(Code No. 4511)

Tallis, John.

[Antique Town Plan.]

Town Plan of Preston.

Date. Ca1850.

London. London Printing and Publishing Company. Size Approx 14 1/4 x 10 3/4ins. Original steel engraved town plan with outline hand colouring. Seven vignette views, Preston and Wyre Viaduct and Grammar School, etc. Decorated coloured border. Centre fold, nicks to blank margins not affecting the engraved area. £55.00

(Code No. 4504)

[By J. Corry?] [Engravings by T. Troughton].

The History of Liverpool from the earliest authenticated period down to the present time. [By J. Corry?] Illustrated with views of the principal buildings in the town and its vicinity [by T. Troughton].

Date. [1810.] Paper watermarked 1806.

Liverpool. Thomas, Troughton. 4to, 8 1/2 x 11ins. No title or text, (as published). 39 Original copper engraved hand coloured prints + Original copper engraved uncoloured print, (frontis), foxing to 3 prints. Original half calf, lacks front cover. £120.00

Each print has a dedication to various Liverpool worthies. William Roscoe, John Harrison, (Architect of Chester and Lancaster Castles), etc.

(Code No. 4482)

Buck . Samuel and Nathaniel.

(4 Antique Print of Lancashire.)

North West View of Peele Castle, West View of Gleaston Castle, South View of Whalley abbey and South View of Furness Abbey. Lancashire.

Dates. ca1770, reprint of the 1727 edition.

Print size 18 x 11 ins. Image size 14 x 7 1/2 ins. 4 Copper engraved coloured prints (modern colouring). £120.00.

The brothers, Samuel and Nathaniel Buck made a series of etched panoramas and views of British towns, castles and abbeys. The engravings describes, below the image, the history of the castles from Norman times, including the changes of ownership + dedications and coat of arms.

(Code No.4347)

Herdman, W. A. (William Abbott), Sir, 1858-1924.

British Association, Liverpool, 1896. Handbook to Liverpool and the neighbourhood. Prepared by various authors ... and edited by W. A. Herdman ... With maps and charts.

Liverpool. Philip, Son & Nephew. 1896. 8vo, [4 1/2 x 6 1/2ins.] Pp. v. 191 + 5 folding maps & charts, split at folds, no loss + 2 full page maps. Original covers with gilt lettering. £70.00

(Code No. 4313)

Britton John & W. Edward Brayley.

Lancashire, Leicestershire and Lincolnshire.

Beauties of England and Wales.

Volume 9.

London. Vernor and Hood, 8vo. 1807. Pp. 808, (31) index + Engraved title + 24 Copper engraved plates, foxing spots throughout. Original half calf gilt, rubbed and split to hinges with some surface loss. Binding still holding firm.

Between the years 1801 and 1818 the authors undertook a topographical study of England and Wales, travelling many thousand of miles on foot, gathering information for their "Beauties of England and Wales", publishing at regular intervals. Counties listed in alphabetical order. £70.00

(Code No. 4217)

HALL, Samuel Carter.

(2 Antique Prints.)

Speke Hall, Lancashire.

London . Ca1850. Page size [14 1/2 x 11 ins.] 2 Lithograph plates of Speke Hall, Lancashire, taken from "The Baronial Halls, and ancient picturesque edifices of England". Slight foxing and marks to blank margins. £25.00

(Code No. 4209)

17 Land Title Deeds for Liverpool and Everton.

Dates 1845-65.

Liverpool, England. Sizes (Approx) (660 x 560 mm) to (415 x 330 mm.) Many pages of hand written Land Title Deeds in a beautiful copper plate style, most on vellum parchments with elaborate initial lettering, regarding the disposal of parcels of land bordering Lilley St, Brunel St, Mackenzie St, Beltmont Rd , Avon St, Gregson St, Richard St, Lodge Rd, Long Hay, Edge Lane, Atherton St and Church St, Everton. West Lane and Birchfield Road. Some with hand-coloured ground plans. Royal stamps and signatories that include Marquis of Salisbury, Lord of the Manor of West Derby, John Holford, G. J. Christian, J. Hoskins, J. Shimmin and others, vg. £100.00

(Code No. 4168)William R. A. Daniell, [1769-1837]

View near lower Heysham, Lancashire.London. Longman & Co. 1816. Image size 9 1/2 x 6 3/4. Page size 14 x 9 1/2 ins. Original hand coloured aquatint, drawn and engraved by William Daniell.Taken from "A Voyage round Great Britain" No 41, Volume 2. William Daniell commenced a tour in a rowboat around Great Britain in the summers of the years 1813-16 starting and ending at Land's-End in Cornwall. As he went he drew a series of 308 hand coloured sketches illustrating the character and prominent features of the coast. During the winter times he returned home to produce watercoloures and aquatints.

(Code No. 4114)

Collier, John.

The Miscellaneous Works of Tim Bobbin, Esq. Containing his view of the Lancashire Dialect, also, his Poem of the Flying Dragon, and the Man of Heaton.....

London. Symons. 1806. 12mo, [4 x 7 ins]. Pp 12, xiv, 69, [40] [4] 145-203, 33 + 8 of 10 copper engraved plates, foxing spots throughout. Original half calf, rubbed with a slight splits to hinges. Holding firm. £35.00

(Code No. 4112)

PYNE, W.H.

Lancashire Illustrated, from Original Drawings by S. Austin, J. Harwood, and G & C. Pyne, etc.

London: H. Fisher, 1831. 4to, [10 3/4 x 9 ins]. Engraved title + Additional title + pp 1-112 Text + 103 of 104 Steel engraved plates, (2 to a page), nicks to one plate + 13 Loose Extra illustrated Lancashire plates, some nicks to margins + Folding Liverpool town plan, (1860). Binding , poor. £170.00

(Code No. 4096)Perkins. George.

(10 Loose Antique Prints + 1 Oil Painting)Views of Old MANCHESTER.

1891. Page size (approx), 8 x 7 ins to the oil painting, 12 x 8 ins. Original lithographic prints by George Perkins, printed on boards, margins marked. Blackley Old Road, The Avenue Boggart Hale Clough, Charlestown, Valentine Brow, The Haunted house, Crumpsall Hall, Moston House, Croft House, Hough Hall and Lion Fold Farm + An oil painting of Heaton Park Smithy.

(Code No. 4021)

Toole, Millie.

Mrs. Bessie Braddock MP. A Biography.

London. Robert Hale Ltd. 1957. 4to. Pp 223. Illustrated throughout. Original cloth gilt. Dust jacket, chipping to edges. £30.00

Bessie Braddock was the first woman to be suspended from Parliament. Her entire political life was spent righting wrongs suffered in the Liverpool slums, at times with the help of a 2ft megaphone.

(Code No.4020)

Manchester Faces and Places.

An illustrated record of the Social, Political, and Commercial Life of the Cotton Metroplois and its environs.

5 Volumes.

Manchester. J G Hammond. 1889-98. 4to, [6 1/2 x 9 1/2 ins]. Volumes 1, 3 , 4, 5 and 10. Pp approx 190 per volume, some slight wear throughout. Illustrated throughout showing shop fronts portraits, old Manchester, etc. Original half morocco, rubbed and wear throughout. £100.00

(Code No. 3907)

Hope, E W.

City of Liverpool. Handbook compiled for the Congress of the Royal Institute of Public Health. 1903.

Liverpool. Lee & Nightingale. 1903. Folio, [ 9 1/2 x 11 1/2 ins.] Pp xi 330. Illustrated throughout, slight marginal marks, one plate with marginal nicks. Original decorated cloth gilt, rubbed with some surface loss to spine. In the early part of the 20th century, 16% of world tonnage of ships belonged to the port of Liverpool making it the 2nd city of the empire. This book deals with all aspects of the City of Liverpool, shipping, public buildings, public health, medical care, housing, transport, etc. £85.00

(Code No. 3906).

Gore's Directory of Liverpool and its Environs, Including the Cheshire Side, New Brighton, Wallesey, Liscard, Seacombe, Bidston, Birkenhead, Tranmere, Oxton, Rock Ferry, Bebington, and Part of Eastham. 1874.

Liverpool. J. Mawdsley. 1874. 8 vo, [ 7 x 10 1/2 ins.] Pp ix, [1], 1030, 164, 122, + Folding map, slight split at fold.

An early directory on Cheshire and Liverpool. listing the principle towns and their history. Including the named residents and location, addresses of the trades and their adverts from the accountants to the woollen draper. Original cloth gilt with a crude taped spine. £150.00.

(Code No. 3731).Marsh B.J. & S. Almond & P.W. Wolley.

2 Volumes.The Home Port. Bootle, the Blitz and the Battle of the Atlantic. & Bootle (Vol, 2).Sefton Council & S.B. Publications., 1993. 8vo & Folio, [8 1/2 x 11 1/2 ins.] Pp 72. 91. Illustrated throughout. Soft covers, Very good condition.

(Code No. 3730).Liverpool. Bluecoat Press. 1998. Folio, [11 x 9 1/2 ins.] Pp 95. Illustrated throughout. Soft covers, Very good condition.

(Code No. 3729).

Gahan, John W.

The Line Beneath the Liners & Seventeen Stations to Dingle.

2 Volumes.

Wirral, Countyvise Ltd, 1983. 1982. 8vo. Pp, 80. 88. Illustrated throughout. Soft covers, Very good condition. £18.00

(Code No. 3728).

Richardson. F, Andrew:

Well, I Never Noticed That. The Statues & Monuments of Liverpool & Bootle. The Stories of who they were and what they did.

Liverpool.interprint.1999. 4to, [8 1/2 x 12 ins]. Pp. 98. Illustrated throughout. Soft covers, Very good condition. £20.00

Code No. 3727).Cook.Terry & Colin Wilkinson.The Streets of Liverpool & Scotland Road, "The Old Neighbourhood"2 Volumes.

The Bluecoat Press. Countryvise. 1993 & 2001. 4to. Pp 63,112. Illustrated throughout. Soft covers, Very good condition.

(Code No. 3726).

Bolger, Paul.

The Docker's Umbrella - A History of Liverpool's Overhead Railway & Liverpool Overhead Railway.

2 Volumes.

Liverpool, The Bluecoat Press, 1992, 4to & 8vo. Pp 78, 63. Illustrated throughout. Soft covers, as new. £22.00

(Code No. 3709).Saxton, Christopher & Guliel Hole.(AntiqueMap.).LANCASHIRE.

"Lancastriae comitatus palatinus".

London. Printed by Georgii Bishop & Joannis Norton. 1610. Image size 12 1/4 x 10 1/4 ins. Original copper engraved coloured map of Lancashire, engraved by Guliel Hole for Camden's "Britannia", 1610. Based on Saxton's map of 1577.

(Code No. 3631).London. William Mackenzie. ca1867. 4to, 10 x 12ins. 2 Volumes in 4. Pp. 720, 464, cclx + 25 Steel engraved plates, vg. Original gilt decorated cloth, Spines faded and slight split to hinges. Still firm. Ex library, "Scarborough Philosophical and Archaeological Society" no stamps to text or plates. All edges gilt. Weight of Books, 10.5 Kg (approx).

(Code No. 3623).

14 Photographs of the Building of the Liverpool Docks. (Loose).

Liverpool. ca1880. Image size (Approx), 10 3/4 x 8 1/4 ins. Page Size (Approx), 13 1/2 x 10 1/2 ins. 14 Photographs of the Liverpool Docks pasted on to thick card on both sides of the page. Shown:- Langdon Dock, Lighthouse, Alexander Dock, Engine House Langdon Dock, Canada Basin, Dock Entrance, Graving Dock Langdon, Engine House Langdon Dock, Foremen South Dock, Masonry of Dock Entrance, Shed Alexander Dock, Dock Wall Alexander Dock, Commencement of Herculaneum Dock, Herculaneum Dock & Petroleum Shore. £400.00

(Code No. DP1451)

Herdman, William Gawin:

Pictorial Relics of Ancient LIVERPOOL Accompanied with descriptions of the antique buildings,etc.

Liverpool. Subscriber's copy. 1857. Folio [ 385 x 295 mm.] Pp 107. Engraved title page, 48 lithograph view plates, some folding, slight foxing to some blank margins Original half calf. Gilt. Raised spine bands with gilt-tooled panels. Front cover detached, rubbed and faded. Marbled edges and end papers. The views shown include the view of Herculaneum pottery factory. £450.00

(Code No. DP3213) 15.

Buck. Samuel and Nathaniel.

10 VIEWS OF LANCASHIRE + Large Double Page Panorama of the Town of PRESTON. (As issued).

London. Dates 1727, 1st edition.

Print page size 18 x 11 ins. Image size 14 x 7 1/2 ins. Pp, Title page.

The brothers, Samuel and Nathaniel Buck drew and engraved a series of etched panoramas and views of British towns, castles and abbeys etc. Each engraving describes below the image, the history of the castles, from Norman times to the early 18th century, including the numerous changes of ownership. Most prints show a dedication and coat of arms. Each print numbered from 1 to 10 in the left hand blank margin, signifying that they are the 1st edition, not the later 18th Century or early 19th Century reprints. Very good impression and condition. No Covers. Rare Copy. £750.00

(Code No. 3438).

Paris. Dembour & Gangel. Page size 21 1/2 x 14 ins. Image size 15 3/4 x 10 ins Original hand coloured copper engraved print, slight creasing and marks to blank margins. Guaranteed to bo over 200 years old.

(Code No: 2817)

BOWEN, EMMANUEL & THOMAS. KITCHIN. (Antique Map of LANCASHIRE.)

"An Accurate Map of the County of LANCASTER; Divided into its Hundreds"

London. Carington Bowles & Rob't Sayer. 1767. Map image size 20 1/2 x 26 ins . Copper engraved, coloured in outline, county map by Eman: Bowen. Title panel with a pictorial surround which includes cheeses, a woman shovelling grain into a sack held by a man and another man stoking a furnace, etc, with a Heraldic coat of arms below (Stanley Earl of Derby). A notable feature of the map is the space devoted to descriptive text in the form of the major town historical notes, "Seats of the Nobility" and "Explanation" (of the symbols on the map), spread over the map surface. Circular compass indicator, scale line and coloured graduated border, slight splits to folds, (No loss). The map is taken from the "Large English Atlas" Guaranteed to be over 200 years old. £375.00