Antiquarian and Collectable Books

GIBBON EDWARD.  The History of the Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire. The set of 4 vols. Eng. port. frontis & title. Eng. fldg. maps. Qtr. calf, ...

WILSON THOMAS.  The Pitman's Pay & Other Poems. Rebound blue cloth. Pres. copy from the author. Gateshead, 1843; also 5 other items, Northumberlan...

JEFFERSON SAMUEL (Ed).  A Narrative of the Siege of Carlisle in 1644 & 1645, by Isaac Tullie. 48pp. Orig. brds., lacking backstrip & tending loose...

JEFFERSON SAMUEL.  The History & Antiquities of Carlisle. Eng. plates (foxed). Cloth, worn & splitting internally at hinge. Carlisle, 1838; also a...

GRIFFIN A. H., & others.  17 various vols., Cumbria & Lake District, in d.w's. ...[more]

BORLAND R.  Border Raids & Reivers. Ltd. ed. 175. Frontis & illus. Green cloth, some mkg., internal staining to hinges of early leaves. Dalbeattie...

WHITE GILBERT.  The Natural History of Selborne. Col. plates by G. E. Collins. Quarto. Green half morocco, rubbed. 1911. ...[more]

Herbals.  Robinson, The New Family Herbal, n.d. & Culpeper's British Herbal, n.d. Each illus.  (2). ...[more]

English Topography & History.  A carton of various vols. incl. Cumbrian & Northern. ...[more]

MASSEY FRANK E.  Portrait Sketches of Cheshire Hunting Men from 1850 to 1890. Worn & rubbed bdg. but good col. plates on card. Oblong folio. Manch...

WHITAKER THOMAS D.  An History of Richmondshire in the North Riding of the County of York. 2 vols. Eng. frontis, plates & text illus. Folio. Worn ...

WHITAKER T. D.  Loidis & Elmete & Ducatus Leodiensis. 2 vols. Eng. frontis, plates, illus. & vignettes (incl. plate of Brierley Hall, often lackin...

RICHARDSON THOMAS MILES (Snr).  Memorials of Old Newcastle Upon Tyne from Original Drawings. 42 etched plates. Illuminated presentation inscriptio...

FARINGTON JOSEPH.  Views of the Lakes. Lacking title but with 20 eng. plates & descriptive text. Oblong folio. Worn orig. calf backed marbled brds...

GREEN WILLIAM, of Ambleside.  A volume containing 60 large double page eng. plates of Lake District views, each approx. 20" x 28", together with 1...

PLANTAGENET-HARRISON MARSHAL-GENERAL.  The History of Yorkshire. Vol. 1. Wapentake of Gilling West (all published). Eng. port. frontis (often lack...

ROY WILLIAM.  The Military Antiquities of the Romans in Britain. 51 eng. plates & plans. Folio. Rebound half calf. 1793; also another copy of the ...

EDMONDSON JOSEPH.  A Complete Body of Heraldry. 2 vols. Eng. frontis & plates. Folio. Worn old calf, brds. det. but present. 1780. ...[more]

Manor & Forest of Macclesfield.  Compensation Agreements. Bound folio vol. with fine copperplate manuscript text. 1926-1930; also similar vol. of ...

BROSTER P. & SON.  The Chester Guide ... to which is added a Directory. Eng. plates. 3rd ed., n.d.; bound in orig. brds. with Account of the Siege...

Topography & Family History.  9 various 19th cent. vols., mainly defective. ...[more]

MACLAUCHLAN HENRY.  Eastern Branch of the Watling Street in the County of Northumberland. Eng. double page plans. Large quarto. Well rubbed bdg., ...

Railway-Lancaster to Carlisle.  Hand col. eng. plans of the route together with sections. Oblong folio. J. G. Binns, 1843. ...[more]

HYSLOP J. & R.  Langholm As It Was. 922pp. Illus. & fldg. maps & plans. Orig. cloth. damp mkd. 1912; also 2 others, Dumfriesshire interest.  (3). ...

BIOGRAPHICAL PRESS (Pubs).  British Hunts & Huntsmen. 4 vols. Plates & illus. Quarto. Half red morocco, c.1909. ...[more]

MEYER LOUISA C.  The Genealogy of the Family of Bosanquet. Double page genealogical tables, some laid in. Large quarto. Red morocco, some wear. 18...

COPINGER WALTER A. (Ed).  History & Records of the Smith-Carington Family. 697pp. Plates. Illus. Fldg. plans & pedigrees. Half vellum. Henry Sothe...

House Of Commons.  Testa de Nevill. Folio. Rubbed half red leather. 1807; also volume of cuttings & ephemera relative to Cheshire & 1 other vol.  ...

BURKITT WILLIAM.  Expository Notes with Practical Observations on the New Testament. Folio. Reverse calf, worn cond. 1724. ...[more]

ALECTO (Pubs).  Domesday Book Studies & Bedfordshire & Suffolk Domesday. 3 folio vols. in slip case. 1987-1991. ...[more]

Genealogical Reference, etc.  3 cartons of various vols. incl. Burke's Peerage, Walford's, Debrett's & Kelly's.  (22). ...[more]

THE CHETHAM SOCIETY.  Publications, First Series. A complete run from vol. 1 to vol. 114 lacking only vol. 2, plus two Index vols. covering that p...

THE CHETHAM SOCIETY.  Publications, Second Series. Vols. 1 to 5, 7 to 18, 21 to 31, 33 to 39, 40 to 64, 66 to 69, 71, 72, 74, 76 to 87, 90, 93, 94...

THE CHETHAM SOCIETY.  Publications, Third Series. A run from vol. 1 to vol. 36 lacking only vol. 29. Orig. bdgs., a few in d.w's. 1949-1992. ......

DERBYSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL & NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY.  Journal. A run from vol. 1 to vol. 45 plus an Index vol. Mainly in orig. red cloth, a few in...

Warwick County Records.  A run from vol. 1 to vol. 9. Two tone cloth. 1935-1964. ...[more]

Mechanic's Magazine, Museum Register, Journal & Gazette.  Vols. 1 to 9 & 18 to 29. Many eng. illus. Half calf, mixed cond. Mainly ex Royston Mecha...

Mechanic's Magazine, Museum Register, Journal & Gazette.  Vols. 1 to 11. Many eng. illus. Half calf, some rubbing & wear. 1823 (but 1827 title to ...

KNIGHT CHARLES (Ed).  Arts & Sciences. 8 vols. Illus. Quarto. Orig. cloth, wear & some splitting. 1866. ...[more]

HOLTZAPFFEL CHARLES. Turning & Mechanical Manipulation... on the Lathe. Vols. 1 to 4. Illus. Rubbed brown half morocco. 1846; also 4 others.  (8)....

KNIGHT CAMERON.  The Mechanician, A Treatise on the Construction & Manipulation of Tools. Many eng. plates. Quarto. Orig. cloth, internal foxing &...

(DIDEROT DENIS).  Tourneur et Tour a Figure. 19 descriptive text pages & 87 good eng. plates by Bernard after Lucotte. Folio. Disbound in brown pa...

ABELL, LEGGAT & OGDEN.  A Bibliography of the Art of Turning & Lathe & Machine Tool History. Three editions of this folio typescript work & a bund...

PLUMIER CHARLES.  The Art of Turning, trans. by P. L. Ferraglio. Plates. Typescript text. Quarto. Blue cloth. 1975. ...[more]

GILLISPIE C. C. (Ed).   A Diderot Pictorial Encyclopedia of Trades & Industry. 2 vols. Many illus. Quarto. Blue cloth in d.w's & slip case. ...[...

LUKIN JAMES.  Turning Lathes, A Manual. 2 copies. Plates, illus. & adverts. Orig. blue cloth gilt. Colchester, 1894; also Lukin, Turning for Amate...

WILLCOCK JOSEPH.  Five Hundred Mechanical Movements. Fldg. eng. plates. Small quarto. Orig. cloth. N.d.; also 14 other vols., technical & mechanic...

WILLIS ROBERT.  Principles of Mechanism. Text illus. Calf gilt prize bdg. 1870; also 1 other vol.  (2). ...[more]

STANLEY WILLIAM FORD.  Mathematical Drawing & Measuring Instruments, 1900 and Surveying & Levelling Instruments, 1895. Each illus. in orig. cloth,...

Biographies of Engineers & Inventors.  8 various vols. ...[more]

EVAN-THOMAS O.  Domestic Utensils of Wood. Illus. Quarto. Orig. red cloth in d.w.; also Sturt, The Wheelwright's Shop, 1923 & 2 other vols.  (4). ...

Stereoscopic Photography.  7 various vols. ...[more]

Clock & Watch Making.  12 various vols. ...[more]

HOLTZAPFFEL CHARLES.  A New System of Scales of Equal Parts ... Engineering, Architectural & General Science. Fldg. & other tables. Orig. cloth. 1...

Engineering History.  8 various vols. mainly in d.w's. ...[more]

HAY D. R.  The Harmony of Form, 1842; Proportion, 1843; Original Geometrical Diaper Designs, 1844 & Geometric Beauty of the Human Figure, 1851. 4 ...

HAY D. R.  The Laws of Harmonious Colouring Adapted to Interior Decorations, Manufactures & Other Useful Purposes. 5 hand col eng. geometric plate...

HAY D. R. The Principles of Beauty in Colouring Systematized. Dos-a-dos bdg. with 14 col. chromatic wheel plates. Publisher's adverts. Rubbed parc...

PURDIE THOMAS.  Form & Sound, Can Their Beauty be Dependent on the Same Physical Laws? Litho plates & illus. Orig. green cloth. Edinburgh, 1849. ...

Scientific & Technical.  9 various vols. incl. works on glass & enamelling. ...[more]