Rochdale Book Company

The Itinerant or Memoirs of an Actor.

RYLEY, S. W: · 1880

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

Oldham, Hirst & Rennie, 1880. original cloth, spine ends worn, else good codtion. Printed double column. A reprint of the first three volumes of this work of fiction which were published in 1808. On page 90 is an extensive description of \"Bolton Trotting\".

Lydiate Hall & its Associations, in two Parts, Antiquarian and Religious.

GIBSON, Rev Thomas Ellison: · 1876

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

Ballantyne Hanson, for the Author,1876, pp. xliv, 333, complete with five mounted photographs and a ground plan. Original green cloth, corners bumped, spine rubbed mainly to head and tail, small mark to inner margin of frontis and title, but still a good, sound copy.

Rochdale Reminiscences.

BRIERLEY, Henry: · 1923

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Rochdale Times Ltd, 1923, pp. 148, portrait of the author (a bit wrinkled at top edge). Original cloth, spine a little rubbed, else good, sound condition. Henry Brierley was a local solicitor and for many years editor of Lancashire Parish Registers. His memoirs cover church af...

Memorials of Charlesworth, Historical, Traditional, Biographical.

HOSKEN, T. J: · 1894

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Burnley, Dixon, 1894. Original cloth, fronispiece. Binding a little rubbed and with a few marks, but a sound copy.

Notices of Methodism in Haslingden

STOTT, John: · 1898

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

Hayman, Christy and Lilly, For Private Circulation Only, 1898. Original cloth, 132 pages, gilt edges. Very good condition.

The Jacobite Invasion of 1745 in the North West.

OATES, Jonathan D: · 2006

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,375)

Lancaster, 2006. Soft covers. Very good condition.

The History of Burnley.

BENNETT, W: · 1948

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Burnely, 1948 to 1969. Four volumes in three covering up to 1400, 1400 to 1660, 1650 to 1850 and from 1850. Volumes 1 and 2 are combined in 1 volume printed in 1969 and bound in dark red cloth, volume 3 is the original edition printed in 1948 and bound in light red cloth (spin...

Saddleworth Superstitions and Folk Customs.

WRIGLEY, Ammon: · 1909

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

Clegg, Oldham, 1909, pp. 48, original card covers. Inscribed \"Yours Faithfully Ammon Wrigley\" on back of title page. Covers rather rubbed, and frayed at top corner but still a sound copy of a scarce and fragile early work by this collectable author.

Varley's Royton Annual, 1926.

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£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Original paper covers, staples rusting, but still tight and sound. Contents include local telephone directory, street directory, Chronicle of local events, notes on old Royton and Royton Hall and interesting local adverts. Royton lies between Oldham and Rochdale. Several other...

The Folk-Speech of South Lancashire: A Glossary....:

TAYLOR, F.E: · 1901

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

Manchester, John Heywood,1901, first and only edition, 8vo. Original cloth, just a trifle rubbed and with a few faint splash marks to the front cover, but a good, clean copy. Includes dialect words, children's words, colloquialisms etc., with an appendix of Quaint Sayings.

The House of Lyme: From its Foundation to the End of the Eighteenth Century

NEWTON, The Lady: · 1917

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,548)

Heinemann, 1917. Original cloth with gilt crest to front board. Folding map and pedigree at rear. Bookplate inside. Small repair to spine, some scattered foxing else a nice, bright copy.

Lyme Letters 1660-1760.

NEWTON, The Lady: · 1925

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

Heinemann, 1925. Original cloth, spine dull, front free endpaper removed, but a good, sound copy.

Paul Withnell, A Lancashire Idyll.

KING, A. W: · 1915

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Wm Dawson, 1915. Original cloth, 288 pages. A story set in the vicinity of Hoghton Tower near Preston and Blackburn. Scarce only 2 copies recorded in JISC. Presentation copy from the author. A little rubbed, but sound condition.

The Story of a North Sea Air Station. Being some account of the early days of the Royal Flying Corps (Naval Wing) and of the part played thereafter by the air station at Great Yarmouth and its opponents during the war 1914-1918.

GAMBLE, C.F. Snowden.: · 1967

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,063)

Neville Spearman, 1967. Reprint of the edition of1928. Many illustrations, folding chart in rear pocket. Good condition in a rather rubbed and worn dust jacket which is now in a loose protective sleeve.

War on Great Cities; a Study of the Facts.

MORISON, Frank: · 1937

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.79 | ¥37,972)

Faber and Faber, 1937. A detailed account of the bombing of London in World War 1. The book is in excellent condition in the very scarce dust jacket which has some wear, and a few repairs to the reverse, but which is striking and largely complete and now in a loose protective ...

Bolland Forest and the Hodder Valley.

GREENWOOD, M and BOLTON, C: · 1955

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Privately Printed, 1955, pp.139,(6). Original cloth-backed boards. Binding a little browned, spine hand-lettered. A good, sound copy of the scarce original edition. Neat name inside.

A History of Hopwood Hall including the Life of Cardinal Langley.

MACDONALD, C. Stuart: · 1963

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Waldegrave,1963, pp. (8), 86, with numerous illustrations. A very nice, clean copy in excellent dust jacket.

A History of the Parish of Flixton. (with Urmston and Davyhulme)

LANGTON, D.H: · 1898

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

Manchester,Taylor,Garnett,Evans & Co.,1898, first edition,8vo, pp.160,folding map and numerous illustrations. Original cloth, a little rubbed and dull, but a sound copy.

Mosley Family Memoirs.

MOSLEY, Sir Oswald: · 1849

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)

Printed for Privae Circulation, 1849. $t., pp. iv, 76, xxviii, 4 plates and other engravings in the text. Original cloth, frontispiece foxed. Very nice, bright condition. Bookplate of Lord Esher.

Life and Times of the late Alderman T. Livsey.

LAHEE, M. R: · 1865

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

Mancheser, Abel Heywood, 1865, pp. 156, photo portrait frontis. Original cloth, a very nice, bright copy. Pencil name on front paste-down. Livsey (1815-1864) was a prominent Rochdale politician and Chartist and involved in the plugdrawing riots of 1842.