25th Mar, 2025 10:00

The March Auctions 2025

 
Lot 305
 

305

[Z] Shrewsbury & Shropshire

Shrewsbury & Shropshire to include: Phillips (T.) The History and Antiquities of Shrewsbury from its first foundation to the present time ... with an appendix containing several particulars relative to Castles, Monasteries &c. in Shropshire, Shrewsbury: T. Wood, 1779, 4to, full tree calf rebacked, frontispiece, list of subscribers, 10 engraved plates and one folding table; Owen (H.) and Blakeway (J.B.) A History of Shrewsbury, London: Harding, Lepard, and Co., 1825, 4to, half calf and cloth boards, title and volume labels, two volumes, additional engraved titles, frontispiece, multiple engraved plates; Anderson (John Corbett) Shropshire: Its Early History and Antiquities, London: Willis and Sotheran, 1864, large 8vo, later half calf and marbled boards; Byford-Jones (W.) The Shropshire Haunts of Mary Webb, Shrewsbury: Wilding and Son Ltd, n.d. [1936], 4to, cloth spine and printed boards, decorative bookplate for J. M. Cliff, illustrated by A. Arrowsmith; and another volume on Shrewsbury; Cranage (D. H. S.) An Architectural Account of the Churches of Shropshire, Wellington: Hobson & Co., 1894, folio, 10 volumes, original printed wrappers, multiple illustrations and plans (16)

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A Gloucestershire book collector

Fine Books & Manuscripts

Chorley's bi-annual auction of Fine Books, Maps and Manuscripts includes a wide variety of works including a page from the Gutenberg bible. 

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Shrewsbury & Shropshire to include: Phillips (T.) The History and Antiquities of Shrewsbury from its first foundation to the present time ... with an appendix containing several particulars relative to Castles, Monasteries &c. in Shropshire, Shrewsbury: T. Wood, 1779, 4to, full tree calf rebacked, frontispiece, list of subscribers, 10 engraved plates and one folding table; Owen (H.) and Blakeway (J.B.) A History of Shrewsbury, London: Harding, Lepard, and Co., 1825, 4to, half calf and cloth boards, title and volume labels, two volumes, additional engraved titles, frontispiece, multiple engraved plates; Anderson (John Corbett) Shropshire: Its Early History and Antiquities, London: Willis and Sotheran, 1864, large 8vo, later half calf and marbled boards; Byford-Jones (W.) The Shropshire Haunts of Mary Webb, Shrewsbury: Wilding and Son Ltd, n.d. [1936], 4to, cloth spine and printed boards, decorative bookplate for J. M. Cliff, illustrated by A. Arrowsmith; and another volume on Shrewsbury; Cranage (D. H. S.) An Architectural Account of the Churches of Shropshire, Wellington: Hobson & Co., 1894, folio, 10 volumes, original printed wrappers, multiple illustrations and plans (16)

A Gloucestershire book collector


Fine Books & Manuscripts

Chorley's bi-annual auction of Fine Books, Maps and Manuscripts includes a wide variety of works including a page from the Gutenberg bible. 

Auction: The March Auctions 2025, 25th Mar, 2025

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