Lot 280
Newcastle and Northumberland, 8 volumes, comprising
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 17 May 2017 at 12:00 BST
Description
Reid, D.B. Health of Towns Commission. Report on the State of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and other Towns. 1845, 8vo., 21 plates (19 folding, 20 coloured), half calf; [Pamphlets] 7 local pamphlets including Bruce, J.c. The Wall of Hadrian. Newcastle, 1874 and Carr-Ellison, R. On the large Roman Altar, [c.1875], 2 albumen prints; half calf gilt; Hutton, W. The History of the Roman Wall. 1813. Second edition, 8vo, map and 9 plates, contemporary half calf; Garbutt, George A Historical and Descriptive View of the Parishes of Monkwearmouth & Bishopwearmouth and the Port and Borough of Sunderland. Sunderland, 1819. 8vo, engraved title, folding map, folding pedigree & 4 plates, half calf, joints splitting; [Bewick, Thomas] An Account of the Great Floods in the Rivers Tyne, Tees, Wear and Eden, &c. in 1771 and 1815. Newcastle: E. Charnley, 1818. [One of 300 copies], 12mo in 4s, wood-engravings, 19th century half calf gilt; Oliver, Thomas A New Picture of Newcastle upon Tyne. 1831. 12mo, 2 folding plans, 1 folding plate, contemporary half calf, slightly rubbed; Glynn, E. Sketches of Oldminster. Newcastle, 1858. 8vo, 19th century half calf, rubbed; [Newcastle Water Supplies] Prospectus of an intended Joint Stock Company, to be called the Whittle Dean Water Company, and to be formed for the purpose of supplying the Towns of Newcastle Upon Tyne and Gateshead.. with pure water. Newcastle: printed at the Courant Office, 1845. 8vo, folding part-coloured engraved plan, Rare; bound with 2 others, related, contemporary half cloth (8)