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A practical pictorial guide to Settle & Giggleswick, Malham Cove and Gordale Scar: ... The drawings by Mr. Chas. Haworth, ...

JOHNSON, Thos. · 1891 · John Turton

£40.60 (€48.67 | $53.65 | ¥8,568)

Blackburn: printed by Thomas Johnson, [1891]. 21cm. 24pp, frontis, text illustrations. Original printed orange paper wraps, stab-sewn. Wraps lightly soiled and stained; spine repaired. COPAC: BL, Oxford. Reissued in [1897] with a slightly different title .

An inquiry into the principles of ecclesiastical patronage and presentation, in which are contained, views of the influence of this species of patronage, on the manners and character of the people. Divided into three parts.

1783 · John Turton

£81.20 (€97.35 | $107.29 | ¥17,136)

Edinburgh: printed by James Donaldson, 1783. 12mo in sixes. x, 194pp. Later half calf gilt, raised bands, red calf gilt spine label, marbled sides, sprinkled leaf-edges. Front board rubbed; light spotting and browning; 'Church College Library, Glasgow' blind stamp to title page.

Walks through Leeds; or the stranger's companion to the public buildings, churches, chapels, charitable institutions, &c. in that ancient and populous town; and various historical occurrences connected therewith.

LEEDS GUIDE. · 1834 · John Turton

£63.80 (€76.49 | $84.30 | ¥13,464)

Leeds: printed and sold by John Heaton, 1834. 18cm. vi[2], 128[4]pp, frontis, title page device, 3 further plates. Later, rather crude, paper-covered card wraps, MS. spine label. Part of upper margin of frontis excised (signature?); frontis browned and spotted; off-set from fr...

Memorial of the independent churches in Northamptonshire; with biographical notices of their pastors, and some account of the puritan ministers who laboured in the county.

COLEMAN, Thomas. · 1853 · John Turton

£32.48 (€38.94 | $42.92 | ¥6,854)

London: John Snow, 1853. 8vo. xii, 392pp. Much-worn original printed wraps bound into old marbled-paper wraps, printed paper spine label, uncut. Title page browned and chipped; small isolated ink-stain to margins of pp 2 & 3.

The German occuption of Jersey. A complete diary of events from June 1940 to June 1945.

SINEL, L. P. (Compiler). · 1946 · John Turton

£58.00 (€69.53 | $76.64 | ¥12,240)

Jersey, Channel Islands: "The Evening Post," [September]1946 revised illustrated edition. 8vo. 318pp including frontis, suites of plates. Original green cloth gilt. Lightly rubbed with slight wear to spine head; a couple of isolated small white spots to cloth. The first illus...

Historical sketches of Bridlington.

THOMPSON, J. · 1821 · John Turton

£99.76 (€119.60 | $131.82 | ¥21,052)

Bridlington: printed for the author, and sold by G. Furby, 1821. 12mo in sixes. iv, 167[1]pp, title page device, frontis, 2 text illustrations. Original cloth, re-backed with spine and rubbed paper label laid down. Frontis and title lightly browned. Boyne 237 'a small but v...

Clocks and clockmakers of Tiverton.

PONSFORD, C. N.; J.G.M. SCOTT and W.P. AUTHERS. · 1977 · John Turton

£17.40 (€20.86 | $22.99 | ¥3,672)

[Exeter]: printed by Maslands Ltd, Tiverton, for the authors, 1977. 8vo. 61[3]pp, double-sided plates, partly interleaved with blanks - extra illustrated with relevant notes and insertions. Modern red cloth gilt with original printed pictorial stiff-card wraps bound in. Releva...

Dorset clocks and clockmakers: with a supplement on the Channel Islands.

TRIBE, Tom; Philip WHATMOOR. · 1981 · John Turton

£46.40 (€55.63 | $61.31 | ¥9,792)

[Oswestry]: Tanat Books, [1981]. 8vo. 234pp, suite of double-sided plates; interleaved with blanks. Original maroon cloth gilt, d/w, endpaper maps. Extra-illustrated with some images laid down to blanks, others, plus relevant paperwork, loosely inserted.

Time in Exeter: a history of 700 years of clocks and clockmaking in an English provincial city, with details of more than 300 former makers.

PONSFORD, Clive S. · 1978 · John Turton

£46.40 (€55.63 | $61.31 | ¥9,792)

Exeter: Headwell Vale Books, [1978]. 8vo. 200pp, double-sided plates, last section interleaved with blanks with notes and extra illustrations. Modern maroon cloth gilt, red calf gilt spine label, original printed pictorial stiff-card wraps bound in. Original owner's relevant ...

Ebbing and flowing.

WOOLER, Stephen. · 1935 · John Turton

£25.52 (€30.59 | $33.72 | ¥5,385)

Accrington: Wardleworth, 1935. 8vo. [14], 201pp, double-sided plates, text illustrations. Original black grained cloth gilt. Extremes lightly rubbed with isolated wear. From the library of Patricia Shaw. Much on Giggleswick School and its activities. COPAC: Oxford, BL.

Third report and inventory of monuments and constructions in the county of Caithness.

Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. · 1911 · John Turton

£92.80 (€111.25 | $122.62 | ¥19,584)

London: HMSO, 1911. 25cm. liii[i], 204pp, text illustrations, 44 plates, folding map, 5 plans. Contemporary green cloth, black calf gilt spine label. Cloth lightly rubbed; endpapers browned. Originally issued as a soft-back in wrappers.

A glossary of dialect & archaic words used in the county of Gloucester. 'English Dialect Society. Publication no. 61.'

ROBERTSON, J. Drummond. · 1890 · John Turton

£69.60 (€83.44 | $91.97 | ¥14,688)

London pulished for the English Dialect Society by K. Paul Trench, Trubner & Co., 1890. 8vo. [2], x, 216[2]pp, double-page map, fully interleaved with blanks. Good quality half pebble-grained morocco gilt, raised bands, spine lettered direct, matching cloth sides, marbled endp...

Essays & sketches on men and things.

THOMPSON, Thomas. · 1858 · John Turton

£29.00 (€34.77 | $38.32 | ¥6,120)

Cockermouth: printed by D Fidler, 1858. 12mo in sixes. [4], 96pp. Original colour-printed decorated paper boards. Paper spine worn away; board edges rubbed; endpapers browned and spotted. Ex-reference library with minimal evidence.

Lakeland poems and others.

COLLINSON, T. H. · 1905 · John Turton

£11.60 (€13.91 | $15.33 | ¥2,448)

Carlisle: Charles Thurnam & Sons, 1905. 8vo. viii, 133pp. Original navy cloth gilt, uncut/unopened. Ex-reference library with evidence confined to spine and front paste-down endpaper. COPAC: BL only. Microform copy at Oxford.

Keeping fit by allotment digging: annual report September, 1936 to August, 1937.

SOCIETY OF FRIENDS ALLOTMENTS COMMITTEE. · 1937 · John Turton

£17.40 (€20.86 | $22.99 | ¥3,672)

London: Friends House, 1937. 8vo. 27pp, 4 double-sided plates. Original pictorial printed glazed-paper wraps, stapled. Staples rusted - text body holding firm but wraps loosening. Further relevant printed leaflets loosely inserted.

Rudyard Kipling with The British Fleet. For the New York American.

KIPLING, Rudyard. · 1915 · John Turton

£23.20 (€27.81 | $30.66 | ¥4,896)

[New York: complimentary reprint from "The Fringes of the Fleet", 1915.] 22cm. 56pp, text enclosed within pictorial borders. Original pictorial embossed-card wraps, yapp edges, stapled. Wrap edges with closed tears. Fine copy internally.

Twiss & Sons' illustrated guide to Ilfracombe and North Devon. Special chapters by well-known local authorities, with plans and maps.

WALTERS, W. (Editor). · 1887 · John Turton

£37.12 (€44.50 | $49.05 | ¥7,833)

Ilfracombe: Twiss & Sons, printers and publishers, N.D., (1887?) 16cm. [2], ii, [4], 191[1]pp, suite of adverts at rear, frontis, plates, folding map, text illustrations. Original decorated red cloth. Cloth mainly sun faded; extremes rubbed with light wear; binding loosening.

Records of Woodhall Spa and neighbourhood; historical, anecdotal, physiographical, and archæological, with other matter.

WALTER, J. Conway. · 1903 · John Turton

£40.60 (€48.67 | $53.65 | ¥8,568)

Horncastle: W K Morton, N.D. (3rd issue.) 21 x 9cm. 284pp. Publisher's plain blue grained-cloth, uncut. Previous owners relevant pencil notes to some margins. This in fact the 3rd edition, with additions and corrections, published no earlier than 1903 (see page 162). Unusual f...

State trials for high treason, embellished with portraits. Part the first, containing the trial of Thomas Hardy, reported by a student in the temple. To which is prefixed Lord Chief Justice Eyre's charge to the grand jury. With I. Original observations on the charge and th laws against high treason. ... V. Copy of the bill of indictment. ... X. Counsel for the prisoners.

HARDY, Thomas. · 1794 · John Turton

£90.48 (€108.47 | $119.56 | ¥19,094)

London: printed for B. Crosby; Lee; Mason and White; and all the booksellers under the Royal Exchange, 1794. 8vo in fours. 275, portrait frontis. Modern red cloth gilt backed paper boards. Spotting and browning to prelims and occasional text leaves. Originally published with t...

The English Lakes.

CHROMO-VIEW GUIDE BOOK. · 1886 · John Turton

£40.60 (€48.67 | $53.65 | ¥8,568)

London, Edinburgh & New York: T Nelson & Sons, N.D. [1886.] 15cm. 12 chromo-litho views on folding card, 22pp guide, text illustrations, map to rear paste-down endpaper. Original blue grained cloth lettered and decorated in red and black. Binding lightly rubbed and very lightl...