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A declaration of the Lords and Commons in Parliament, concerning His Majesties Proclamation, given at his court at York, the 27. of May, 1642.

1642 · John Turton

£261.00 (€312.90 | $344.88 | ¥55,079)

London: printed for William Gaye, June 8. 1642 19cm. [2], 6pp, head-piece, decorated capital. Sewing gone; leaf-edges chipped and browned. A particularly scarce Civil War tract, and one of only four found in ESTC printed for William Gaye. A more common Norton and Husbands imp...

Edinburgh & Glasgow to Stirling, Doune, Callander, Lake of Menteith, Aberfoil, Loch Ard, Loch Achray, the Trosachs, Loch Katrine, Loch Lomond, &c. 'Highland Route. No. VII.'

KEDDIE, William. · 1859 · John Turton

£92.80 (€111.25 | $122.62 | ¥19,584)

Glasgow: Maclure & Macdonald, 1859? 22cm. 83[3]pp, fronis, 5 further plates, folding map, guide on various tinted papers to rear. Original pictorial orange glazed-paper wraps. Wraps rubbed; a few light pencil annotations to margins. With an 1866 M & M advertiser at rear. The ...

Handbook to the Highland section of the London Midland and Scottish Railway and to the West Coast, Orkney Islands, &c. Season 1938.

RAILWAY GUIDE. · 1938 · John Turton

£29.00 (€34.77 | $38.32 | ¥6,120)

Inverness: Northern Chronicle, [1938] 57th edition. 18cm. [8], 180pp, [4], xii pp adverts, plates, maps, text illustrations, multi-folding map tipped in to rear. Original pictorial colour-printed paper wraps, endpaper adverts. Wraps lightly soiled and rubbed.

Pearson's gossipy guide to the Western Highlands including Oban, Inverness, Fort William, Portree, etc., etc.

SCOTTISH GUIDE. · 1902 · John Turton

£27.84 (€33.38 | $36.79 | ¥5,875)

London: C. Arthur Pearson Ltd., [1902?] 19cm. xl, 179pp (including rear inner-wrap), illustrations, folding colour maps. Original decorated red cloth covered stiff-card wraps. Spine and upper part of front board lightly sun-faded; wraps lightly rubbed.

The records of an ancient Friendly Society: the Bo'ness United General Sea Box. Two centuries and a half of local history. [Reprinted from the Falkirk Herald.]

JOHNSTON, Thomas, of Borrowstounness. · 1890 · John Turton

£104.40 (€125.16 | $137.95 | ¥22,031)

Bo'ness: published by the proprietors of the Falkirk Herald, 1890. 17cm. vii[i], 117[1]pp. Original blind-stamped brown cloth gilt. Extremes very lightly rubbed. Bo'ness is situated on the south side of the Forth of Firth, immediately north of Linlithgow. The preface states th...

Odd incidents of olden times or ancient records of Inveraray.

MACINTYRE, Peter. · 1904 · John Turton

£27.84 (€33.38 | $36.79 | ¥5,875)

Glasgow: Aird & Coghill, printers, 1904. 18cm. 96pp, [12]pp local adverts, text illustrations. Original pictorial embossed-card wraps. Wraps rubbed and lightly soiled; wear to spine. Not in COPAC.

A ramble by the Ribble and Hodder.

[BIRD, Peter Hinckes.] · 1875 · John Turton

£53.36 (€63.97 | $70.51 | ¥11,261)

[Lytham: N.P., 1875.] 17cm. 30pp, text enclosed within a ruled line. Original printed blue-paper wraps, stab-sewn. Wraps with isolated, but noticeable, red ink-stains. COPAC: Chetham's Library.

A comprehensive dissertation on the ancient and present state of Pontefract, in Yorkshire. With an account of the civil wars, as to what concern'd that strong and magnificent fortress, thought to have been *impregnable: likewise the manner of its seizure; rendition thereof; and entire destruction.

1783 · John Turton

£522.00 (€625.79 | $689.75 | ¥110,157)

N.P., N.D. 17cm. [8]pp, text devices, illustrations and views. Bound into a copy of Gent's 'History of Ripon 1783', lacking the two rare woodcuts called for in the 'Journey into some parts of Yorkshire.' Later panelled calf gilt, raised bands, decorated in blind, marbled endp...

A selection of choice pieces, intended for the use and accommodation of the pupils educated at Mr. Bowling's Academy, Milk Street, Sheffield. Part III.

1850 · John Turton

£46.40 (€55.63 | $61.31 | ¥9,792)

Sheffield: printed by J.H. Greaves, 1850. 18cm. 48pp. Original linen-backed paper boards. Boards rubbed and soiled; occasional light soiling to text. Shows the type of material which the potential academician was expected to read - Rasselas, Influence of Christianity, Pitt on ...

Hawick: some of my earliest recollections. A lecture delivered in the Town Hall, Hawick, on the evening of Tuesday, 17th September, 1935

SMITH Mrs, John. · 1935 · John Turton

£18.56 (€22.25 | $24.52 | ¥3,917)

Hawick: printed for rivate circulation at the Express Office, [1935]. 16cm. 40pp. Original embossed card wraps. Wraps very lightly soiled. COPAC: NLS, Oxford.

Lead Manufacturing in Britain: a history.

ROWE, D. J. · 1983 · John Turton

£16.24 (€19.47 | $21.46 | ¥3,427)

London: Croom Helm, 1983. 8vo. xiv[iii], 427pp, 8 double-sided plates, text pedigrees and tables. Original black cloth gilt, d/w. As new.

Glebe Methodist Church, Westoe Road, South Shields. 1890-1965.

1965 · John Turton

£11.60 (€13.91 | $15.33 | ¥2,448)

[South Shields and Alnwick]: [Northern Press Limited.], 1965. 22cm. 16pp, text illustrations. Original orange card wraps, stapled. Wraps very lightly soiled. Previous owner's signature to head of front wrap.

The poll at the election of knights of the shire for the county of Northumberland: taken at Alnwick on the 13th, 14th, 15th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th. 21st, and 22d Days of October, 1774, before Sir William Loraine, Bart. High-Sheriff. Ralph Heron, Gent. Under-Sheriff. And Michael Pearson, Esq; Edward Roddam, Esq; William Alder, Esq; Robert Ilderton, Esq; Deputy-Sheriffs. The Hon. Lord Algernon Percy, Sir John Hussey Delaval, Bart. joint candidates. Sir William Middleton, Bart. William Fenwick, Esq; joint candidates. Council. Mr Madox, Sheriff's Counsel. For Sir Wm Middleton and Mr Fenwick: Mess. Widmore, Chambre, Bolton, Spranger, Pepard, and M'donald. For Lord A. Percy and Sir John Hussey Delaval: Mess. Lee, Hopper, Wilson, Arden, and Lowes.

1774 · John Turton

£185.60 (€222.50 | $245.24 | ¥39,167)

Newcastle: printed and sold by T. Slack, [1774] 8vo in fours. 48pp, text tables. Modern marbled paper wraps, printed paper label to front wrap. An interesting election, whereby it was judged that the Duke of Northumberland attempted to manipulate proxy over both candidates. D...

History of Prince Charles Edward Stuart, called by some "The Young Pretender," but more frequently, in the north, the Young Chevalier, or Bonnie Prince Charlie.

1840 · John Turton

£48.72 (€58.41 | $64.38 | ¥10,281)

Newcastle: printed and sold by W. and T. Fordyce, N.D. 12mo. 24pp, title-page vignette. Disbound from a disparate collection. Very light age-browning. No. 1 of a series. (Number printed in bottom left corner of title-page.) NSTC lists 2 Newcastle editions of [1840?] and [1843?...

The Scottish hosiery and knitwear industry: 1680-1980.

GULVIN, Clifford. · 1984 · John Turton

£11.60 (€13.91 | $15.33 | ¥2,448)

Edinburgh: John Donald, c.1984. 24cm. 163pp, map. Original black cloth gilt, lightly sun-faded d/w.

Middlesbrough and its Jubilee: a history of the iron and steel industries, with biographies of pioneers.

REID, H. G. (Editor). · 1881 · John Turton

£87.00 (€104.30 | $114.96 | ¥18,360)

Middlesbrough-on-Tees: "The Gazette" Printing and Publishing Offices, 1881 1st edition. 8vo. xi[ii], 283[1]pp, frontis, 22 plates (one multifolding), head and tail-pieces, decorated capitals, text tables. Original highly decorated brown cloth gilt, bevelled edges. Extremes ver...

Sketches in Wales; or a diary of three walking excursions in that principality, in the years 1823, 1824, 1825.

FREEMAN, Rev. G. J. · 1826 · John Turton

£191.40 (€229.46 | $252.91 | ¥40,391)

London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1826 8vo. xvi, 272pp including Subs. List, 15 litho plates. Later green grained-cloth, maroon calf gilt spine label, sprinkled leaf edges. Spine lightly faded; extremes lightly rubbed with slight wear; light random plate and text...

The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Chronicle, 1919-1920. An annual record of the First and Second Battalions, formerly the 43rd and 52nd Light Infantry. Together with the war records of the other battalions of the regiment. Volume XXVIII.

MOCKLER-FERRYMAN, A. F., Lieut.-Colonel (Compiler and Editor). · 1920 · John Turton

£55.68 (€66.75 | $73.57 | ¥11,750)

London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1920 8vo. viii, 208pp including illustrated Officer's Roll of Honour, frontis, text illustrations and tables. Original decorated green cloth gilt. Extremes rubbed with slight wear; scattered light stains to cloth; occasional light soiling to text...

Elements d'histoire generale (9 Vols).

MILLOT, [Claude Francois Xavier]. · 1775 · John Turton

£174.00 (€208.60 | $229.92 | ¥36,719)

Neuchatel: Societe Typographique, 1775 edition augmentee. Small 8vo. Various pagings, title-page devices, head-pieces. Later French binding - marbled boards, red calf gilt spine labels, coloured leaf-edges. Bindings lightly rubbed.

A short history of the manor and parish of Witherslack to 1850. 'Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society. Tract Series No. 18.'

JONES, Gwilym Peredur. · 1971 · John Turton

£11.60 (€13.91 | $15.33 | ¥2,448)

Kendal: T. Wilson and Son, 1971. 8vo. 84pp, text map. Original blue card wraps.