Rochdale Book Company

Bibliotheca Staffordiensis; or a Bibliographical Account of Books and other Printed Matter Relating to......the County of Stafford.

SIMMS, Rupert: · 1894

£100.00 (€119.86 | $132.11 | ¥21,090)

Lichfield,Privately Printed, 1894, large paper copy, royal 4to, number 32 of only 200 copies, pp.xxv, 546. Original cloth a little dusty, top edge gilt, a very good, sound copy. Very heavy, so may require extra postage.

A History of the Old Parish of Cheadle in Cheshire.

MOSS, Fletcher: · 1970

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

Didsbury,Morten,1970, reprint of the first edition of 1894,illustrated. Very good in price-clipped dust jacket. (much better than shown in the stock photo). Includes Moseley, Handforth and Gatley.

Malabar and the Portuguese.......from 1500 to1663.

PANIKKAR, K.M: · 1929

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Bombay,D.B.Taraporevala,1929, pp.xvi,221, frontispiece map. Ex-library with the usual stamps and label, class number on spine and the library name written in ink on the front cover. Nevertheless a sound, clean working copy.

Observations and Instructions Divine and Morall in Verse.

HEYWOOD, Robert of Heywood,Lancashire: · 1869

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,796)

Manchester, Chetham Society, 1869, small 4to, pp.xx, (4), 107. Very good in the original cloth, unopened. Originally composed in the early 17th century, the poems are published for the first time, and edited by James Crossley from a manuscript purchased by him at Sotheby's in ...

Provision for the Relief of the Poor in Manchester.

HINDLE,G.B: · 1975

£10.50 (€12.59 | $13.87 | ¥2,214)

Manchester,Chetham Society,1975, first editon, small 4to,pp.viii,192.Third Series, volume XXII. A good clean copy in dust jacket.. Examines provision for the poor in Manchester between 1754 and 1826.

Lead-mining.

ANON: · 1969

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

Derbyshire Record Office, May 1969. A4,pp. 56,9. Original card covers. A list of the lead-mining documents deposited by Brooke-Taylor & Co., solicitors.

Annals of the Lords of Warrington and Bewsey from 1587 to 1833.

BEAMONT, William: · 1873

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,062)

Manchester,Simms,1873, small 4to, pp.xxiv,165. Very good in the original green cloth. Not to be confused with the Chetham Society volumes of the same title which cover the period up to 1587.

The Stroudwater Canal.

HANDFORD, Michael: · 1979

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

Gloucester, Alan Sutton, 1979, pp. 337,illustrated. The owner has applied a circular blind stamp to the title page and a couple of other leaves, else this is a nice, clean copy in dust jacket. Incorporates a revision of the author's earlier first volume plus two subsequent unp...

Chetham Miscellanies, New Series, Volume VI.

FLOWER, EELES, AXON,TAIT, OAKDEN: · 1935

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,062)

Manchester,Chetham Society, 1935, small 4to,pp.vii,4,15,iv,44,23,x,32. Spine slightly faded, else a nice, bright copy in the original cloth. Contents include a transcript of a lost folio of the Furness Cowcher Book, Rectors and Deans of Manchester, Salford Portmoot, and a tra...

Bolton Wanderers, A Complete Record 1877-1989.

MARLAND, Simon: · 1989

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

Derby, Breedon Books, 1989, pp.416, illustrated. Very nice copy in dust jacket.

Bygone Bury.

Lord, John: · 1903

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,109)

Rochdale,Clegg,1903, pp.117, frontispiece. Neatly rebound in cloth. There are dusty finger-marks to the title-page and a few other pages, otherwise a good,sound copy.

The Vocation of Woman.

COLQUHOUN, Mrs Archibald: · 1913

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

London,Macmillan,1913, pp.341. Very slight damp marks to front edge of covers, but a nice,bright copy in the original cloth. Chapters include The Revolt of Woman, Marriage: Passion and Affection,Woman,Economics and the State,Feminism and the Home,Education and Marriage,Modern ...

Notes and Illustrations concerning the Family History of James Smith of Coventry.

DURNING-LAWRENCE,Lady: · 1912

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,796)

London,privately printed,1912, 8vo,pp.xii,131,with17 pedigree tables and 26 plates.A very good copy in original cloth.With the errata slip.James Smith lived from1731-1794 and a branch of the family moved to Manchester and Salford.

The Correspondence of Nathan Walworth and Peter Seddon of Outwood and Other Documents Relating to the Building of Ringley Chapel.

FLETCHER, John Samuel: · 1880

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,796)

Manchester,Chetham Society,1880, small 4to,pp.xxx,110.Chetham Society, First Series,Volume 109. Bookplate inside. Slight wear to top of spine, else very good in original cloth and largely unopened. Folding pedigree of Peter Seddon of Prestolee.The correspondence begins in 162...

The Mines of Grassington Moor & Wharfedale.

BIRD, R.H. (editor): · 1980

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,374)

Northern Mine Research Society, 1980, A4,pp.95, folding plan of the principal veins and other illustrations. Name on tile-page, but a nice,clean copy in the original illustrated card covers. British Mining No.13.

Under the Cruisie, or Saturday Nights at a Buchan Farm in the Middle of the Last Century.

GIBSON, Alexander: · 1916

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

Aberdeen, Wyllie,1916, pp.144. Original cloth,bump to top edge, but a good,sound copy. Buchan ballads and songs.

Forestry and Forest Products.

RATTRAY, John, and MILL, Hugh Robert, (editors): · 1885

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

Edinburgh, David Douglas,1885, pp.xliv,569 with 10 plates and 21 woodcuts.Original cloth just a little rubbed, but a good,sound copy.

On Sewage Treatment and Disposal: for Cities, Towns, Villages, Private Dwellings and Public Institutions.

WARDLE, Thomas: · 1893

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,062)

Manchester, John Heywood, (1893), pp.xvi,426 plus adverts, 10 plates. Endpapers and last few leaves rather dusty and foxed, but a good,sound copy in the original cloth.

Post Office Aberdeen Directory 1940-41.

ABERDEEN: · 0

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,062)

pp.xiv,880. Original cloth a little dull and with a few splashes, but a good,sound copy.

The Lunch Basket.

RIDGE, W. Pett: · 1923

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

London, Mills & Boon, 1923, pp.(6),243 plus adverts. Original cloth with a few marks, but a good copy. Postage will be less than the standard rate.