29th Sep, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Jonathan Martin.
Report of the Trial of Jonathan Martin, for having, on the Night of the First of February, 1829, Set Fire to York Minster. Which Trial took place at the Yorkshire Spring Assizes, on Tuesday, March 31st, 1829, before Mr Baron Hullock.
Baldwin and Craddock et al., 1829, portrait frontis, [6], 2*, 92 pages, disbound, some ink marks to margins and several alterations to words, worn and stained;
An Account of the Alarming and Destructive Fire in York Minster, on February 2, 1829 ..... with a Sketch of the Life of Jonathan Martin ...
York: R. Burdekin, 1829, second edition, [2], 5-36 pages, plate, appears to lack a preliminary leaf, tape repair to final page, recent card wraps;
Knipe (William), Criminal Chronology of York Castle ....
York: C.L. Burdekin, 1867, viii, 254, [6], 255-260 pages, some pencil marks to margins, original cloth (worn). (3)
[Hugh Murray Collection]
Sold for £160
Estimated at £80 - £120
Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 29th Sep, 2023
Highlights include a Late Medieval Prayer Book; a Monograph of the Trogonidae, or Family of Trogons, by John Gould, (1875), with forty-seven superb hand-coloured lithographic plates; an outstanding early album of Austrian topographical woodcuts and watercolours; a fascinating album of late 19th century photographs of Brisbane, Queensland and surrounding areas; the first part of the York library of Hugh Murray, author and historian; a collection of vintage playing cards and a large folding map of India.
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