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A north-country preacher: sermons ... With a memoir by the Dean of Lichfield.

COPE, Rev. F. L. · 1911 · John Turton

£17.40 (€20.86 | $22.99 | ¥3,672)

Sunderland: Hills and Co, 1911. Small 8vo. xxiv, 214pp, portrait frontis, corrigendum slip tipped in. Original green grained-cloth gilt. Extremes lightly rubbed; a few small isolated light stains to cloth. * West Hartlepool, Bensham and Sunderland sermons.

Esh Leaves: being drafts upon the memory of an old parishioner.

WIGGEN, W. R. · 1914 · John Turton

£78.88 (€94.56 | $104.23 | ¥16,646)

Durham: Thos. Caldcleugh & Son, 1914. Small square 8vo. 93[1]pp, corrigenda slip tipped in. Original blind-stamped brown grained-cloth gilt, green eps. Extremes lightly rubbed; very light isolated spotting to title-page; a very few underlinings and marginal marks. Relevant new...

Durham City Cricket Club History.

PARSONS, A. L. (Compiler). · 1972 · John Turton

£20.88 (€25.03 | $27.59 | ¥4,406)

[Durham: Durham City Cricket Club, 1972.] 8vo. 307pp, text illustrations, tables and local adverts. Original decorated blue embossed-card wraps gilt. Wraps lightly rubbed; gilt faded.

Things Old and New, in questions and answers. Reprinted from the "Northampton Mercury."

NORTHAMPTON LOCAL HISTORY. · 1887 · John Turton

£52.20 (€62.58 | $68.98 | ¥11,016)

N.P., [1887.] 4to. 94pp printed in double-columns, tail-piece. Contemporary blue grained-cloth gilt. Extremes rubbed with slight wear; cloth partly sun-faded; eps browned. * With a useful MS. index bound in at rear. ** Not in COPAC.

The illustrated guide to Durham and its vicinity.

DURHAM GUIDE. · 1914 · John Turton

£20.88 (€25.03 | $27.59 | ¥4,406)

Durham: Thos. Caldcleugh & Son, 1914 16th edition. 8vo. vi[ii], 160pp, xxxi[i]pp appendix, text illustrations (many full-page), local adverts within the pagination. Original decorated printed grey limp-cloth wraps, front endpapers plan. Very light crease to front wrap.

The illustrated guide to Durham and its vicinity.

DURHAM GUIDE. · 1893 · John Turton

£32.48 (€38.94 | $42.92 | ¥6,854)

Durham: George M Watt, [1893] 13th edition. 12mo. x, 181[1]pp, xxxiv appendix, [10]pp local advert section, frontis with local advert to recto, tp vignette, plates within the pagination, text illustrations, full-page text plan, head and tail-pieces, decorated capitals. Origina...

The Long Bay of Druridge.

TEGNER, Henry. · 1968 · John Turton

£25.52 (€30.59 | $33.72 | ¥5,385)

Newcastle upon Tyne: Frank Graham, [1968]. 8vo. ix[i], 142pp, 12 double-sided plates. Original blue rexine gilt, very lightly rubbed and soiled d/w.

Souvenir and daily programme of the royal show, Newcastle-on-Tyne. July ... 1935.

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. · 1935 · John Turton

£32.48 (€38.94 | $42.92 | ¥6,854)

Newcastle-on-Tyne: printed and published by R Ward & Sons, [1935.] Tall 8vo. 123pp, folding plan, text illustrations and local adverts. Original coloured pictorial printed glazed-paper wraps, stapled. Wraps lightly rubbed and soiled; staples rusted but holding firm.

A history of Withernsea, with notices of other parishes in South Holderness in the East Riding of the county of York.

MILES, George T. J.; William RICHARDSON. · 1911 · John Turton

£52.20 (€62.58 | $68.98 | ¥11,016)

Hull: A. Brown & Sons, 1911. 8vo. x, 286pp, frontis with tissue-guard, plates, plans (one folding), text illustrations, head-pieces, text tables, decorated capitals. Original red cloth gilt, bevelled-edges, patterned eps, teg. Spine browned; extremes very lightly rubbed.

A countryman's notebook in county of Durham.

HIND, Albert L. · 1977 · John Turton

£20.88 (€25.03 | $27.59 | ¥4,406)

[Coxhoe: printed by Brian J Hewitson, 1977.] Small 8vo. [iv], 172pp, head-pieces. Original blue cloth gilt, glassine-protected d/w. An uncommon title in our experience.

The Picture of the King, a tale of old Newcastle.

CHARLETON, R. J. · 1896 · John Turton

£20.88 (€25.03 | $27.59 | ¥4,406)

Newcastle: Mawson, Swan and Morgan, 1896. 8vo. [vi], 422pp, 16pp publisher's catalogue at rear. Original green cloth gilt, uncut, floral eps, tp printed in red and black. Ht browned. 'A novel dealing with the sojourn of Charles I in Newcastle, when he was held prisoner by the ...

The opening of an historic mansion in the cause of charity.

CALLENDAR HOUSE, Falkirk. · 0 · John Turton

£11.60 (€13.91 | $15.33 | ¥2,448)

N.P., N.D. Oblong 8vo. 19[1]pp, text illustrations, plan and map. Original decorated printed blue embossed-card wraps, sewn with blue cord. Wraps lightly rubbed and soiled. * In aid of the Falkirk & District New Infirmary Building Fund with a sketch view and plan of the propos...

Photographic view album of South Shields. 'The Dainty Series.'

SOUTH SHIELDS. · 0 · John Turton

£20.88 (€25.03 | $27.59 | ¥4,406)

N.P., N.D. Oblong 8vo. [4]pp, 18 plates, local advert at rear. Original brown embossed-card gilt wraps, round plate onlaid to front wrap, stab-sewn with cord. Light spotting to text leaves.

The fish and the ring; or, the fortunate farmer's daughter. A tale founded on facts.

CHAPBOOK. · 1838 · John Turton

£34.80 (€41.72 | $45.98 | ¥7,344)

Durham: George Walker, Jun., printer, 1838. 12mo. 24pp, title-page vignette, tail-piece, title within ornamental border, unsewn as issued. Very lightly creased. Rebecca Russell (1615-1696) is the farmer's daughter. COPAC: NLS, Durham, Oxford, Newcastle, Society of Antiquaries.

Sketches of the remains of the Abbey Church and conventual buildings formerly belonging to Canons of the order of Saint Augustine, at Worksop, and of the Church as restored: with a concise historical and descriptive account, from its foundation to the present time.

NICHOLSON, Richard. · 1850 · John Turton

£232.00 (€278.13 | $306.56 | ¥48,959)

Worksop: printed and published by S. Sissons, 1850. Fo. [vi], 20pp, 16 plates and plans, text table. Original printed grey-paper boards, recent quarter red calf with spine label. Boards rubbed, worn and soiled; very light off-set from frontis to title-page; spotting to plates....

Mansfield Parish Church.

PRIOR, A. H. · 1906 · John Turton

£30.16 (€36.16 | $39.85 | ¥6,365)

[Mansfield: J. Linney, 1906.] 8vo. [vi], 49pp, errata slip tipped-in, frontis, 11 plates, 2 plans, folding pedigree. Original pictorial blue-card wraps, stapled, uncut. Wraps lightly soiled and rubbed; staples rusted but binding holding firm. Author's (initialled) presentation...

A brief history of the origin and progress of the dock company at Kingston-upon-Hull, being the substance of a speech delivered on the 9th of April, 1884, on the re-opening of the Humber dock, aftre extensive repairs to the lock-pit, &c.

MASON, Benjamin Burnett. · 1885 · John Turton

£52.20 (€62.58 | $68.98 | ¥11,016)

Hull: Goddard & Son, printers, 1885. 8vo. 15[1]pp including integral wraps, head and tail-piece. Wraps browned and spotted; light vertical crease. Not in COPAC. OCLC adds Harvard Business School.

An account of the discovery, at Hexham, in the county of Northumberland, of a brass vessel, containing a number of Anglo-Saxon coins called stycas. [With:] 'Further account of the Anglo-Saxon coins ...' from the Archaeologia vol. XXVI.

ADAMSON, John. · 1834 · John Turton

£69.60 (€83.44 | $91.97 | ¥14,688)

London: printed by J.B. Nichols and Son, 1834, [1835]. 4to. 32pp, 25 plates, text illustrations; 3[1]pp, 7 plates. Original printed grey card wraps re-spined in matching grey cloth. Wrap edges professionally repaired. * The author's presentation inscriptions to front wraps.

Rental of all the houses in Gloucester A.D. 1455 from a roll in the possession of the corporation of Gloucester. Edited, with a translation, by W. H. Stevenson.

COLE, Robert (Compiler). · 1890 · John Turton

£69.60 (€83.44 | $91.97 | ¥14,688)

Gloucester: printed by John Bellows for the Corporation, 1890 signed large paper edition number 50 of 50 copies. 4to. xvi, 147pp, 2 double-sided plates printed in red and black, tp printed in red and black. Original full vellum gilt, black eps, teg o/w uncut. Vellum soiled.

The Ruined Abbeys of Britain (2 Vols). Illustrated ... from drawings by A. F Lydon.

ROSS, Frederick. · 1882 · John Turton

£116.00 (€139.06 | $153.28 | ¥24,479)

London: William Mackenzie, [1882]. Tall 4to. viii, 288pp, colour plates with guards, text illustrations, pictorial capitals, title-pages printed in red and black. Original blind-stamped highly decorated green grained-cloth gilt, bevelled edges, black eps, aeg. Extremes very l...