18th May, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts
2061
Industrial History
The Iron and Coal Trades Review, with which is Incorporated the Bulletin of the British Iron Trade Association, Volumes 57, 59, 60, 62, 63, 64, 66 & 79, July 1898 - Dec 1909, a broken run of half-yearly volumes, large folio, up to 1600 pages per volume, giving a detailed account of the Coal and Iron industries at that time, with news, price lists, available contacts, collieries for sale, numerous interesting adverts, cloth bound (ex-reference library) (8)
Sold for £380
Estimated at £100 - £200
Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 18th May, 2022
Over 180 lots to include a broad selection, from early antiquarian books to modern first editions, alongside illustrations, private press, manuscripts, maps and atlases, early photographs, and historic documents. Amongst the highlights is a group of Victorian ephemera including a Paper Peepshow of the Thames Tunnel, and a very unusual leaf-cut picture of workers around a derelict tower and trees. Of North-East interest is a collection of approximately 240 19th and early 20th century photographs, and an outstanding archive of early drawings and plans relating to Radcliffe and Broomhill Collieries.
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Tuesday 17 May 10am-5pm and morning of sale from 8am. Viewing is open to the public, there is no need to make an appointment.
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