Storia

Upper Teesdale: the area and its natural history.

CLAPHAM, A. R. (Editor). · 1978 · John Turton

£23.20 (€27.81 | $30.66 | ¥4,896)

London: Collins [for the Teesdale Trust], 1978. 8vo. 238pp, plates, text illustrations. Original navy cloth gilt, endpaper maps, glassine-protected dust wrapper. Fine copy.

Craigmillar and its environs: with notices of the topography, natural history, and antiquities of the district.

SPEEDY, Tom. · 1892 · John Turton

£32.48 (€38.94 | $42.92 | ¥6,854)

Selkirk: George Lewis and Son, 1892. Large 8vo. xv[i], 248[2]pp, plates, text illustrations, title page printed in red and black. Original decorated green cloth gilt, bevelled edges. Hinge papers cracking - binding holding firm - otherwise a near fine copy. Heraldic bookplate ...

The echoes of the lakes and mountains: or wonderful things in Lake District: (Being a companion to the guides). Embracing: - antiquities - romantic legends - phenomenal marvels - graves and epitaphs - optical illusions and marvellous echoes - picturesque spots and places - eccentric characters - new and old records and anecdotes of the illustrious men and women who have made it their home, with portrait of "Mary of Buttermere" and view of the "Fish" Inn, Buttermere, by an "Antiquarian, guide, philosopher and friend".

1880 · John Turton

£41.76 (€50.06 | $55.18 | ¥8,813)

London: Hammond and Green, N.D. 8vo. iv, 160pp, 2 plates. Original red cloth decorated and lettered in black. Cloth lightly rubbed, creased and soiled; plates browned; upper corner of front free endpaper excised (old signature?); light spotting to prelims. Ex-reference library...

Skipton. A study in site value.

RAISTRICK, A. and S.E. · 1930 · John Turton

£29.00 (€34.77 | $38.32 | ¥6,120)

Newtown: "Montgomeryshire Express", 1930. 24cm. 18pp, text illustrations. Original printed cream woven-paper wraps, stapled. As new. Uncommon piece by Raistrick.

Four tales of the Clyde. Selected and introduced by Thomas Rae; illustrated by Crawford Paterson.

RAE, Thomas. · 1983 · John Turton

£20.88 (€25.03 | $27.59 | ¥4,406)

Greenock: Black Pennell Press, 1983. limited edition number 99 of 200 numbered copies. 8vo. 48pp, text maps and illustrations, printed i n blue and black. Original quarter-style cloth. Computer barcode to rear paste down otherwise a fine copy.

The hills & vale of Cleveland, and other poems.

MILLIGAN, James. · 1879 · John Turton

£32.48 (€38.94 | $42.92 | ¥6,854)

Middlesborough: "Gazette" Steam Printing & Publishing Offices, 1879 2nd edition. 8vo. [8], 77pp, frontis, tail-pieces. Original decorated green cloth gilt, aeg. Very good copy. Extended from the first edition.

Ancient Egyptian Beads and Symbols Represented in my Collection.

CLEPHAN, Robert Coltman. · 1900 · John Turton

£11.60 (€13.91 | $15.33 | ¥2,448)

No publisher or printer, ND (c 1900). 3[1]pp. Author's pres inscr to Richard Welford on initial leaf upper margin. Disbound, drop head title, printed in double columns. Sl spotting.

Sheffield Park, a descriptive poem.

HOLLAND, John. · 1820 · John Turton

£110.20 (€132.11 | $145.61 | ¥23,255)

Sheffield: printed by James Montgomery and sold by A & E Gales, W Todd, 1820. 8vo. vii[i], 44pp, engraved frontis, text device. Modern marbled paper boards, printed paper label to front board. Off-set from frontis to title; one gathering loose. COPAC: BL, Leeds, York Minster,...

Sedgefield, a social and historical miscellany compiled by members of an evening class on Sedgefield's local history.

SEDGEFIELD. · 1973 · John Turton

£11.60 (€13.91 | $15.33 | ¥2,448)

The Workers' Educational Association (Northern District) in conjunction with the Department of Extra-Mural Studies in the University of Durham, 1973 32pp typescript on rectos only. Original typescript wraps, stapled.

1897. June 10th to July 8th. Catalogue of Mr. John Sowden's exhibition. 227 well-known Bradfordians and other pictures. Held at the British Gallery, Bradford.

SOWDEN, John. · 1897 · John Turton

£46.40 (€55.63 | $61.31 | ¥9,792)

[Bradford: printed by J S Toothill, 1897.] 16cm. 38[2]pp. Original printed paper wraps, stapled. A fine copy. Title from front wrap. Printing details from colophon. COPAC: Leeds - an 1891 revised edition printed by G F Sewell. 32pp. Nothing added in OCLC.

Land of Tweed.

MACLEOD, Dawn. · 1983 · John Turton

£11.60 (€13.91 | $15.33 | ¥2,448)

Edinburgh: William Blackwood, [1983]. xiv, 209[1]pp, photo text ills, appendix, d/w.

The footsteps of Robert Millhouse.

STAPLETON, A. · 1908 · John Turton

£32.48 (€38.94 | $42.92 | ¥6,854)

[Nottingham]: reprinted from the Nottinghamshire Guardian, 1908. 4to. 14pp printed in double-columns, text illustrations. Original printed card wraps bound within contemporary half red calf gilt, matching cloth sides. Small isolated stains to cloth. Fine heraldic bookplate to ...

[York and its Mansion-House, &c.]

[CAMIDGE, William.] · 1903 · John Turton

£34.80 (€41.72 | $45.98 | ¥7,344)

N.P., [1903]. 18cm. [19]pp, [13]pp, 'Trades and Tradesmen ...', [2]pp, [14]pp local adverts. Later plain-paper wraps, sewn. Lacks original wrappers. With a fine [13]pp trade directory of York. COPAC: York Minster.

A Border County, being an account of its wild life and field sports.

TEGNER, Henry. · 1955 · John Turton

£13.92 (€16.69 | $18.39 | ¥2,938)

Robert Hale Ltd, [1955]. 191[1]pp, including photo plates, bibliography, index, chipped & worn d/w. Author's pres inscr to ffep.

Northumbria in the Days of Bede.

BLAIR, Peter Hunter. · 1977 · John Turton

£11.60 (€13.91 | $15.33 | ¥2,448)

Gollancz, 1977 2nd imp. 254pp, coloured frontis, 6 double sided plates, ep maps, appendixes, index, d/w.

The Annals of a Border Club (The Jedforest) and biographical notices of the families connected therewith.

TANCRED, George. · 1903 · John Turton

£55.68 (€66.75 | $73.57 | ¥11,750)

Jedburgh: printed by Geo Lewis & Co, Selkirk for T S Smail, 1903 2nd edition revised with appendix. xvii[i], [2], 505[1]pp including index. Joints and extremes very slightly rubbed. X2 badly torn into text, repaired with archival tape w/o loss. Deals exclusively with the fam...

The history of insects.

1799 · John Turton

£87.00 (€104.30 | $114.96 | ¥18,360)

London: The Religious Tract Society; Instituted 1799. Sold at the depository ... and by the booksellers, 1839. Small 8vo. xii, frontis, 15 plates. Original decorated blindstamped black cloth gilt, aeg. Extremes very lightly rubbed; 'tide-mark' to lower margins of plates. One o...

A Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne. (2 Vols in 4 parts). 'Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham and Newcastle Upon Tyne.'

ROBSON, John E. · 1899 · John Turton

£110.20 (€132.11 | $145.61 | ¥23,255)

London: Williams and Norgate. Newcastle: F & W Dodsworth, 1899-1913. 8vo. Various paginations. Original wraps, uncut/unopened. Spines and margins of wraps browned. Robson's major work on local Lepidoptera.

Rutherfurd's border hand-book; being a guide to the remarkable places, picturesque scenery, and antiquities of the border. Illustrated with ... engravings ... and a map of the district.

RUTHERFURD, John. · 1849 · John Turton

£92.80 (€111.25 | $122.62 | ¥19,584)

Kelso: John Rutherfurd, 1849. 12mo. vi[ii], 136pp, additional engraved title-page with vignette, plates with guards, double-page and single-page maps. Contemporary half black calf gilt, raised bands, calf gilt spine label, marbled sides and endpapers, all edges coloured. Extre...

Calumny refuted: or, An answer to the personal slanders published by Dr. Richard Newton, in his letter to Dr. Holmes, vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford, &c. In which also, the conduct of the Lord Bishop of Exeter, and of the Society of Exeter-College, in relation to Hart-Hall, is vindicated.

CONYBEARE, John, Bishop of Bristol. · 1735 · John Turton

£40.60 (€48.67 | $53.65 | ¥8,568)

London: printed for J.J. and P. Knapton, W. Innys, in Ludgate-Street; T. Longman, in Pater-Noster Row; S. Birt, in Ave-Mary Lane; and S. Willmot, at Oxford, 1735 2nd edition [1735]. 8vo. [4], 134pp, head and tail-pieces, decorated capitals. Disbound from a disparate collection...