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Alms-giving in relation to church finance, considered in two sermons preached in St. Michael's Church, Helston.

TUDOR, Richard. · 1865 · John Turton

£23.20 (€27.81 | $30.65 | ¥4,893)

Cambridge: Macmillan and Co, 1865. 8vo. [ii], 22pp. Original printed paper wraps, sewn. Wraps lightly chipped, rubbed and soiled.

The Church in Cornwall: (new series), a collection of facts and thoughts relating to the work of the Church, past, present, and future, in the County of Cornwall. [Comprising 12 issues Nos. 1-12 inclusive.]

1878 · John Turton

£25.52 (€30.59 | $33.72 | ¥5,382)

Truro: Heard and Sons, January - December, 1878. 8vo. 144pp. Contemporary stiff-card wraps with original printed wraps for the first and last issue laid down. Wraps rubbed and lightly soiled; spotting to last few leaves. * COPAC: BL only with incomplete run of nos. 1, 4, 7-12.

Beauties of the Country; or, descriptions of rural customs, objects, scenery, and the seasons.

MILLER, Thomas. · 1837 · John Turton

£32.48 (€38.93 | $42.91 | ¥6,850)

London: John Van Voorst, 1837. 20 cm. xv[i], 425[1]pp, [2]pp 'Opinions of the press', 4pp publisher's list at rear, title-page vignette, head and tail-pieces. Original decorated blind-stamped green cloth gilt, yellow eps, uncut/partly unopened. Extremes lightly rubbed; spine a...

In the West Country. "These sketches are, with alterations and additions, reprinted from the 'Daily News' and the 'Speaker'."

KNIGHT, Francis A[rnold]. · 1896 · John Turton

£27.84 (€33.37 | $36.78 | ¥5,872)

Bristol: W. Crofton Hemmons; London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, [1896?] 8vo. x[ii], 269[1]pp, frontis with tissue-guard, further plates with guards, text illustrations, title-page printed in red and black. Original pictorial green cloth lettered and decorated in black ...

100 years of Durham County Cricket Club.

HUNT, Brian. · 1983 · John Turton

£11.60 (€13.90 | $15.33 | ¥2,446)

Chester-le-Street: Casdec, 1983. Large 8vo. 186pp, text illustrations and tables, local adverts. Original colour-printed decorated glazed-card wraps, inner wrap adverts.

Durham City Rugby Football Club 1872-1950.

[DOUGLAS, Walter (Editor).] · 1950 · John Turton

£34.80 (€41.71 | $45.98 | ¥7,339)

[Durham: Durham County Press for the Club,] 1950. 22cm. 104pp, [12]pp local adverts at rear, full-page text illustrations, text adverts. Original pictorial printed paper wraps. Wraps very lightly soiled.

Sir Edward Daniel Walker Bequest.

WALKER BEQUEST. · 1928 · John Turton

£34.80 (€41.71 | $45.98 | ¥7,339)

[Darlington: printed by Dressers,] 1928. 25cm. [28]pp including plates and a double-page birds-eye plan of the 'Walker Homes' designed by Joshua Clayton in 1920. Original printed brown embossed-card wraps, sewn with matching cord. Wraps stained; light spotting and soiling t...

1835-1935: a hundred years of local government. (A century of progress in South Shields.)

PROGRESS IN SOUTH SHIELDS. · 1935 · John Turton

£23.20 (€27.81 | $30.65 | ¥4,893)

South Shields: [printed by R Simpson & Sons for the Borough], 1935. 25cm. 87[1]pp including front wrap, 18 plates within the pagination, text tables. Original decorated printed green embossed-paper wraps, yapp-edges. Extremes rubbed with slight wear to spine head; small closed...

Betty Podkins Visit to Auckland Flower Show: an amusing narrative in the Weardale dialect.

EGGLESTONE, William Morley. · 0 · John Turton

£30.16 (€36.15 | $39.85 | ¥6,361)

[Stanhope: W M Egglestone,] N.D. fourth thousand. 18cm. 16pp, title-page vignette, tail-piece. Original pictorial printed yellow-paper wraps, sewn. Front wrap margins darkened; small hole to lower margin of front wrap; small closed tear (not into text) to fore-edge margins th...

The antiquities of Warwickshire illustrated. Reprint of the part relating to Birmingham and Aston juxta Birmingham, with notes and additions by W. F. Carter.

DUGDALE, William. · 1891 · John Turton

£78.88 (€94.55 | $104.21 | ¥16,636)

Birmingham: printed for subscribers by Charles Cooper & Co, 1891 signed (by Carter) limited edition number 112 of 150 copies Fo. [iv], 68pp, plate, text illustrations (some with tissue-guards), text pedigrees, head and tail-pieces, decorated capitals. Publisher's half vellum,...

The Castle on Devil's Water: the legends and history of Dilston Castle, Northumberland and the tragedy of James Radcliffe, Third Earl of Derwentwater.

DICKINSON, Frankie. · 1969 · John Turton

£11.60 (€13.90 | $15.33 | ¥2,446)

Newcasle: Oriel Press, 1969. 8vo. 32pp, text illustrations and plan. Original pictorial colour printed glazed-card wraps, stapled. Wraps very lightly soiled.

The Ancient Bridges of the North of England.

JERVOISE, E. · 1973 · John Turton

£11.60 (€13.90 | $15.33 | ¥2,446)

East Ardsley: EP Publishing, 1973 reprint [1931]. Small 8vo. xii, 146pp, double-sided plates. Original red cloth gilt, d/w.

Thomas Johnson: botanical journeys in Kent & Hampstead. A facsimile reprint with introduction and translation of his Iter Plantarum 1629, Descriptio Itineris Plantarum 1632. 'Hunt Facsimile Series No. 3.'

GILMOUR, J. S. L. (Editor). · 1972 · John Turton

£13.92 (€16.69 | $18.39 | ¥2,936)

Pittsburgh: The Hunt Botanical Library, 1972. 4to. ix[i], 167pp, text facsimiles, 2 folding maps, text map. Original brown cloth gilt, rubbed and lightly soiled d/w.

Devon's Most Southerly Parish: a description.

ADAMS, B. N., Rev. · 0 · John Turton

£17.40 (€20.86 | $22.99 | ¥3,670)

N.P., N.D. 8vo. 8pp. Original printed brown card wraps, stapled. Staples rusted but holding firm. * Not in COPAC, BL Cat or OCLC.

The South Cornwall Mining Company. Prospectus.

Messrs. HARVEY & CO, Financial Agents. · 1865 · John Turton

£75.40 (€90.38 | $99.61 | ¥15,902)

N.P., N.D. (c. 1865.) 8vo. 18pp. Original printed pink paper wraps. Light spotting. Loosely inserted are a printed application form and an MS letter on engraved headed notepaper from the Agents. * Includes a collection of recommendations by eminent geologists.

Handbook.

NORTH EAST COAST INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS AND SHIPBUILDERS. · 1927 · John Turton

£16.24 (€19.47 | $21.46 | ¥3,425)

Newcastle-upon-Tyne: the Institution, N.D. (c. 1927). 17 cm. 30[2]pp, 5 plates tipped-in. Original printed embossed card wraps. Wraps very lightly soiled.

Fairings: a Yorkshire miscellany. Illustrated by Fred Lawson.

RATCLIFFE, Dorothy Una. · 1928 · John Turton

£17.40 (€20.86 | $22.99 | ¥3,670)

London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1928 limited edition number 952/1000 copies. 4to. vii[i], 177[1]pp, [4]pp publisher's adverts, 10 colour plates, text illustrations. Original orange cloth lettered in blue, te coloured o/w uncut. Cloth soiled; extremes rubbed with slight wea...

Dale Folk: character sketches in prose and verse. Illustrated by Fred Lawson.

RATCLIFFE, Dorothy Una. · 1927 · John Turton

£25.52 (€30.59 | $33.72 | ¥5,382)

London: John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd, 1927. Large square 8vo. v[i], 249[1] pp, publishers adverts to rear, frontis plus numerous sketches within the pagination. Original orange cloth lettered in black, te coloured o/w uncut; browned, chipped, torn and repaired d/w. Remains of...

Some Driffield incidents 117 years ago (and after). Re-printed from the Driffield Observer.

HOLDERNESS, Chas. T. · 1908 · John Turton

£32.48 (€38.93 | $42.91 | ¥6,850)

Driffield: printed at the Observer Office, 1908. 16 cm. 95pp, frontis, 3 plates. Original printed green card wraps. Re-spined with plain linen; wraps browned chipped and lightly soiled; light spotting to prelims and last few leaves.

"The Flood Came and Took Them All Away;" a sermon on the Holmfirth Flood. To which is added a detailed account of the awful disaster at Holmfirth; obtained from correct sources.

FAWCETT, Joshua, Rev. · 1852 · John Turton

£52.20 (€62.57 | $68.96 | ¥11,009)

London: Simpkin, Marshall and Co, Hall, Virtue and Co; Brighton: W J Taylor; Holmfirth: J Crosland, 1852. 18mo. [vi], 240pp, [4], 18pp publisher's adverts. Recent brown cloth with title from original spine laid down, uncut. Four leaves crudely repaired with tape - no loss of t...