Richard Heape (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 22cm x 17cm[Foolscap 4to],x, 358pp.Frontispiece. Presented to W Rich Franklin (?) By the Author 10 Feb 1927 plus letter glued to paste-down endpaper in which the author notes that only 100 copies of the book were printed - Healey Hall Near Rochdale 10th Feb 1927. Bound in original buckram 9some minor soiling) on handmade paper with a frontispiece plate of Healey Hall's entrance. Top edge gilt, other edges trimmed. Inscribed by Author(s).…

Hard Cover. Quarto. Over 90 illustrations from the lavishly illustrated "Records of the Family of Heape" with tissue guards, and 23 pedigrees including the Main Pedigree which is backed into fine linen (and is usually folded inside a pocket to the inner lower board of "Records" but is here bound-in). Full maroon morocco with 4 gilt-decorated raised bands, decorative border in blind to boards and gilt titles and armorial to upper board; marbled endpapers Covers lightly scuffed with a few polish marks. Ownership blind-stamp twice to first blank; no annotation or inscriptions. A Near Fine copy. The illustrations without the text of the comprehensive family history of the Heapes of Heape, Staley, Saddleworth and Rochdale, and with the pedigrees that appeared within the text leaves of the original book omitted. The numerous illustrations include maps, photographs, portraits, autographs, indentures, leases and other documents. Associated families in the pedigrees include those of Chadwick, Fitton, Dawson, Butterworth, Radcliffe, Grundy, Cox and others. Of Lancashire & Yorkshire interest. Heavyweight, so a contribution to postage costs may be requested for overseas delivery.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Original buckram, Hand-made paper, top edge gilt, other edges uncut. A fine bright copy. Frontispiece plate of the entrance to Healey Hall. It is believed that only 100 copies were printed. Inscribed by the Author on front free endpaper. Inscribed by Author(s).…

Hard Cover. Limited Edition Deluxe. Quarto, pp., xxi, [1], 380. Illustrated throughout including many in photogravure from photographs and paintings plus maps, portraits, autographs, indentures, leases and other documents, and numerous pedigrees; tissue guard to frontispiece. Full vellum with bevelled boards, gilt titles and decoration to spine and upper board, and armorial blocked in red, black and green to upper board; top edge gilt; marbled endpapers. The main pedigree, which would normally be folded inside the pocket to the lower board, is here bound separately together with an additional copy of the Pedigree of the Liverpool branch of the family headed by Joseph Heape of Rochdale (1762-1833); the pedigree volume is bound in full black morocco with gilt titles to upper board and decoration in blind to boards, and the 2 pedigrees are backed onto linen. Spine lightly sunned. Ownership blind-stamp of Christopher Beardsell to front free endpaper; no annotation or inscriptions. Pedigree volume sunned to spine with tips lightly rubbed and some staining and toning to pedigrees. A near fine set. A lavish and comprehensive family history of the Heapes since records began, which cost the princely sum of £1700 to produce at the turn of the twentieth century. Associated families in the pedigrees include those of Chadwick, Fitton, Dawson, Butterworth, Radcliffe, Grundy, Cox and others. Of Lancashire & Yorkshire interest, and very well illustrated. Heavyweight so a contribution towards increased postage costs will be requested for overseas delivery.…