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Brindley at Wet Earth Colliery: an Engineering Study.

BANKS, A.G. and SCHOFIELD, R.B: · 1968

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

Newton Abbot, David Charles,1968, pp.156,illustrated. The dust jacket has few marks and has been covered in sticky-back plastic to preserve it, the book is very good. With a presentation inscription signed by the two authors.

WOMAN: Her Duties, Relations, and Position. A Medical and Social Work.

SMITH, Henry: · 1876

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

Published by the Author, 1876. Twenty-Fifth Thousand, pp. xii, 80 plus numerous advert leaves. Original flexible cloth. Some finger marks to the last leaf, else good, clean condition.

Bantu Heritage.

JUNOD, H.P: · 1938

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

Johnannesburg, Hortors Ltd, (1938), pp. (10), 155 with 41 illustrations. Original cloth. Very good condition in rather frayed and used dust jacket. Small circular stamp on endpaper.

Africa in a Jeep.

CEURVORST, Joe: · 1956

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Staples Press, 1956. Cloth binding dull and faded, but a tight and sound reading copy. No dust jacket.

The Moore Rental.

HEYWOOD, Thomas (editor): · 1847

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,796)

Manchester,Chetham Society,1847, small 4to, pp. lii,158. Original cloth. Binding worn and dull, contents good. A sound working copy. Chetham Society, First Series, Vol. 12. The Rent Roll was drawn up by Edward Moore of Bank Hall,Liverpool and is dated 1667-8.

The Navigation of the River Weaver in the Eighteenth Century.

WILLAN, T.S: · 1951

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

Manchester, Chetham Society,1951, small 4to, pp. ix, 235 with 9 plates and a folding map of the River Weaver. Original cloth. Ex-library with neat number to spine and the usual label and stamps, but still in very good, clean condition. Chetham Society,Third Series,Volume 3. Sc...

A Descriptive List of the Printed Maps of Lancashire 1577-1900.

WHITAKER, Harold: · 1938

£85.00 (€101.88 | $112.30 | ¥17,927)

Manchester, Chetham Society, 1938, small 4to, pp.xvi, 247, illustrated. Very nice, bright copy in the original cloth. Just a hint of rubbing here and there, small school library stamp inside, The essential reference work for the collector of maps of Lancashire. Chetham Society...

The Dr. Farmer Chetham MS. Being a Commonplace Book....temp. Elizabeth, James I. and Charles I.

GROSART, Rev. Alexander B. (editor): · 0

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

Manchester,Chetham Society, !873, two volumes,small 4to,pp. xvi, 226. Very nice copies in the original cloth. Chetham Society,First Series, Vols 89 and 90.

The Place-names of Lancashire,

EKWALL, Eilert: · 1922

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

Manchester University Press, 1922, small 4to, pp. xvi, 280. Original cloth, spine faded and dull, but a sound copy. Still the best work on the subject. Previous owner's bookplate inside. This work was published simultaneously by the Chetham Society.

The Jacobite Trials at Manchester in 1694. From an Unpublished Manuscript.

BEAMONT, William, (editor): · 1853

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

Manchester, Chetham Society, 1853, small 4to, pp. xc, 132. First edition. Chetham Society, First series, Vol.28. Original cloth, excellent condition inside and out.

The History of the Parish of Bispham, in the County of Lancaster.

FISHWICK, Henry: · 1887

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

Manchester, Chetham Society, 1887, small 4to, pp.iv,143 with two folding pedigrees (Veale and Rigby families). Original cloth, spine a trifle faded, but a very good copy. Bookplate removed from inside front cover, but from a private owner and not a library. Chetham Society, Ne...

Lancashire Quarter Sessions Records.

TAIT, James (editor): · 1917

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

Manchester, Chetham Society, 1917, small 4to,pp. xxxv, 332. Volume 1, Quarter sessions Rolls 1590-1606. No further volumes were published. Original cloth, spine very dull ( as usual with this particular Chetham volume ), front cover stained and old evidence of damp to margins...

The History of the Church and Manor of Wigan in the County of Lancaster.

BRIDGEMAN, George T. O: · 1888

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)

Manchester, Chetham Society, 1888-1890, complete in four volumes, small 4to, pp. vii, 836. All in original cloth; the first three are from the country house library at High Legh, Knutsford and have faded spines and some light rubbing, but are in sound condition; the fourth vol...

Customs Letter-Books of the Port of Liverpool 1711-1813.

JARVIS, Rupert C. (editor): · 1954

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Manchester,Chetham Society,1954, small 4to,pp.xxiv,192. Slight creasing at top corners, previous owner's bookplate inside, else a very good copy in the original cloth. Chetham Society, Tthird Series, Volume 6.

The Lordship of Man Under the Stanleys; Government and Economy in the Isle of Man, 1580-1704.

DICKINSON, J. R: · 1996

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

Manchester, Chetham Society, 1996, pp. xvi, 396, illustrated. Fine condition in dust jacket. Chetham Society, Third Series, Vol 41.

A History of the Ancient Chapels of Didsbury and Chorlton in Manchester Parish.

BOOKER, Rev. John: · 1857

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

Manchester, Chetham Society, 1857, small 4to, pp. iv, 337, with 7 illustrations. Original cloth, corners rubbed, head and tail of spine a bit worn, some spotting to first few leaves, but still a tight, sound copy.. Chetham Society, First series, Vol 42. Accounts of Didsbury, W...

Collectanea Relating to Manchester and its Neighbourhood.

HARLAND, John: · 1866

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

Manchester,Chetham Society,1866-7, two volumes,small 4to,pp.vi,258,viii,252. Original cloth, very lightly rubbed, a couple of small snags to the spine of the first volume, else very good condition. Chetham Society,First Series,Vols 68 and 72. These volumes are especially impor...

A Middlewich Chartulary Compiled by William Vernon in the Seventeenth Century.

VARLEY, Joan and TAIT, James (editors): · 1941

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,905)

Manchester, Chetham Society, 1941 and 1944, two parts complete, small 4to, pp. x, 218 and xxxv, 219-415, folding frontis. Library label in first volume. Both very good, clean condition in the original cloth. Chetham Society, New Series, Volumes 105 and 108.

Charges to the Grand Jury at Quarter Sessions 1660-1677 by Sir Peter Leicester.

HALCROW, Elizabeth M. (editor): · 1953

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Manchester, Chetham Society, 1953, small 4to, pp.xxxv, 168. Very nice condition in the original cloth. Chetham Society, Third Series, Volume 5.

The History of the Parish of St. Michael's-on-Wyre in the County of Lancashire.

FISHWICK, Henry: · 1891

£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.42 | ¥10,123)

Manchester, Chetham Society, 1891, small 4to, pp. iv, (4),268, frontis view of the church. Spine faded, else very good in the original cloth. Bookplate neatly removed from inside front cover, a few marginal notes in pencil and a couple of neat ink corrections. Chetham Society,...