Rochdale Book Company

A Glossary of Rochdale-with-Rossendale Words and Phrases.

CUNLIFFE, Henry: · 1886

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

Manchester,John Heywood,1886, first edition,4to, pp.108. Original cloth, head of spine frayed, small ink stain to very edge of last page, else very good condition. With a list of subscribers.

Homosexuality in Art.

SMALLS, James: · 2003

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

New York, Parkstone Press, 2003. Very nice condition in the dust jacket.

Dugdale and Hollar.

ROBERTS, Marion: · 2002

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

University of Delaware press, 2002. Very niice condition in the dust jacket.

History and Description of the Town and Parish of Ashton-Under-Lyne in the County of Lancaster and the Village of Dukinfield.

BUTTERWORTH, James: · 1823

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

Ashton, Thomas Cunningham, 1823. Original boards with a modern paper spine and label to match. Page edges untrimmed. Board corners worn, else good, sound condition.

An Historical Account of the Towns of Ashton-Under-Lyne, Stalybridge, and Dukinfield.

BUTTERWORTH, Edwin: · 1842

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,872)

Ashton,1842, pp. (2),177,v. Plain binder's cloth without lettering, tape repairs to first leaf of text, last page a bit marked. A sound working copy of a scarce title. Not to be confused with the book which his father James wrote on Ashton. Presentation inscription from John ...

De Balderston 1573-1973 (Rochdale).

TIPPER, D.A: · 1972

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,374)

Rochdale, 1972. Original card covers, pp. (8), 80 with illustrations by C. Faulkner and D. Wilkinson. Very good condition.

De Balderston II.

HAYNES, Hannah and TIPPER, David: · 1994

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

Rochdale,1994, pp. (8),157. Original card covers. Virtually as new. An excellent, well-illustrated history of this old district of Rochdale and a very different book from the original edition of some 20 years earlier.

Twenty-Five Years of Detective Life.

CAMINADA, Jerome: · 1895

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.20 | ¥36,908)

Manchester, John Heywood, 1895 and 1901. Two volumes, complete. Original green cloth, top edges gilt. Volume one a little rubbed at corners and spine ends, inner hinges cracked, but still tight and sound. Volume two with small mark to foot of front cover, else excellent cond...

A Practical Treatise on the Game of Billiards: accurately exhibiting the Rules and Practice.... illustrated with a Numerous Collection of Cases....calculations for betting, tables of odds etc.

WHITE, E: · 1807

£375.00 (€449.49 | $495.43 | ¥79,089)

W. Miller, London, 1807. First edtion of the first book in English devoted to the game of billiards. Engraved frontis and 16 plates, without the half title, but with the publisher's catalogue at the end. Contemporary half calf a bit rubbed, joints split, back cover a bit "wobb...

The Country and Church of the Cheeryble Brothers.

ELLIOT, Rev. W. Hume: · 1893

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

Selkirk, George Lewis, 1893, pp.xxx, 406, with 11 full-page illustrations and numerous illustrations in the text. Very good condition in the original cloth binding. The Grant Brothers of Ramsbottom were imortalised as the Cheeryble Brothers in Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

Sheffield and Its Neighbourhood Photographically Illustrated.

Smith, Theophilus (Photographer): · 1865

£475.00 (€569.36 | $627.54 | ¥100,179)

A. W. Bennett, 1865, pp. 132. Original cloth gilt. Binding a little rubbed to the back cover, and perhaps skilfully repaired or re-cased, but tight and sound. Some light foxing in places, but the photos are good and sharp. With 16 mounted photographs. Gernsheim 279.

In Olden Days. Lancashire Legends. Rochdale and District

OAKLEY, Rev. G. R: · 1923

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

Rochdale, Edwards & Bryning, 1923, second edition (much enlarged from the first), pp. 281, numerous photo illustrations. Includes legends of Clegg Hall, Stubley Hall, Milnrow, Littleborough, Buckley Hall, Ashworth Chapel, Royton Hall, Brown Wardle, The Baum Rabbit etc. Origina...

The Registers of the Parish Church of Burnley, Volume 1.

Burnley, Lancashire: · 1899

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,491)

Rochdale, L.P.R.S.,1899, number 2 in the series. Christenings, Weddings and Burials 1562-1653, transcribed and edited by William Farrer. Good condition in original cloth.

The Registers of the Parish Church of Radcliffe.

Pretwich, Lancashire: · 1909

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

Cambridge, L.P.R.S.,1909, number 34 in the series. Baptisms, Burials and Weddings 1603-1688 transcribed by Henry Brierley. Good condition in original cloth.

The Registers of the Parish Church of Radcliffe.

RADCLIFFE, Lancashire: · 1922

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

Cambridge, L.P.R.S.,1922-23, two volumes, numbers 60 and 61 in the series, Baptisms and Burials 1557-1783, Marriages 1560-1761 and Burials 1558-1783, transcribed by James Clayton. Very good in original cloth. Previous owner's bookplates inside.

Forty Years On; A History of Bury Cine Society 1959-1999.

ASHWORTH, Terry: · 1999

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,374)

Bury, 1999. A4 format, card covers, pp. vi, 96. Slight split at top of spine, else good, sound condition.

The Prehistory of Tyne and Wear.

MIKET, Roger: · 1984

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,796)

Northumberland Archaeological Group, 1984. Original card covers, folding maps. Covers a bit creased and bent at the corners, but sound condition.

English Clay Tobacco Pipes.

OSWALD, Adrian: · 1967

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,374)

British Archaeological Association, 1967. Original card covers, 68 pages. Very good condition.

The Artful Handbag.

LEIBER, Judith: · 1995

£17.50 (€20.98 | $23.12 | ¥3,691)

Thames and Hudson, 1995. Very good condition in the dust jacket.

James Nasmyth and the Bridgewater Foundry: a study of entrepreneurship in the early engineering industry.

CANTRELL, J.A: · 1984

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,374)

Manchester,Chetham Society,1984, pp. viii, 279. Very good in dust jacket. Chetham Society, Third Series, Volume 31.