pulchri Press, numbered limited edition, large folio, colour plates, a.e.g. half morocco £100 - 200
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Brockedon (W.)Finden's Landscape and Portrait Illustrations of the Life and Works of Lord Byron, 1833, John Murray, three volumes, engraved plates, a.e.g., half morocco £80 - 120
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Woodhouse (Jonas Eastwood)A Manuscript Log Book or Diary, providing an interesting daily account of the voyage of the SS New Great Britain, from London to Southland, New Zealand, 1st May 1863 to 14th August 1863, includes a description of islands which were passed (Canaries, etc), the 'crossing the line' ceremony, problems with vermin, an outbreak of Smallpox on board, the Captain's success at shooting several Albatross, encounters with other ships, etc. There is also a list of young male passengers, with their county or country of origin (the majority from Scotland). The ship arrived in early August but appears to have been held for several weeks offshore in quarantine. A separate 1981 letter states that the ship arrived at Port Chalmers via Bluff on the September 28th, 1863 with 170 passengers for Otago [In 1863, the Otago Gold Rush was at its peak]. Limp roan (worn). Sold together with a typescript of the diary and several related letters £200 - 400
SPORT |
Goodman (Neville and Albert)Handbook of Fen Skating, 1882, Sampson Low ..., frontis, map and illustrations as called for, original pictorial cloth gilt (some staining of cloth) £80 - 120
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Beaufort (Henry Somerset)The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes, 1886-95, 27 volumes, first editions except four volumes (second editions), original pictorial cloth (ownership name to paste-downs) £300 - 500
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Marchington (John)A Portrait of Shooting, 1979, Atha/Game Conservancy, numbered limited edition of 1100, deluxe variant signed by the author, a.e.g., full morocco binding, slipcase with gilt vignette;Another copy, standard numbered limited edition of 1100, t.e.g., quarter morocco binding, slipcase (2) £100 - 200
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Ransome (Arthur)Rod and Line, Essays, together with Aksakov on Fishing, 1929, first edition, presentation copy signed by the author, original green cloth £100 - 150
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Head (H. Nugent) & Cockburn (J. Scott)The Hoghunters' Annual, Volume 1 to VI, 1928-33, Allahabad and Bombay, six volumes bound as four, illustrated, half leather, (the fourth volume different to the first three), slipcase £200 - 400
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Yorkshire Road Club and Records AssociationRules, List of Members and General Handbook, with Regulations ..., 1912, 1914, 1925, 1926, 1931, five volumes, original cloth wraps;Sanborn (Edwin Webster), The Bicycle Meet at Dingley Dell, 1899, Hartford Press, original printed card wraps;Holborn Cycling Club, Cinderellas 1886-87, circular dance card, the dances within the spokes of a wheel;idem, Souvenir Du Bal, 1888, printed two leaf card with the names and costumes of those attending the dance (paper strip to rear). (8) £100 - 200
NATURAL HISTORY |
Miller (Philip)The Gardeners Dictionary: Containing the Methods of Cultivating and Improving the Kitchen, Fruit and Flower Garden, As also, the Physick Garden, Wilderness, Conservatory and Vineyard, according to the Practice of the Most Experienced Gardeners of the Present Age ..., 1731, folio, frontis (detached and worn), four plates, contemporary calf (well worn, joints weak) [Henrey 1101] £200 - 400
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Anon. [Hey (Rebecca)]The Moral of Flowers, 1833, 24 hand-coloured plates, half morocco £100 - 150
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Cabot (David)Wildfowl, 2009, Collins New Naturalist series, first edition, dust wrapper (priced £50.00);Friend (Peter) et al, Scotland, Looking at the Natural Landscapes, 2012, Collins New Naturalist series, first edition, dust wrapper (priced £50.00);Benton (Ted), Grasshoppers and Crickets, 2012, Collins New Naturalist series, first edition, DVD in rear pocket, dust wrapper (priced £50.00);Sauer (Gordon C.), John Gould the Bird Man, A Chronology and Bibliography, 1982, Lansdowne, numbered limited edition of 250 signed by the author, half morocco;with four others (8) £100 - 200
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Fulton (Robert) & Wright (Lewis)The Illustrated Book of Pigeons, with Standards for Judging, nd., Cassell .., 4to., fifty chromolitho. plates (two with unsightly repairs to tears, two with residue from tissue guards), a.e.g., original clothre-backed with original back-strip laid down £100 - 200
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Hill (John)A General Natural History.., Volume II - A History of Plants, 1751, folio, sixteen hand-coloured plates (some tears), reversed calf binding[part of a three volume work, the other volumes relating to Fossils and Animals] £60 - 100
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Chapman (Abel), Millais (J.G.) et al,The Gun at Home and Abroad - British Game Birds and Wildfowl, 1912, 4to., numbered limited edition of 950, portrait frontis, twenty-six colour plates, four half-tone plates, t.e.g., morocco;Dixon (Charles), The Game Birds and Wild Fowl of the British Islands, 1900, 4to., 41 colour plates after Charles Whymper as called for, original pictorial cloth (2) £100 - 200
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Millais (J.G.)The Natural History of British Game Birds, 1909, folio, numbered limited edition of 550, 18 colour plates, 17 photogravure plates and one double image black & white plate as called for, original cloth £200 - 400
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