Warwickshire
Large collection of local, regimental and family histories, 19th and early 20th century
£555
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 21 September 2023 at 10:00 BST
Description
Bedford, W. K. Riland. Three Hundred Years of a Family Living, being a History of the Rilands of Sutton Coldfield. Birmingham: Cornish Brothers, 1889. First edition, deluxe issue, one of 50 copies signed on behalf of the printer (Wright Dain Peyton & Co.), 4to, original quarter japon;
Idem. History of Sutton Coldfield. Birmingham: The Times Printing Co., 1891. First edition, 8vo, original cloth;
Kemp, Thomas (editor). The Black Book of Warwick. Warwick: Henry T. Cooke and Son, 1898. First edition, deluxe issue (no limitation stated), 4to, original quarter japon, bookplate of John Tricks Spalding (noted collector of British topographical books, 1844-1924), ownership inscription;
Idem. The Black Book of Warwick. Warwick: Henry T. Cooke and Son, 1898. First edition, trade issue, 4to, original cloth, inscribed 'with the editor's love' on the front free endpaper;
Adderley, Henry Arden. History of the Warwickshire Yeomanry Cavalry. Warwick: W. H. Smith & Son, 1912. First edition, large-paper issue, one of 36 signed by the author, 4to, original cloth, binding sunned and mottled, splitting to joints;
Bickley, W. B. Pedigree of the Bolding Family of Warwickshire. Birmingham: for private circulation, 1898. 8vo, original red crushed morocco gilt over bevelled boards, folding letterpress pedigree, appendix loose in end-pocket;
Hervey, Sydney Henry Augustus. Ladbroke and its Owners. Bury St Edmunds: Paul & Mathew, 1914. First edition, 4to, original red cloth;
Morris, Henry. Baddesley Clinton, its Manor, Church and Hall. London: Art and Book Company, 1897. First edition, 4to, original cloth, sunned;
Badger, E. W. The Monumental Brasses of Warwickshire. Birmingham: Cornish Brothers, 1895. First edition, out-of-series copy from the edition of 100, 8vo, original quarter japon;
Kingsford, Charles Lethbridge. The Story of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment (formerly the Sixth Foot), London: "County Life," Ltd., [1923]. First edition, deluxe issue, 8vo, original japon gilt;
Bloom, J. Harvey. A History of Preston-upon-Stour. Hemsworth: C. E. Turner, 1896. First edition, one of 25 copies, 8vo, later cloth, edges untrimmed;
Hart, Charles J. The History of the 1st Volunteer Battalion the Royal Warwickshire Regiment and its Predecessors. Birmingham: Midland Counties Herald Limited, 1906. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, front free endpaper excised;
Rimmer, Alfred. Rambles round Rugby. London: Percival & Co., 1892. First edition, one of 750 copies, 4to, original cloth;
Cooper, William. The Records of Beaudesert, Henley-in-Arden, Co. Warwick. Leeds: John Whitehead & Co Ltd, 1931. First edition, 4to, original cloth, inscribed by the author on slip mounted to front free endpaper, occasional marginalia;
Idem. Wootton Wawen, its History and Records. Leeds: John Whitehead & Son Ltd., 1936. First edition, 4to, original cloth;
Bloxam, Matthew Holbeche. Rugby. The School and Neighbourhood. London: Whittaker & Co., 1889. First edition, 8vo, original cloth;
Wellstood, Frederick C. Records of the Manor of Henley in Arden, Warwickshire. Transcribed and edited from the Original Manuscripts for William John Fieldhouse. Stratford-upon-Avon: Shakespeare Head Press, 1919. First edition, one of 105 copies, 4to, original quarter cloth, wear to spine, presentation plate inscribed to Sir Sidney Lee (1859-1926), editor of the Dictionary of National Biography, bequeathed by him to Queen Mary College, University of London and subsequently withdrawn, with related labels and stamps, wear to spine;
Hudson, Robert. Memorials of a Warwickshire Parish. Being Papers mainly descriptive of the Records and Registers of the Parish of Lapworth. London: Methuen & Co., 1904. First edition, one of 250 copies, 8vo, original quarter cloth, label and withdrawal stamp of Yorkshire Archaeological Society to front pastedown;
Miller, George. Rambles round Edge Hills and in the Vale of the Red Horse. Banbury: William Potts, 1896, First edition, 8vo, original cloth;
Hannett, John. The Forest of Arden, its Towns, Villages, and Hamlets. London: Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., 1863. First edition, 8vo, original pictorial cloth gilt;
Bill, C. A. The 15th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment (2nd Birmingham Battalion) in the Great War. Birmingham: Cornish Brothers Ltd, 1932. First edition, 8vo, original cloth;
Armstrong, Charles M. C. A Short Guide to Sherbourne and the Parish Church of All Saints. [No place:] privately printed, 1948. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, inscribed by the author;
and 10 others similar, most works with plates, the lot not fully collated and sold as seen