Storia moderna

The Scarborough Spa, its new chemical analysis and medicinal uses; to which is added, On the Utility of the Bath.

KELK, John. · 1841 · John Turton

£78.88 (€94.55 | $104.21 | ¥16,636)

London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co.; S.W. Theakston, Scarborough [printed], 1841. Small 8vo in fours. viii[ii], 43pp, vignette at rear. Original maroon cloth gilt, uncut/mainly unopened. Spine browned; very small and light stains to cloth; the final paragraph of the main work wi...

Transactions of the Yorkshire Dialect Society. Part XXIV. Volume IV. [Including]: Scandinavian Influence in Yorkshire Dialects, by E. V. Gordon ... A Glossary of Mining Terms in Common Use among the Miners of Greenhow Hill in Yorkshire, by H. J. L. Bruff ... The Holderness Dialect in 1392, by J. R. Witty ...

COWLING, G. H.; W. J. HALLIDAY (Editors). · 1923 · John Turton

£20.88 (€25.03 | $27.59 | ¥4,404)

York: printed for the Society by T A J Waddington, April, 1923. 8vo. 81pp, tail-pieces. Original printed green card wraps. Wrap edges browned

A Short History of the Church of St. Elian in the Island of Anglesey.

[PRICE, Arthur Ivor.] · 1950 · John Turton

£30.16 (€36.15 | $39.85 | ¥6,361)

N.P., N.D. (c. 1950?) Square 8vo. [27]pp typescript, plate, full-page text map. Original blue cloth gilt. Spine and part of boards sun-faded. 'Mersey Docks & Harbour Board General Manager's Library' label to ffep recto. * NLW locates copy held at Bangor.

The Genesis of Banking in Halifax, with side lights on country banking ... With 43 full page collotype plates and one copper plate of local bank notes.

ROTH, Henry Ling. · 1914 · John Turton

£127.60 (€152.95 | $168.58 | ¥26,911)

Halifax: F. King & Sons, 1914. 4to. [ii], 51[1]pp, 44 plates at rear, erratum slip and folding pedigree tipped in, text plan and illustrations. Original blind-stamped blue cloth gilt. Extremes very lightly rubbed

Ellon Savings Bank 1839-1939.

HORNE, H. Oliver. · 1939 · John Turton

£20.88 (€25.03 | $27.59 | ¥4,404)

Aberdeen: Aberdeen Journals, 1939. 8vo. 20pp, portrait frontis, double-sided plate. Original printed card wraps, uncut. Wraps partly browned.

A Thousand Miles of Wandering Along the Roman Wall, the Old Border Region, Lakeland, and Ribblesdale.

BOGG, Edmund. · 1898 · John Turton

£20.88 (€25.03 | $27.59 | ¥4,404)

Leeds: Edmund Bogg, James Miles, 1898. Large 8vo. xi[i], 256pp, title-page vignette, text illustrations, head and tail-pieces, decorated capitals. Original pictorial red cloth gilt. Spine slightly browned; light staining to front board; cloth lightly soiled; light browning to ...

History of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham and Newcastle upon Tyne 1829-1929.

GODDARD, T. Russell. · 1929 · John Turton

£20.88 (€25.03 | $27.59 | ¥4,404)

Newcastle: Andrew Reid & Co, [1929.] 8vo. xvi, 195pp, portrait frontis, 11 plates. Original decorated maroon cloth gilt. Extremes very lightly rubbed; slight evidence of book-plate removal from fpdep; very light spotting to prelims.

The Story of the Tower of London. [Illustrated] ... by Louis Wierter ...

FRANCIS, Rene. · 1915 · John Turton

£30.16 (€36.15 | $39.85 | ¥6,361)

London: George G. Harrap & Co, 1915. Fo. 268[2]pp; etched frontis, title-page device, 20 collotype plates tipped onto grey card with printed tissue-guards, end piece; prelims printed in red and black. Original pictorial brown cloth gilt, ep plans, uncut. Neat repair with match...

The Hampstead Garner. With a preface by Clement Shorter.

C., A. M. (Compiler). · 1906 · John Turton

£11.60 (€13.90 | $15.33 | ¥2,446)

London: Elliot Stock, 1906. Small 8vo. viii, 200pp, frontis. Original decorated red cloth gilt, teg o/w uncut. Extremes lightly rubbed

The Bronte Country: its topography, antiquities and history.

STUART, J. A. Erskine. · 1888 · John Turton

£37.12 (€44.49 | $49.04 | ¥7,829)

London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1888. 8vo. xiii[i], 241[1]pp, frontis with tissue-guard, plates (within the pagination), text illustrations, head and tail-pieces, decorated capitals. Original ½-style red cloth gilt, green sides, bevelled edges, teg o/w uncut. Neat small repair...

The Durham Light Infantry...

VANE, W. L. · 1914 · John Turton

£145.00 (€173.80 | $191.57 | ¥30,581)

London: Gale & Polden, 1914. 4to. xi[i], 334pp, portrait frontis, 9 plates, text tables. Original decorated blue cloth gilt, bevelled edges, marbled eps. Damp stains to board edges; neat repairs to spine tips. Ex-schol library with following evidence: Dewy number in white to s...

The World: how to square it.

HIEOVER, Harry. · 1854 · John Turton

£18.56 (€22.25 | $24.52 | ¥3,914)

London: T C Newby, 1854. Small 8vo. vi,, 290pp. Contemporary half red pebble-grained morocco gilt, raised bands, spine lettered direct, marbled sides, eps and leaf-edges. Boards rubbed with very slight wear; prelims and last few leaves very lightly spotted.

The Place-Names of the North Riding of Yorkshire. 'English Place-Name Society. Volume 5.'

SMITH, A. H. · 1928 · John Turton

£32.48 (€38.93 | $42.91 | ¥6,850)

Cambridge: University Press, 1928. 8vo.xlvi, 352pp, multi-folding map in rear pocket. Original blue cloth gilt. Spine and part of boards sun-faded; light stains to front board; eps spotted

Budleigh Salterton; Combe Martin; Dymchurch; Ilfracombe; Hove.

OFFICIAL GUIDES. · 1930 · John Turton

£83.52 (€100.11 | $110.34 | ¥17,615)

Various Chambers of Commerce and Urban District Councils, N.D. ( 1930's?) Oblong small 8vo. Various paginations, plates, text illustrations, maps (some folding), some printed on coloured paper. Contemporary red cloth gilt, original colour printed pictorial wraps bound in. Spin...

Bygone Northumberland..

ANDREWS, William (Editor). · 1899 · John Turton

£16.24 (€19.47 | $21.46 | ¥3,425)

London: William Andrews & Co, 1899. 8vo. [viii], 268pp, [16]pp publisher's adverts, frontis with browned tissue-guard, plates, title-page printed in red and black. Original decorated blue cloth gilt, bevelled edges, floral eps, teg. Extremes rubbed with slight wear; slight sta...

The Hearse of the Renowned ... Robert Earle of Essex ... as it was represented in a sermon preached ... at Westminster, at ... his funerall. Octob. 22. 1646.

BIBLIOTHECA CURIOSA. · 1886 · John Turton

£16.24 (€19.47 | $21.46 | ¥3,425)

Edinburgh: privately printed by E & G Goldsmid, 1886 limited edition of 75 L.P. copies. 8vo. 50pp, head and tail-pieces. Disbound, teg o/w uncut.

Govenor Johnston's Speech on American Affairs, on the address in answer to the King's speech. 1776.

BIBLIOTHECA CURIOSA. · 1885 · John Turton

£17.40 (€20.86 | $22.99 | ¥3,670)

Edinburgh: privately printed by E & G Goldsmid, 1885 limited edition of 75 L.P. copies. 8vo. 30pp, head-piece, ht and title-page printed in red and black. Disbound, teg o/w uncut.

The Chieftains of Vendee: cathelineau, La Roche-Jacquelein, Charette, Stofflet, and Sombreuil. translated from the French of the Baron de Barante. Edited by Edmund Goldsmid ...

BIBLIOTHECA CURIOSA. · 1887 · John Turton

£13.92 (€16.69 | $18.39 | ¥2,936)

Edinburgh: privately printed by E & G Goldsmid, 1887 limited edition of 75 L.P. copies. 8vo. 56pp, head-piece, ht and title-page printed in red and black. Disbound, teg o/w uncut.

An Historical Relation of the Conspiracy of John Lewis, Count de Fieschi, against the City and Republick of Genoua, in the year 1547 (2 Vols). Done into English by ... Hugh Hare ...

BIBLIOTHECA CURIOSA. · 1886 · John Turton

£23.20 (€27.81 | $30.65 | ¥4,893)

Edinburgh: privately printed by E & G Goldsmid, 1886 limited edition of 75 L.P. copies. 8vo. 61; 63pp, head-pieces, hts and title-pages printed in red and black. Disbound, teg o/w uncut.

The North East. 'Industrial Britain Series.'

HOUSE, John W. · 1969 · John Turton

£13.92 (€16.69 | $18.39 | ¥2,936)

Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1969. 8vo. 256pp, 8 double-sided plates, 32 text figures. Original grey cloth gilt, te coloured, rubbed and chipped d/w.