Rochdale Book Company

Annigoni Ritrovato.

LONGO, Ugo: · 1971

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,709)

Edizioni Galleria Levi, Milano, 1971. Profusely illustrated. Text in Italian. Very good condition in the dust jacket. Presentation inscription from the author to Tom Blau the prominent portrait photographer.

An Historical and Topographical Account of the Town and Parish of Rochdale..... and also of the Parochial Chapelry of Saddleworth.

BUTTERWORTH, James: · 1828

£260.00 (€311.65 | $343.50 | ¥54,835)

Manchester, W. D. Varey, 1828, two parts, Rochdale and Saddleworth, each with tile page and frontispiece of the respective parish churches. Contemporary half calf with marbled boards, very expertly re-backed. Covers a bit dull and rubbed, name inside, some staining mainly to t...

History of Wardley Hall Lancashire and its Owners in Bygone Days.

HART-DAVIS, Henry Vaughan: · 1908

£200.00 (€239.73 | $264.23 | ¥42,181)

Sherratt & Hughes, 1908, large 4to, pp. (16), 307, numerous illustrations including four photogravures. Original cloth. The plate at page 1 has come loose at some time and been put back in using sellotape which has left a slight mark down the inner margin. This tape has been r...

History of the Barry Railway Company 1884-1921.

RIMELL, R.J: · 1923

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.41 | ¥39,017)

Cardiff, Western Mail, 1923. Original leather effect cloth gilt. Very good, clean condition.

A HISTORY OF RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVES DOWN TO THE END OF THE YEAR 1831

MARSHALL, C.F. Dendy: · 1953

£100.00 (€119.86 | $132.11 | ¥21,090)

Locomotive Publishing, 1953. 4to, pp. xii, 271. Although the dust jacket has some repairs and strengthening on the inside, this is an exceptionally fine and clean copy of this important work.

The Social and Economic Development of Crewe.

CHALONER, W.H: · 1950

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,763)

Manchester University Press,1950, first edition, pp.xx, 326, illustrations including a folding map at the end. Very good in the original cloth and the scarce dust jacket which is a little rubbed and chipped in places, but very acceptable and now in a loose protective sleeve...

The Life and Correspondence of the late Samuel Hibbert War, M.D. etc.

WARE, Mrs Hibbert: · 1882

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,308)

Manchester, J. E. Cornish, 1882. Original cloth, pp. xxiv, 586. Some mild rubbing to the binding in places, but very good and sound condition.. List of subscribers, only 250 copies printed. A huge range of topics covered including Hibbert Ware's brother's involvement in the Af...

The Castles of Northumberland

GRAHAM, Frank: · 1976

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

Frank Graham, 1976. Very nice condition in excellent dust jacket. A very comprehensive account, listing 336 examples with many illustrations.

Yoruba Religious Carving : Pagan & Christian Sculpture in Nigeria & Dahomey.

CARROLL, Kevin: · 1967

£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.42 | ¥10,123)

London, Chapman, 1967, 4to, pp. xii, 172, many illustrations including two in colour. Dust jacket with repairs and price-clipped, but complete and the book is in very sound condition. Jacket now in a loose protective sleeve.

A History and Some Records of the Volunteer Movement in Bury, Heywood, Rossendale and Ramsbottom.

HAYHURST, T. H: · 1887

£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.42 | ¥10,123)

Bury, Thos. Crompton, 1887, pp. xii, 332. Original red cloth. Excellent condition. A couple of names inside, a very clean copy.

Life of Joseph Jordan, Surgeon. and an account of the rise and progress of medical schools in Manchester, with some particulars of the life of Dr. Edward Stephens.

JORDAN, F. W: · 1904

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

Sherratt & Hughes, 1904, Original cloth. Illustrated. Very good condition. An important account of the practice of medicine and surgery in 19th Century Manchester.

Sybil West. A Lancashire Story.

LAHEE, Miss M. R: · 1892

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

Clegg, Oldham, 1892, pp. vi, 323, (5). Original red cloth a trifle rubbed, but good, sound condition. Includes passages in the Lancashire dialect.

The River Irwell.

CORBETT, J.: · 1907

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

Manchester, 1907, pp.155, xii with 59 illustrations. Original cloth, with some fading as usual, and a little worn at spine ends. Internally the contents leaf and first page are browned, and the previous owner's book label is on the title page. Still a sound copy however.

Salford Through the Ages.

HAMPSON,Charles P: · 1930

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,905)

Salford, 1930, first edition, pp.296, illustrated. Original cloth, spine and boards rather faded as usual, top of spine a little frayed but sound condition. Signed author's edition, copy no. 207. Various cuttings loosely inserted by the previous owner Hugh Sutton of the Manche...

The History and Traditions of Radcliffe.

NICHOLLS, Rev. W.: · 1910

£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.42 | ¥10,123)

Manchester, John Heywood, n.d. (circa 1910). Original cloth, pp. viii, 340. Includes a list of subscribers, several illustrations and a folding map. Binding a little rubbed, but tight and sound condition.

A Tour From Gibraltar to Tangier, Sallee, Mogodore, Santa Cruz, and Tarudant And Thence Over Mount Atlas to Morocco.

LEMPRIERE, William: · 1791

£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.52 | ¥94,906)

London, for the author, 1791. Includes "a Particular Account of the Royal Harem". Bound in full contemporary marbled calf, leather title label (little rubbed at one edge), complete with the folding map.Condition. Very light rubbing in places, endpapers browned at edges, some f...

Engravings by Eric Gill.

GILL, Eric: · 1929

£1,650.00 (€1,977.77 | $2,179.89 | ¥347,990)

Bristol, Douglas Cleverdon, 1929, folio, self-portrait frontis., title page device, 103 engravings, colophon device. Original black cloth, spine lightly worn at hinges, a few marks, but very sound. Occasionsl very light foxing, but contents nice and clean. One of onlly 400 cop...

Noricum.

ALFOLDY, Geza: · 1974

£32.00 (€38.36 | $42.28 | ¥6,749)

Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1974, 4to, Dust jacket price-clipped and possibly with a faded spine, vertical crease to front endpaper, else nice, bright condition.

History of the Forest of Rossendale.

NEWBIGGING,Thomas: · 1893

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

Rawtenstall, Riley,1893, second edition, small 4to, pp. xx, 369, with 9 illustrations. Original cloth, a bir rubbed, some stains to back cover, endpapers browned, but still a tight and sound reference copy. Includes a list of subscribers. Much revised and enlarged from the fi...

Place-Names of North-East and North-West Lancashire.

SPURR, H.A: · 1891

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,062)

Blackburn, Cotterill,1891, first edition,8vo,pp.56. Original cloth, front inner hinge cracked, spine faded, but sound condition. Scarce.