antiques & fine art sale

12th June 2019

Lot 1

"The History & Antiquities of The Counties of Westmorland & Cumberland", by Joseph Nicholson and Richard Burn (1777), set of 2 volumes, with 2 folding maps, 1390 pages in total, published by Strahan & T. Cadell, London (see illustration).

Sold for £200

Lot 2

DELAVIGNE. KENNETH, T., "The Spyderco Story, The New Shape of Sharp", hardback, about knives, published by Paladin Press (2000), and "Good Gundogs" by Capt. H.F.H. Hardy, illustrations from the original dry points by G. Vernon Stokes, including a hand written letter by Vernon Stokes, published by Country Life (1930).

Sold for £32

Lot 3

A small collection of children's books, together with Ruskin "Sesame and Lilies", Browning's "Songs of Men and Women", Gems from George Eliot and others, all late 19th/early 20th century.

Sold for £15

Lot 4

GLASSE. HANNAH., The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy: which far exceeds anything of the kind yet published ..., New Edition, with all the Modern Improvements..., 1784, leather bound.

Sold for £70

Lot 5

Parson and White "History Directory and Gazetteer, of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmorland, Furness, Cartmel & the Lake District" printed for W White & Co, 1829, leather bindings with rebound spine with gilt lettering.

Sold for £70

Lot 6

"The Saxon Chronicle", with English translation (1823) by J. Ingram (1774-1850 The Rawlinson Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford University).

Sold for £90

Lot 7

MILTON. JOHN. "Comus", published in London by William Heinemann and in New York by Double Day Page & Co., no dust jacket, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, includes 24 tipped in plates, no date but circa 1920, green cloth boards, also "Irish Fairytales" by James Stevens, illustrated by Arthur Rackham (this book is in poor condition).

Sold for £70

Lot 8

Eleven antiquarian books, to include "Letters of Lady Rachel Russell From the Manuscript In the Library of Woburn Abbey" (1773), "Thackeray's Works", "McCauley's Essays", "History of The British Empire" (1837), "The Excursion" a poem by William Wordsworth (1832), etc.

Sold for £32

Lot 9

Two boxes of sheet music, predominantly vocal pieces, with picture covers from early 20th century to mid-1960's.

Sold for £60

Lot 10

Two boxes of predominantly violin and piano music.

Sold for £20

Lot 11

Two boxes of predominantly piano and violin music.

Sold for £10

Lot 13

Two boxes of predominantly piano and violin music.

Sold for £10

Lot 16

Two boxes of predominantly violin music.

Sold for £10

Lot 17

Two boxes of predominantly piano and violin music.

Sold for £10

Lot 18

Three boxes of music scores, Music Lovers portfolio and piano and violin music, to include Schubert's Four Symphonies, Schuman's Complete Symphonies, Brahms, Mozart, etc.

Sold for £10

Lot 19

Two boxes of music books, to include "The Complete Lyrics of Ira Gershwin", "Enesco - His Life & Times", "Great Masters of The Violin", books on Paganini, Wagner, Benjamin Britain, Menuhin, etc.

Sold for £42

Lot 20

Two boxes of music books, to include "Sergey Prokofiev Diaries" 2 volumes, "Daring to Excel" by Ruth Railton, "A Doorkeeper of Music" by J.A. Fuller-Maitland, "Biography of Sir Henry Wood", "Music Therapy & Special Education", etc.

Sold for £40

Lot 21

Two boxes of music books, to include "Impressions That Remained" by Ethel Smyth, volumes 1 and 2 (1920), "The Music of Stravinsky", "Opera & Drama", "Hector Berlioz", books on chords, dischords, orchestras, etc.

Sold for £30

Lot 22

Two boxes of music books, to include "My Musical Life" by H.R. Hawers, "Harmony" by Prout, "The Complete Mozart", "Isaac Stern", "Yehudi Menuhin", "Arthur Rubenstein", and books on Chopin, opera, etc.

Sold for £30

Lot 23

Two boxes of music books, to include a selection of books on pianos, Jose Carreras, Janet Baker, Luciano Pavarotti, Mario Lanza, etc.

Sold for £28

Lot 24

Box of books on violins, to include "The History of Violin Playing Violin Playing from its Origins to 1761" by Boyden, "The Violin" by Yehudi Menuhin, "Violin Virtuoso from Paganinni to The 21st Century" by Henry Roth, "My Viola & I" by Lionel Tertis, "Fetis Notice of Stradivarius", etc.

Sold for £80

Lot 25

Five music books, COWLING. ELIZABETH. "The Cello" (1975), "The Dictionary of British Violin & Bow Makers" by Dennis Plowright (1996), "Dictionary of Contemporary Violin & Bow Makers" by Cyril Woodcock (1965), "An Encyclopaedia of the Violin" by Alberto Bachmann (1966), "The Origins of Bowing" by Werner Bachmann (1969).

Sold for £55

Lot 26

Five books on violins, HERON-ALLEN. E. "Violin Making As It Was & Is" published by Ward Lock, with upward of 200 illustrations by the author (1885), also a rebound copy, "British Violin Makers" by W. Meredith Morris (1920), "Bows & Bow Makers" by William C. Retford (1964) and "Art Effects - Journal of The Crafts & Craft Books Review" by Lynn Bowes being a potter in the 20th century.

Sold for £48

Lot 27

Nine music books, PALMER. SUSANN. "The Hurdy Gurdy" (1980), "The French Horn" by Morley-Pegge (1978), "The Bassoon & Contra Bassoon" by Lindsay G. Langwill published by Ernest Benn Ltd. (1975), "The Art & Times of The Guitar" by Frederick V. Grunfeld (1974), "The Musicians Hand - A Clinical Guide" by Martin Dunitz (1988), "The Trumpet & Trombone" by Philip Bate (softback), "Yehudi Menuhin - Music Guide to Oboe" (softback), "Woodwind Instruments & Their History" by Anthony Baines (softback), "James Blade's Percussion Instruments" (softback).

Sold for £32

Lot 28

Seven antiquarian music books and scores, "Les Musiciens Celebres" published in Paris (1868), "Dictionary of Musical Terms" by Stainer & Barrett (1888), "Songs Without Words" by Felix Mendelssohn (circa 1891), "Mozart Sonatas for The Violin" (circa 1890), 2 volumes of "Beethovens Sonatas for Piano & Violin" (circa 1890, "Original Compositions for Piano" by Francois Schubert (circa 1980).

Sold for £20

Lot 30

TYLER, IAN., nine Cumbrian mining books, one hardback "Raughton Gill & Mines of the Caldbeck Fells" (2009), "Thirlmere Mines" (1999), "Carrock & The Mines of Skiddaw & Blencathra" (2003), "Goldscope & The Mines of Derwent Fells" (2005), "Gypsum in Cumbria" (2000), "Seathwaite Wad" (1995), "Honister Slate" (1994), "Force Crag" (1990), "The Gunpowder Mills of Cumbria, A History of Cumbria's Gunpowder Industry" (2002).

Sold for £130

Lot 34

Box of +/- 36 "British Mining" publications.

Sold for £85

Lot 36

Two boxes of 40+ softback "British Mining" publications.

Sold for £90

Lot 37

Eight volumes of "Iron Making in Cumbria, Cumberland Iron" by A. Harris, "The Story of Iron Ore Mining in West Cumbria" by Mervyn Dodd, "The Iron & Steel Industry of West Cumbria", "The Red Hills" by Dave Kelly, "The Iron Moor", "Master of Them All, Iron Making in Cumbria", "Workington Iron & Steel", "Furness Iron".

Sold for £65

Lot 38

Seven volumes of "Mining in Cumberland", "Lakeland's Mining Heritage", "The Story of Coniston", "West Cumberland Coal" by Oliver Wood, "Slate from Coniston" by Alistair Cameron, "The Gentleman Who surveyed Cumberland" by Stephen Matthews, "Geological Fragments of Furness & Cartmel" (1869) by John Bolton, "Children of The Pits" by Ray Devlin.

Sold for £65

Lot 39

Eight books on mining and quarries in Cumbria, "Grey Gold" by Samuel Murphy, signed copy (1996), "Slate from Coniston" by Alistair Cameron, "Coniston Copper, A History" by Eric Holland, "Copper Works & Life in Cumbria" by George Hammersley, "Geology of The Country Around Cockermouth" (1968, "Mining in Cumbria" by Helen Weir, "Burlington Blue Grey, A History of The Slate Quarries Kirkby in Furness" by Stanley Geddes, "The Quarries of Lakeland" by David Glover.

Sold for £65

Lot 40

Ten books on mining in Cumbria, "Cumbrian Mining" by Ian Tyler, "Coniston Copper Mines" by Peter Fleming, "Lead Mines in the Manner of Kinniside", "The Nenthead Mines" by Martin Critchley, "Coniston Copper Mines Survey", 2 parts, "Wythburn Mine", "Slate From Coniston", "Nent Force Level" and "Brewery Shaft" by Peter Wilkinson, "Beneath The Lakeland Fells".

Sold for £45

Lot 41

Eleven volumes on lead mining in the Pennines, "The Lead Miners of Northern Pennines" by C.J. Hunt, "Lead Mining in The Mid Pennines" by Arthur Raistrick, "A History of Lead Mining in The Pennines" by Arthur Raistrick, "Pennine Lead Miner", "Derbyshire Lead Mining" by Nellie Kirkham, "Mines & Miners", "The Lead Industry of Wensleydale", "The Lead Mining & Smelting in Swaledale", "Mines & Miners on Malham Moor", "A Miners Diary", "Lead Mining in Swaledale".

Sold for £35

Lot 42

Thirteen volumes on mining in Wales, "Minions & Archaeological Survey of The Caradon Mining District" by Adam Sharp (1993), "Cwmorthin Slate Quarry" by Graham Isherwood, "Rhosydd Slate Quarry" by J.T. Lewis, "The Old Metal Mines of Mid Wales" 5 volumes, "The Milwr Tunnel" by Chris Ebbs, "Dylife" by David E. Bick, "The Old Copper Mines of Snowdonia", "Metal Mines of North Wales", "A Gazetteer of Welsh Slate Industry" by Alun Richards.

Sold for £42

Lot 43

Eleven books on British mines, "Britains Old Metal Mines, A Pictorial Survey", "Images of Industry Coal", "Mill Close the Mine that Drowned", 2 "Mining Heritage" guides, "The Mines of Yorkshire" by Mike Gill, "The Hatchet Diary", "The Tour Through The Counties of England & Scotland in 1796 Visiting Mines & Manufacturers", "The British Lead Mining Industry" by Roger Burt, "Bibliography of The History of British Metal Mining", "..,.,. Yearbook" (1961), "To be a Gypsum Miner", Carl Rogers.

Sold for £38

Lot 44

A collection of hardback and soft back publications on mining in Cornwall, to include "Mining in Cornwall" volumes 1 and 2 by J. Trounson, "The Metalliferous Mining Regions of The South West" 2 volumes, and "Mines & Miners of Cornwall", etc.

Sold for £75

Lot 45

Thirteen publications on mining in Cornwall, "St. Just - An Archaeological Survey of The Mining District" 2 volumes, "Coastal Slate Quarries", "Amongst Mines & Miners", "Cornish Mines" by Roger Burt, "Botallack" by Cyril Noall, "Cornish Mining", "The Techniques of Metal Mining in The West of England Past & Present" by Brian Earl, "The St. Just Mining District" by Cyril Noall, "Eastpoole & Agar The Cornish Mining Legend", "Dolcoath Queen of Cornish Mines", "St. Ives Mining District", "Cornish Mineral Industry", "History of the Bifield Mine".

Sold for £110

Lot 46

"Mining in The West Country", "Mineralogia Cornubienis" by William Pryce (1972), "A History of Tin Mining & Smelting in Cornwall" by D.B. Barton (1967), "A History of South Crofty Mine" by J.A. Buckley, "The Mines & Mineral Railways of East Cornwall & West Devon" by D.B. Barton, "St. Ives A Mining District" by Cyril Noall, "Exploring Cornish Mines", volumes 1, 2 and 3 by Kenneth Brown and Bob Acton, "A Handbook of The Mineralogy of Cornwall & Devon" by J.H. Collins, "Mining Fields of the West".

Sold for £85

Lot 47

A box of books on mining, mining practices and equipment, to include "The Mining Districts of Alston Moor, Weardale & Teasdale" by Thomas Sopwith, "Two Centuries of Industrial Welfare" by Arthur Raistrick, "History of The Scottish Coal Industry" volume 1 by Baron Duckham published by David & Charles (1970), etc.

Sold for £38

Lot 48

A box of books on mining, mining equipment and techniques, to include "James Watt & The Steam Engine" by Dickinson & Jenkins (1989), "Steam Engines & Waterwheels" by Frank Woodall (1975), "The History of Water Power in Ulster", "The Engineering Industry of North of Ireland", "Furness & The Industrial Revolution", "Steam & Steam Engines" by Andrew Jamieson (1896), etc.

Sold for £50

Lot 49

"Mining & Mines in The Americas", "Quest For The Pillar of Gold" by George Billingsley, "The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn" by John Spears, "Grand Canyon Geology", "The Saga of The Comstock Lode" by George Lyman (1934), "Miners & Mining in The Americas" by W.W. Culver (1985), "The Exploration of The Colorado River & Its Canyons" by J.W. Powell.

Sold for £42

Lot 50

A box of books on the geology of Cumbria and North West England, to include "Memoirs of The Geological Survey England & Wales" by J. Clifford Ward (1876), "British Geographical Surveys of Northern Pennines, West Cumbria", etc.

Sold for £30

Lot 51

Six books on mines, surveying, assaying, translation of "Georgius Agricola de Re Metallica" translated by Herbert Hoover (1950), "The Play Book of Metals" by John Pepper (1861), "A Treatise on Mine Surveying" by Bennett Brough (1899), "A Textbook of Assaying" by C.J. Beringer (1897), "Metalliferous" by Frederick Winiberg (1925), "Pocket Book for Miners & Metallurgists" by F. Danvers Power (1892).

Sold for £45

Lot 52

A collection of books, "Memoirs of The Geological Survey", "Special Reports on The Mineral Resources of Great Britain" by Bernard Smith, 7 volumes (1921-1924), "British Regional Geology of South West England, North Wales, Great Britain, The Pennines", etc.

Sold for £30

Lot 53

A box of books on minerals and gemstones, rock formations etc., to include "Minerals of The English Lake District and Calbeck Fells", "Minerals of Northern England", "Encyclopaedia of Minerals", Minerals of Cornwall & Devon" by P.G. Embrey, "An Introduction to Stratigraphy" by Peter Doyle, "Descriptions of Sedimentary Rock", "Igneous Rock", "Metamorphic Rocks", "Geological Structures", etc.

Sold for £28

Lot 54

A box of books on geology, to include "An Introduction to Sedimentology", "Geological Science" by McLish, "Structural Geology" by Desitter, "Theory of Earth" by James Hutton, "Earth Dynamics", etc.

Sold for £25

Lot 55

A collection of geology books, "Geology of England & Wales" by Duff & Smith (1992), "Geology of Scotland" G.Y. Craig (1991), "Hutton's Arse" by Malcolm Rider (2005), "Geology of Western Shetland", and a collection of geology books on The Scottish Highlands & Islands, etc. (14)

Sold for £30

Lot 56

"The Dressing of Minerals" by Henry Louis, with over 400 illustrations, published by Edward Arnold (1909).

Sold for £30

Lot 57

Nineteen books on caving, to include "Limestones & Caves of The Mendip Hills" by D.I. Smith, "The Descent of Pierre Saint-Martin" by Norbert Casteret, "Beneath The Mountains" by David Rose, "The Underground Atlas & Gazetteer of The Worlds Cave Regions" by John Middleton, etc.

Sold for £40

Lot 58

A box of books on The Lake District, to include "Elizabethan Keswick" by Colin Wood, "Fauna of Lakeland" by Macpherson, "The English Lakes" by Frank Singleton (1954), "The Geology of The Lake District" by F. Moseley (1978), "Ring Cairns to Reservoirs, Duddon Valley Local History Group", etc.

Sold for £48

Lot 59

Twenty one Lake District books, to include "Bradbury's History of Cockermouth", "The New Naturalist, The Lake District", "Old Lakeland" by J.D. Marshall, "Cumberland Valley" by Ron George, "Portrait of The Lakes" by Norman Nicholson, etc.

Sold for £35

Lot 60

Four Michael Moon directory publications, "Directory of Cumberland & Westmorland for 1829", "Directory of Cumberland for 1847", "Directory of Westmorland with Lonsdale, etc. 1851", "Cleator & Cleator Moor Past & Present" by Caesar Caine.

Sold for £80

Lot 61

Eleven books about Whitehaven, "Bygone Whitehaven" by Michael & Sylvia Moon, volumes 1, two copies of volumes 2, volumes 3, 4, 5 and 6, "Looking at Whitehaven" by Brian Crossland (1971), "Whitehaven Harbour" by Brian Scott-Hindson (1994), "Whitehaven, An Illustrated History" by Daniel Hay (1979), "Around Whitehaven in Old Photographs" by Harry Fancy.

Sold for £40

Lot 62

Seven Wainwright books, "A Lakeland Sketchbook", "A Second Lakeland Sketchbook", "A Third Lakeland Sketchbook", "A Fifth Lakeland Sketchbook", "A Pictorial Guide to The Lakeland Fells, Book 7", "A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells, Book 6", "A Walkers Notebook".

Sold for £28

Lot 63

A box of twenty Lake District books, to include "The Tarns of Lakeland" by W. Heaton-Cooper (1960), "Roman Maryport & Its Setting", "Sheepfolds" by Andy Goldsworthy, "The History of West Cumberland Pottery" by Florence Sibson, "The Diary of Isaac Fletcher" by Angus Winchester, "The Lakeland Fells" by June Parker (1996), "Lakelands Greatest Pioneers" by Bill Birkett (1983), "The First Tigers" by Alan Hankinson (1972). etc.

Sold for £70

Lot 64

A box of fourteen climbing and mountaineering books, to include "The Kangchenjunga Adventure" by F.S. Smythe (1930), "The Siege of Nanga Parbat" by Paul Baue (1956), "The Hard Years" by Joe Brown, "Annapurna" By Maurice Herzog, "One Mans Mountains" by Tom Patty, "Kongur" by Bonnington, etc.

Sold for £40

Lot 65

A box of twenty five climbing and mountaineering books on Scotland, to include "Climbing The Corbetts" by Hamish Brown, "Rum, A Landscape Without Figures" by John Love, "Plant Life in The Scottish Highlands" by Holden, "The Munros" by Donald Bennet, "etc.

Sold for £38

Lot 66

Ten Scottish Mountaineering Club guides, and one Scottish Mountain Trust book, to include "Isle of Skye" (1931), "Islands of Scotland" (1952), "The Northern Highlands" (1953), "The Cairngorms" (1950), "Central Highlands", Western Highlands", "Southern Uplands", etc.

Sold for £60

Lot 67

Sixteen books on climbing and mountaineering in The Highlands and on The Isle of Skye, to include "North West Highlands" by Dave Broadhead, published by The Scottish Mountaineering Club (2004), "Scottish Hill Names" by Peter Drummond (2010), "New Naturalist, The Highlands & Islands" by F. Fraser Darling (1964), "The Cuillins of Skye" by B.H. Humble (1986), etc.

Sold for £42

Lot 68

Four books on clocks clockmakers and watches, "Old Clocks & Watches & Their Makers" by F.J. Britten, "Kent Clocks & Clockmakers" by Michael Pearson, published by Mayfield Books (1997), "Lancashire Clocks & Clockmakers" by Brian Lomes, published by David & Charles (1975), "Westmorland Clocks & Clockmakers" by Brian Lomes, published by David & Charles (1974).

Sold for £30

Lot 69

Three books and a booklet on Percy Kelly and a book on Sheila Fell, "The Painted Letters of Percy Kelly" by Chris Wadsworth, "Dear Mary, Love Percy - A Creative Thread" by David Cross, ""Percy Kelly A Cumbrian Artist" by Mary Burkett, "Percy Kelly 1918-1993" by Castlegate House Gallery, "Sheila Fell, A Passion for Paint" by Cate Haste, published by Alund Humphries (2010).

Sold for £110

Lot 70

Lewis Carroll: "The Hunting of The Snark (An Agony in 8 Fits)", first edition, published Macmillan and Co. 1876, cloth bound, the interior board with ex library plate with crest of Roscoe Brunner. NOTE: Harold Roscoe Brunner was born on 22 January 1871. He was the son of The Right Honourable Sir John Tomlinson Brunner 1st Baronet and Salome Davies. Throughout his life he went by his middle name of Roscoe. He was admitted to the Inner Temple entitled to practise as a barrister. He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant of Cheshire and also the office of Justice of the Peace of Cheshire. It is further inscribed in ink "Alice Cath" - Carr-Lloyd (Alice Catherine Wodehouse, daughter of Colonel Edwin Wodehouse and Catherine Street, married James Martin Carr Lloyd on 9 December 1875).

Sold for £85

Lot 71

A box of predominantly Victorian leather bound novels (18).

Sold for £40

Lot 72

A box of twenty antiquarian poetry books, mostly leather bound, to include "Comic Poems of Thomas Hood", Robert Burns, "Scotts Poetical Works", Eliza Cook, etc.

Sold for £70

Lot 73

Volumes 1 and 2 of Nansens "Farthest North" (1898), with decorative boards, full page and numerous text illustrations and maps.

Sold for £85

Lot 74

"The Works of William Shakespeare", 3 volumes, edited by Charles Knight (1884), printed by George Routledge & Sons, leather spine and marbled boards.

Sold for £50

Lot 75

"Handbook of Physiology", by Baker & Harris (1892), published by John Murray, leather bound, "Manual of Zoology" by Parker & Haswell (1899), published by McMillan & Co., "A Discourse on The Plague" by Richard Mead (1744), printed for A. Millar.

Sold for £38

Lot 76

Antique reference books - "English Porcelain Figures of The XVIII Century", selected and described by William King, Sir Harold MacIntosh, "Early English Figure Pottery", first published 1938, Herbert Reed, "Staffordshire Pottery Figures", published 1929, "Old English Porcelain", published Stoner and Evans 1909 and Grant R Francis, "Old English Drinking Glasses, Their Chronology & Sequence", published Herbert Jenkins Limited 1926 (5).

Sold for £38

Lot 77

A collection of four postcard albums of 250+ cards, mostly Edwardian street scenes, comic cards, glamour cards, some silks, greeting cards, etc.

Sold for £260

Lot 78

Two boxes of ephemera, accounts books, letters, etc. concerning Corby Castle and The Howards.

Sold for £750

Lot 79

A collection of Second World War military and propaganda publications, comic books, etc., "Aircraft Recognition Test", "The Duties of Air Raid Wardens", "American Aircraft", "German & Italian Aircraft", "Bomber Command", "Ark Royal", etc.

Sold for £60

Lot 80

Five leather bound floral illustrated poetry books, collection of poetry books with bird and floral design boards and a small quantity of miniature poetry books, etc.

Sold for £50

Lot 81

A box of forty+ railway books, to include "Russian Steam Locomotives" by H.L. Fleming, "The Great Eastern Railway" by Cecil Allen, "Somerset & Dorset Railways" by Robin Atthill, "Railway Carriages in the British Isles from 1830-1914", "The Lake Counties" by David Joy, "Railways of Asia & The Far East" by O.S. Nock, etc.

Sold for £30

Lot 82

"Gate's New Shepherds Guide for Cumberland, Westmorland, Lancashire" (1879).

Sold for £260

Lot 83

Books on shotgun, four hardback volumes, "The Royal Gunroom at Sandringham" by David Baker, "Vintage Guns for the Modern Shot" by Diggory Hadoke, "Heyday of The Shotgun" by David J. Baker and "Boothroyd's Revised Directory of British Gunmakers" (see illustration).

Sold for £60

Lot 84

Eight volumes on shotguns and shooting, "Squeeze The Trigger Gently" by Lord Riverdale, "The British Shotgun", volume 2 by D.J. Baker, "Book of Shotguns" by James Marchington, "The Shotgun" by McDonald Hastings, "Positive Shooting" by Michael Yardley, "Book of Game Cards" by Lord Percy, "The British Shotgun", volume 1 by D.J. Baker and softback version "British Handloading Cartridge Tools" by D.J. Baker.

Sold for £25

Lot 85

Four dog books, "The Illustrated Book of The Dog", 2 volumes, by Shaw Vero, circa 1900, "Dogs Since 1900" by A. Croxton Smith (1950). "Dogs & Their Masters" by Marianne Chappell (1912).

Sold for £50

Lot 86

Three books on British gunmakers, Brown Nigel "British Gunmaker", volume 1 London, and Volume 2 Birmingham, "Scotland & The Regions" (2005), and "English Gunmakers, The Birmingham Provincial Gun Trade in The 18th & 19th Century" by De Witt Bailey & Douglas A. Nie (1978).

Sold for £110

Lot 87

Seven books on shooting and shotguns, "Cogswell & Harrison" by Graham Cooley & John Newton, "The Art of Gunsmithing - The Shotgun" by Lewis Potter (2006), "Bicentenary of A Gunmaker" by John E. Peskett, "The Shotgun History & Development" by Geoffrey Boothroyd, "Game Guns & Rifles - Percussion to Hammerless Ejectors in Britain" by Richard Akehurst (1985), "Shotguns & Gunsmiths - The Vintage Years" by Geoffrey Boothroyd (1986), "Purdey's - the Guns & the Family" by Richard Beaumont, signed by the author, (1984).

Sold for £40

Lot 88

Nine books on shooting, to include "The Complete Shot" by James Douglas, "Pheasant Shooting" by Crawford Little, "Grouse & Gun" by G.L. Carlisle, "Shooting Types" by Giles Catchpole, etc.

Sold for £30

Lot 89

Six books on shooting and gamekeeping, "Atkin Grant & Lang" by Don Masters, "The Shooting Field" by Peter King, "Modern Sporting Guns" by Christopher Austyn, "Shooting Facts & Fancies" by Gough Thomas, "Lock Stock & Barrel" by Cyril Adams, "Gamekeeping & Shooting" by Guy N. Smith.

Sold for £38

Lot 90

Box of shooting and sporting books, 14 volumes, to include "Colonel Hawkers Shooting Diaries", "The Horse & Hound" by Nimrod, "Guns & Shooting" by Edgar Harrison (1908), "Partridge Driving", etc.

Sold for £30

Lot 91

Box of shooting and sporting books, to include "Game Pie" by Eric Parkers, "The Art of Shooting" by Leslie Sprake, "Experts of Guns * Shooting" by G.T. Teasdale-Buckell, etc. (28).

Sold for £30

Lot 93

"Modern Cookery for Private Families" by Eliza Acton (1867).

Sold for £35

Lot 94

Five cattle books, "Hereford Herd Register" 1956, "Poll Hereford Cattle in Great Britain" 1955-1976, "The Cattle of Britain" by Frank H. Garner, "Birth of A Breed" by Orville K. Sweet and "The History of Hereford Cattle" by McDonald & Sinclair (1909).

Sold for £20

Lot 95

LAWRENCE. JOHN. "A General Treatise on Cattle - The Ox, The Sheep & The Swine", marbled boards with leather spine (1809).

Sold for £70

Lot 96

WEAVER, LAWRENCE. "Houses & Gardens" by E.L. Lutyens, fully illustrated 1913 First Edition.

Sold for £55

Lot 97

Four books on Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire, "The Records of Invercauld" by John Grant Michie (1901), "Aberdeen Journal - Notes & Queries" Volume 1 (1908), "Life & Labour on an Aberdeenshire Estate 1735-1750" by Henry Hamilton (1946), "The County of Aberdeenshire" by Henry Hamilton (1960).

Sold for £30

Lot 99

"The Life & Works of Robert Burns" four volumes, and a leather bound version of "Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam" Presented by Willie Pogany.

Sold for £30

Lot 100

MOSS, W.G., "The History & Antiquities of The Town & Port of Hastings" illustrated with a series of engravings (1824), "The Battle of Waterloo" by The Reverend R. Gleig (1907), "Army & Navy General Price List for 1939-1940".

Sold for £45

Lot 101

Ten books on Scotland, to include First Edition "The Salmon Rivers & Lochs of Scotland" by W.L. Calderwood (1909), "Album of Recollections of Archie Gordon" (1910), "The Dee from The Far Cairngorms, In the Shadow of Lochnagar", "The Tartans of The Clans & Families of Scotland", "The Braemar Highlands" by Elizabeth Taylor" (1969), etc.

Sold for £60

Lot 102

Eight books on Deeside, "Crathie Parish Church Bazaar Book" (1894), "The Scenery of The Dee", Limited Edition 80/240 by Andrew Gibb and J. Marley Hay (1884), four The Deesdie Field publications, "History of The Valley of The Dee" by John MacIntosh (1895), "Deeside Tales" by John Grant Michie (1908) (see illustration).

Sold for £40

Lot 103

Jollies "Cumberland Guide & Directory" published 1811 (see illustration).

Sold for £110

Lot 104

Hutchinsons "Lakes of Westmoreland & Cumberland", published 1776 (see illustration).

Sold for £130

Lot 105

"The Life of John Burnyeat", published 17th century.

Sold for £40

Lot 106

PORTER. FRANK., "Postal Directory of Whitehaven" (1882), and "Kelly's Directory of Cumberland" with new map (1894).

Sold for £70

Lot 107

"History Directory & Gazetteer of Cumberland & Westmorland", by W.M. Parson and W.M. White (1829), "Bulmers Directory & Topography of West Cumberland" (1883), "History Gazetteer & Directory of Cumberland" by Mannix & Whelland (1847), MAURICE, HARRISON., "Commercial Directory & Gazetteer of The county of Cumberland (1861).

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Lot 108

"West Cumberland Potteries", by Florence Sibson (1991), "Inside The Real Lakeland" by A.H. Griffin (1961), "Round Carlisle Cross" by James Walter Brown (1951), "Lakeland & The Borders of Long Ago" by Walter T. McIntire (1948), "Fell Days" by Graham Sutton (1948), "Cumberland & Westmorland" by Norman Nicholson (1949), "The Place Names of Cumberland & Westmorland" by W.J. Sedgefield (1915), "Highways & Byways of The Lake District" (1932).

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Lot 109

Books on Cumberland dialect, "A Lafter O' Farleys", by Denwood & Thompson (1950), "Oor Mak O'Toak" by Denwood (1946), "The Dialect of Cumberland" by Robert Ferguson (circa 1873), "Cumberland Talk" by John Richardson (1871), "Folk Speech Tales & Rhymes of Cumberland" by A.C. Gibson (1891), softback "The Folk Speech of Cumberland" by A.C. Gibson (1910).

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Lot 110

Fourteen railway books, to include "In Search of Steam 1962-68" by Robert Adley, "The Settle & Carlisle Railway" by O.S. Nock, "The Book of The Merchant Navy Pacifics" by Richard Derry, "Triumph & Beyond, The ECML 1939-1959" by B.W.L. Brooksbank, etc.

Sold for £35