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Joseph Crawhall, the Newcastle Wood Engraver (1821-1896).

FELVER, Charles S. · 1973 · John Turton

£13.92 (€16.69 | $18.39 | ¥2,938)

Newcastle: Frank Graham, N.D. [1973]. 8vo. viii, 144pp, 4 double-sided plates, text illustrations. Original blue cloth gilt, very lightly browned d/w.

Souvenir of the 23rd congress held at Bristol, July 9th to 14th, 1906. [Incopororating] The New Guide to Bristol and Clifton, and the Bristol Channel Circuit.

ROYAL SANITARY INSTITUTE. · 1906 · John Turton

£27.84 (€33.38 | $36.79 | ¥5,875)

Clifton: J Baker and Son, 1906. 16cm. 16, 339[1]pp, xxix pp adverts, text illustrations, 2 multi-folding plans. Original blue cloth lettered in white. Extremes lightly rubbed. 1898 edition at Leicester (Special Collections) and Guildhall. This extended edition not found.

A brief sketch of the life of Anna Backhouse, by one who knew her well, loved her much, and was often instructed by her.

[GURNEY, Eliza Paul Kirkbride.] · 1852 · John Turton

£44.08 (€52.84 | $58.25 | ¥9,302)

Burlington, New Jersey: John Rodgers, 1852. 12mo in sixes. [iv], 201pp. Original blind-stamped brown grained-cloth gilt, yellow eps. Very light spotting to eps, blanks and leaf-edges. 'Edward Pease with E P G's dear love' and 'E B & R A Mounsey from Eliza Barclay 25/11/80' in ...

Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmoreland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society. Volume III. [Including:] The Archaeology of the West Cumberland Coal Trade. By Isaac Fletcher [and] Whitehaven: its Streets, its principal Houses and their Inhabitants. By William Jackson.

FERGUSON, Richard S. (Editor). · 1878 · John Turton

£37.12 (€44.50 | $49.05 | ¥7,833)

Kendal: printed by T Wilson, 1878. 8vo. xxxiv, 127-405pp, plates. Original printed card wraps, uncut/partly unopened. Spine rubbed with slight wear to tips.

How the coaches came to Ribblesdale.

LANGSHAW, Arthur. · 1953 · John Turton

£13.92 (€16.69 | $18.39 | ¥2,938)

Clitheroe: Borough Printing Co, 1953. 21cm. 42pp printed in double-columns. Original decorated blue embossed-card wraps, stapled.

An account of Askern and its mineral springs; together with a sketch of the natural history, and a brief topography, of the immediate neighbourhood.

LANKESTER, Edwin. · 1842 · John Turton

£63.80 (€76.49 | $84.30 | ¥13,464)

London: John Churchill, 1842. 12mo in sixes. [viii], 151[1]pp, folding colour map. Original blind-stamped mauve grained-cloth gilt, uncut. Cloth rubbed with light wear and partly browned. With the book-plates of James Comerford and James Lees to front endpapers. Boyne 166.

The church plate of the county of Northampton.

MARKHAM, Christopher Alexander. · 1894 · John Turton

£58.00 (€69.53 | $76.64 | ¥12,240)

London: Simpkin, Marshall and Co.; Northampton: Joseph Tebbutt, 1894 limited edition no 91/200 copies.. 8vo. xxvii[i], 368pp, plates, text illustrations, title-page printed in red and black. Original grained-cloth sides, re-backed with original spine title laid down, new end...

The History of Durham Castle.

SURTEES, Brigadier-General H. Conyers. · 1928 · John Turton

£32.48 (€38.94 | $42.92 | ¥6,854)

[Newcastle-upon-Tyne: printed by G F Laybourne,] 1928. 8vo. 24pp, full-page text illustration, folding plan, errata slip. Original printed embossed-card wraps, stapled Wraps very lightly soiled; staples rusted but holding firm. Relevant illustrations and newspaper clippings ti...

Fifty years of the Lauriston church S.J. 1858-1910. Jottings by 'Chatterer'.

CHURCH HISTORY. · 1910 · John Turton

£11.60 (€13.91 | $15.33 | ¥2,448)

Edinburgh: at the Mercat Press, 1910 19cm. 48pp, 6 plates. Original printed grey-card wraps. Front wrap lower fore-edge corner torn away. COPAC: NLS only.

Album of views of Burnley and neighbourhood.

BURNLEY & DISTRICT VIEW BOOK. · 0 · John Turton

£41.76 (€50.06 | $55.18 | ¥8,813)

Burnley: printed and published at the "Gazette" Printing Works, N.D. Small oblong 8vo. [4]pp, 62 plates each with brief caption, titlepage printed in red and black. Original blue cloth gilt, decorated in black. Cloth, especially rear board, with light stains. Not in COPAC.

Black's Picturesque Guide to North Wales.

NORTH WALES. · 1866 · John Turton

£30.16 (€36.16 | $39.85 | ¥6,365)

Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black. Chester: Catherall and Prichard, 1866. Small 8vo. xiii[i], 239pp, 48pp publisher's adverts including printed blue sheet insert, steel-engraved frontis, tp vignette, plates, multifolding, folding and double-page maps, text illustrations. Origi...

Preston Guild Merchant, 1882. Memorials of the Preston Guilds, illustrating the manner in which the guild merchant has been held in the borough from the earliest on record until the last guild in 1862. Collected from the guild rolls, order books, council books, and other records of the Preston corporation; and from private manuscripts, scarce printed tracts, and other original sources, with full English abstracts of all the royal charters granted to Preston; personal and genealogical notes on many of the guild mayors and their families

ABRAM, Wm. Alexander. · 1882 · John Turton

£40.60 (€48.67 | $53.65 | ¥8,568)

Preston: printed and published by George Toulmin, 1882. Small 4to. [viii], 152pp printed in double-columns. Original blind-stamped brown cloth gilt. Re-backed in matching cloth with original spine laid down; cloth very lightly soiled; very light spotting to title-page.

Nelson District Illustrated History: from Roman times till 1922. [Including:] Ye Illustrated Chronicles of Nelson District from Roman Times till Now. Being Book II. of "Ye Illustrated Chronicles of Blackburshire," By Rev. Father Smith, of Nelson.

[ECROYD, Thomas B.] · 1922 · John Turton

£81.20 (€97.35 | $107.29 | ¥17,136)

Neson: Coulton & Co, [1922]. 24cm. [iv], xii[iv], 160pp printed in double-columns, [18]pp local adverts, text illustrations and tables. Modern green grained-cloth gilt. Very occasional light isolated soiling to margins. No copy in COPAC.

A History of the Parish of Fence.

1937 · John Turton

£13.92 (€16.69 | $18.39 | ¥2,938)

Blackburn: printed at"The Times" Printing Works, [1937]. 8vo. 23pp, text illustrations. Original printed cream embossed-card wraps, stapled. Wraps very lightly soiled. COPAC: Chetham's Library.

A run through Kilmalcolm. Reprinted from "Greenock Advertiser," June 24, 1856.

1856 · John Turton

£34.80 (€41.72 | $45.98 | ¥7,344)

Greenock: printed by A Mackenzie & Co, 1856. 20cm. 15pp. Sewn as issued. Title and last blank badly soiled; upper fore-edge corner of last leaf torn away without loss of text; light spotting and occasional soiling to text. COPAC: Glasgow, NLS.

In the Land of Harp and Feathers: a series of Welsh village idylls.

THOMAS, Alfred. · 1896 · John Turton

£34.80 (€41.72 | $45.98 | ¥7,344)

London: H R Allenson, 1896. 8vo. 255[1]pp, 16pp publisher's catalogue. Original maroon cloth gilt, bevelled-edges, teg o/w uncut. Extremes very lightly rubbed; spine and part of boards darkened; light spotting to endpapers and leaf-edges. With 2pp ALS from the Author to Alderm...

A History of Wakefield Cathedral, with a description of the eastern extension and an account of its consecration and octave.

GRAY, F. S.; J. W. WALKER. · 1905 · John Turton

£29.00 (€34.77 | $38.32 | ¥6,120)

Wakefield: W H Milnes, 1905. 8vo. 145pp, 6 plates, plans (one multifolding), text illustrations. Original parchment lettered in red, uncut, printed on laid paper. Spine rubbed with wear to tips; spine and part of boards browned.

Recent memoirs on the Cetacea. By professors Eschricht, Reinhardt and Lilljeborg.

FLOWER, William Henry (Editor) · 1866 · John Turton

£110.20 (€132.11 | $145.61 | ¥23,255)

London: Published for the Ray Society by Robert Hardwicke, 1866. 4to. viii[iv], 312pp, 5 full page engraved plates to rear. Recent navy library buckram, original leather label Some damp damage and staining to fore-edge margin but does not affect text. Principal work is on the ...

Kendal and district directory.

1953 · John Turton

£37.12 (€44.50 | $49.05 | ¥7,833)

Carlisle: County Publicity Ltd., 1953. 22cm. iii, 172[3]pp. Original green paper boards, lettered in black, printed eps. Spine faded.

Westmorland and Cumberland directory.

1957 · John Turton

£37.12 (€44.50 | $49.05 | ¥7,833)

St. Annes-On-Sea: Barrett's Publications Ltd., 1957. 24cm. ii, 138pp. Original red cloth gilt. Spine faded; eps lightly foxed.