29th Sep, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Mining Art.
Hedley (R.), Going Home (The Pitman homeward plods his weary way) [and] Geordie and the Bairn ('Aw wish yor muthor wad cum').
Two large chromolitho prints issued by the Weekly Chronicle of Newcastle upon Tyne, for Christmas 1889 and 1890, images 586mm x 445mm and 583mm x 443mm with text above and below, repaired tear to Going Home, mounted framed and glazed.
Sold for £130
Estimated at £100 - £200
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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Thursday 28 September 10am-5pm, and morning of sale from 8am
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