Group lot with a temperance licence to thrill
Bid to a much higher than expected £4000 on August 19 at Thomson Roddick (18% buyer’s premium) was a lot offering 10 volumes of pamphlets, offprints, reports, legal evidence, etc, relating to licensing laws and the campaign to regulate consumption in the UK.
The material covered the period 1870-1910.
This Carlisle sale was led by a mid-19th century portr…