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A Sketch of Durham for the use of Visitors and Others.

DURHAM. · 0 · John Turton

£41.76 (€50.06 | $55.18 | ¥8,813)

Durham: George Walker. 11th Edn. x, 194[l] pp, frontis, 36 illustrations. Original printed pink pictorial card wraps, 18.5 cm x 11.5 cm. Wraps faded with minor staining to edges, minor loss of paper to spine tips.

The Auctioneers' & Estate Agents' Institute of The United Kingdom Twenty-first Annual Provincial Meeting, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. June 9th to 12th, 1920.

The Publications Committee of the Northumberland and Durham Branch. · 1920 · John Turton

£27.84 (€33.38 | $36.79 | ¥5,875)

Newcastle Upon Tyne: Andrew Reid & Co., Ltd. 1920. 62 pp, portrait frontis, plates, compliments slip, errata slip, Reid's plan of Central Newcastle (6''/1mile,) bookplate to ffep. Original grey cloth lettered in red and black, sewn, 19 cm x 12.5 cm. Cloth and eps lightly soile...

The Battle of Nevill's Cross. Reprinted from "De Nova Villa."

SWALLOW, Henry J. · 1885 · John Turton

£29.00 (€34.77 | $38.32 | ¥6,120)

London: Griffith, Farran & Co Newcastle: Andrew Reid, Akenside Hill. 1885. 20[iv]pp, text illustrations. Original decorated red cloth gilt, 21 cm x 14.5 cm. Cloth and gilt faded, spine discoloured, pages age browned and lightly soiled, small closed tear to leaf 5/6.

Geology of North-East Durham. A Popular Work.

WOOLACOTT, D. · 1897 · John Turton

£41.76 (€50.06 | $55.18 | ¥8,813)

Sunderland: Hills & Co, 1897. vi, 84[iv] pp, text illustrations. Original green cloth gilt, 18.5 cm x 12.5 cm. Minor fading to spine edges and tips, eps age browned, minor foxing.

The Parish Register of Buckland Newton.

MAYO, Charles Herbert · 1889 · John Turton

£13.92 (€16.69 | $18.39 | ¥2,938)

Dorchester: Dorset County Chronicle Printing Work. 1889. 15 pp, 1 plate, with note by "H. Cokayne." Original printed green paper wraps, 21 cm x 14 cm. Sympathetic spine repair, minor loss of paper to corners.

The Murton Coking Plant. Reprinted from 'Coke and Gas' with additional illustrations and a description of the oven heating system.

1959 · John Turton

£34.80 (€41.72 | $45.98 | ¥7,344)

[St. Albans: printed by Staples Printers, 1959.] 4to. 34[2]pp, 3 multi-folding plates (2 in colour), text illustrations and figures (some in colour). Original printed embossed-card wraps, colour plate onlaid to front wrap. Rear wrap partly browned.

Ducks and green peas; or, The Newcastle rider. A farce in one act. Founded on fact. To which is added, The Newcastle rider, a tale in rhyme.

[LUND, John.] · 1827 · John Turton

£69.60 (€83.44 | $91.97 | ¥14,688)

Alnwick: printed and sold by W. Davison, 1827. 12mo in sixes. 34pp (including front wrap), frontis, title-page vignette, tail-piece. Original pictorial printed grey-paper wraps, frontis laid down to front inner wrap as issued. Spine worn; small isolated flaws to front wrap.

A memoir of John Jackson, of Rudby School, with his song on the Cleveland 60 miles foxchase. Embellished with two engravings by Thomas Bewick.

TWEDDELL, George Markham. · 1887 · John Turton

£23.20 (€27.81 | $30.66 | ¥4,896)

Stokesley: Tweddell and Sons, N.D. (c.1887). 8vo. Pp [131]-134, head and tail-piece. Original printed yellow paper wraps. Wraps chipped and partly browned. Not in COPAC.

The History of the Parish of Witton-le-Wear, in the County Palatine of Durham.

SURTEES, H. Conyers, Brigadier-General. · 1924 · John Turton

£32.48 (€38.94 | $42.92 | ¥6,854)

[Newcastle-on-Tyne: printed by Patrick and Page,] 1924. 8vo. 31[1]pp, 4 plates, 4 multi-folding pedigrees, errata slip tipped-in. Original printed green card wraps, recently stab-sewn. Wrap edges browned with small closed tear to spine head

The history of the parish and grammar school of Sedbergh, Yorkshire.

PLATT, A. E. · 1876 · John Turton

£139.20 (€166.88 | $183.93 | ¥29,375)

London: Longmans, Green, and Co.; Kendal: Atkinson and Pollett, 1876. 8vo. vii[i], 197[1]pp. Original decorated blind-stamped maroon cloth gilt, re-backed in modern calf with black calf gilt spine label, yellow eps. Original boards rubbed, soiled and lightly stained; title-pag...

The Scottish Pedlar; a tale of the Yorkshire moorlands.

GRAINGE, William. · 1866 · John Turton

£58.00 (€69.53 | $76.64 | ¥12,240)

Pateley Bridge: Thomas Thorpe; London: T.T. Lemare, 1866. 16cm. 28pp, tail-piece. Original printed orange paper wraps. Spine rubbed with light wear. Ex-reference library with following evidence: inked numbers and small label to front wrap; book-plate tipped on to inner front w...

A Topographical and Historical Description of Cornwall. In 1650.

NORDEN, John · 1966 · John Turton

£18.56 (€22.25 | $24.52 | ¥3,917)

Newcastle Upon Tyne: Frank Graham. 1966 reprint. 68 pp, numerous folding maps, text illustrations. Original pictorial colour printed card wraps, stapled, 27 cm x 21.5 cm.

A Topographical and Historical Description of Cornwall in 1650.

NORDEN, John · 1966 · John Turton

£18.56 (€22.25 | $24.52 | ¥3,917)

Newcastle Upon Tyne: Frank Graham. 1966 reprint. 68 pp, numerous folding maps, text illustrations. Original pictorial colour printed card wraps, stapled, 27 cm x 21.5 cm.

Smugglers of Fowey: containing an authentic account of the exploits of the smugglers in and around the Port of Fowey.

SHORE, Henry N. · 1966 · John Turton

£18.56 (€22.25 | $24.52 | ¥3,917)

Newcastle Upon Tyne: Frank Graham. 1966. 80 pp, text illustrations. Original red cloth gilt, pictorial coloured d/w, 22 cm x 14.5 cm. SOLD - ROGER HAWKINS 11/2020

The Smugglers: picturesque chapters in the story of an ancient craft.

HARPER, Charles G. · 1966 · John Turton

£16.24 (€19.47 | $21.46 | ¥3,427)

Newcastle Upon Tyne: Frank Graham. 1966 reprint [1909]. 8vo. 167[1]pp, double-sided plates within the pagination, text illustrations (some full-page). Original red cloth gilt, pictorial coloured d/w, 22 cm x 14.5 cm.

History of Polperro. A fishing town on the South Coast of Cornwall. Being a description of the place, its people, their manners, customs, models of industry, etc.

COUCH, Jonathan · 1965 · John Turton

£23.20 (€27.81 | $30.66 | ¥4,896)

Newcastle Upon Tyne: Frank Graham. 1965. 96 pp, map frontis, illustrations, adverts. Original red cloth gilt, pictorial coloured d/w, 22 cm x 14.5 cm.

The Natural History of the Sheffield Area and the Peak District.

WHITELEY, Derek (EDITED BY) · 1985 · John Turton

£11.60 (€13.91 | $15.33 | ¥2,448)

Sheffield: Sorby Natural History Society. 1985. 256 pp, text illustrations. Original pictorial glazed card wraps, 21 cm x 15 cm. Minor rubbing to spine tips and joints.

The Cleveland Literary Annual.

HJERLEID, S., Mrs.; A. MACPHERSON (Editors). · 1873 · John Turton

£39.44 (€47.28 | $52.11 | ¥8,323)

Middlesbrough: Office of the Cleveland Institution of Engineers, 1873. 8vo. 200pp, [4]pp publisher's adverts, corrigenda slip tipped in, head and tail-pieces, decorated capitals. Original decorated brown cloth gilt, uncut. Extremes very lightly rubbed; light soiling to cloth; ...

The Illustrated Guide to Durham and Its Vicinity.

1907 · John Turton

£25.52 (€30.59 | $33.72 | ¥5,385)

Durham: Thos. Caldcleugh & Son, 1907, fifteenth edition. 8vo. vii[i], 156pp, xxxi[i]pp appendix, double-page plan tipped-in to front eps, text illustrations, local adverts. Original blind-stamped brown grained-cloth gilt, floral eps

The Flora and Vegetation of County Durham. Watsonian Vice-County 66.

GRAHAM, G. Gordon. · 1988 · John Turton

£41.76 (€50.06 | $55.18 | ¥8,813)

Durham: The Durham Flora Committee and the Durham County Conservation Trust, 1988 1st edition. 4to. vi, 526pp, text maps, text tables. Original grey cloth lettered in silver, ep maps, glassine-protected d/w. * With the author's signed presentation inscription to title-page.