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Tales of a Pennine People.

HOWCROFT, A. J. · 1923 · John Turton

£13.92 (€16.69 | $18.39 | ¥2,938)

Oldham: H C Lee, Whitehead & Co, 1923. 8vo. [vi], 201pp, additional pictorial title-page within the pagination, text illustrations (some full-page), text plan. Original purple cloth gilt, sprinkled leaf-edges. Extremes rubbed with slight wear; cloth soiled and partly sun-faded...

Haltwhistle and Beyond.

PARKER, John. · 0 · John Turton

£13.92 (€16.69 | $18.39 | ¥2,938)

[Newcastle upon Tyne: TUPS Books,] N.D. Oblong 8vo. [vi], 238pp, text illustrations. Original pictorial colour-printed glazed-card wraps.

The River Tyne from Sea to Source.

THORNTON, Ron. · 2002 · John Turton

£11.60 (€13.91 | $15.33 | ¥2,448)

[Newcastle upon Tyne: Zymurgy Publishing, 2002.] Oblong 8vo. 158[2]pp, colour and b/w text illustrations and maps throughout, title-page printed in blue and black. Original pictorial colour-printed glazed-paper boards, d/w. Author's signature to title-page.

A Church History of Cornwall and of the Diocese of Truro.

LACH-SZYRMA, W. S., Rev. · 1891 · John Turton

£34.80 (€41.72 | $45.98 | ¥7,344)

London: Elliot Stock. Plymouth: "Church of the West". Truro: Netherton and Worth, N.D.[1891.] 8vo. viii, 142pp printed in double-columns, [2]pp Author's works, [3]pp local adverts before title-page, 2 plates. Original blind-stamped purple cloth gilt, fep local adverts. Extreme...

Wanderings in Wensleydale.

HARDCASTLE, George. · 1854 · John Turton

£39.44 (€47.28 | $52.11 | ¥8,323)

Sunderland: H A Cave, N.D. 3rd edition reprint. 8vo. [ii], 31pp, tail-piece. Original printed grey paper wraps in purpose-made plain-card slip-case. Neat re-spine in matching plain paper; wraps soiled, partly browned and very slightly chipped; very light spotting to first and ...

Tales, local and legendary: with miscellaneous poems.

FISHER, Mary. · 1860 · John Turton

£25.52 (€30.59 | $33.72 | ¥5,385)

Carlisle: printed by Hudson Scott, N.D. (c. 1860.) Small 8vo. vi[ii], 256pp, head and tail-piece. Modern linen-backed yellow stiff-card sides, printed paper label to front wrap, uncut. Wraps lightly soiled; very light spotting to first and last leaves.

Topographical and statistical description of the county of Buckingham [Bedford & Hertford] ... copious travelling guide ... complete county itinerary ... (3 Vols in 1).

COOKE, G. A. · 1820 · John Turton

£78.88 (€94.56 | $104.23 | ¥16,646)

London: printed for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, N.D. (c1820-30). "Cooke's Topographical Library, or British Traveller's Pocket County Directory." 12mo in sixes. 176pp, [4]pp index, folding map, plates, text tables; 153[1]pp, folding map, plates, text tables, tail-piece; 180pp,...

Report on the Line of Navigation from Hexham to Haydon-Bridge, proposed as a continuation of the Stella and Hexham Canal; with comparative observations on the proposed canals on each side of the River Tyne: and a report on the line from Newcastle to Haydon-Bridge, on the north side of the river; together with full estimates of the expence of execution.

SUTCLIFFE, John. · 1797 · John Turton

£208.80 (€250.32 | $275.90 | ¥44,063)

Newcastle: printed for John Bell, [1797]. 8vo. 74pp. Modern plain-paper boards, printed paper spine label. Lacks the final leaf 'Author's address to the public'. * Skempton 1477.

The one hundred and seventh annual report ... New Series Volume IX. Part IV.-1940. [Including:] Changes of Population in West Cornwall with the Rise and Decline of Mining; Isles of Scilly; History of the Falmouth Grammar School.

ROYAL CORNWALL POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY. · 1940 · John Turton

£16.24 (€19.47 | $21.46 | ¥3,427)

Camborne: The Camborne Printing and Stationery Co for the Society, 1940. 8vo. 149[3]pp, plates, text tables. Original printed card wraps, stapled. Staples rusted with consequent staining to wraps but binding holding firm. Cornwall County Record Office copy with minimal evidence.

Epitome of the New Highway Act, ... so far as relates to Northumberland.

NORTHUMBERLAND HIGHWAYS. · 1862 · John Turton

£69.60 (€83.44 | $91.97 | ¥14,688)

Alnwick: printed by M Smith, 1862. 18 cm. 26pp, text device. Bound with: The London Gazette. Friday, January 9, 1863. Tall 4to. Pp 115-176 printed in double-columns, colour map, text tables. Contemporary red limp calf gilt. Calf rubbed, soiled and stained; horizontal closed te...

Alms-giving in relation to church finance, considered in two sermons preached in St. Michael's Church, Helston.

TUDOR, Richard. · 1865 · John Turton

£23.20 (€27.81 | $30.66 | ¥4,896)

Cambridge: Macmillan and Co, 1865. 8vo. [ii], 22pp. Original printed paper wraps, sewn. Wraps lightly chipped, rubbed and soiled.

The Church in Cornwall: (new series), a collection of facts and thoughts relating to the work of the Church, past, present, and future, in the County of Cornwall. [Comprising 12 issues Nos. 1-12 inclusive.]

1878 · John Turton

£25.52 (€30.59 | $33.72 | ¥5,385)

Truro: Heard and Sons, January - December, 1878. 8vo. 144pp. Contemporary stiff-card wraps with original printed wraps for the first and last issue laid down. Wraps rubbed and lightly soiled; spotting to last few leaves. * COPAC: BL only with incomplete run of nos. 1, 4, 7-12.

Beauties of the Country; or, descriptions of rural customs, objects, scenery, and the seasons.

MILLER, Thomas. · 1837 · John Turton

£32.48 (€38.94 | $42.92 | ¥6,854)

London: John Van Voorst, 1837. 20 cm. xv[i], 425[1]pp, [2]pp 'Opinions of the press', 4pp publisher's list at rear, title-page vignette, head and tail-pieces. Original decorated blind-stamped green cloth gilt, yellow eps, uncut/partly unopened. Extremes lightly rubbed; spine a...

In the West Country. "These sketches are, with alterations and additions, reprinted from the 'Daily News' and the 'Speaker'."

KNIGHT, Francis A[rnold]. · 1896 · John Turton

£27.84 (€33.38 | $36.79 | ¥5,875)

Bristol: W. Crofton Hemmons; London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, [1896?] 8vo. x[ii], 269[1]pp, frontis with tissue-guard, further plates with guards, text illustrations, title-page printed in red and black. Original pictorial green cloth lettered and decorated in black ...

100 years of Durham County Cricket Club.

HUNT, Brian. · 1983 · John Turton

£11.60 (€13.91 | $15.33 | ¥2,448)

Chester-le-Street: Casdec, 1983. Large 8vo. 186pp, text illustrations and tables, local adverts. Original colour-printed decorated glazed-card wraps, inner wrap adverts.

Durham City Rugby Football Club 1872-1950.

[DOUGLAS, Walter (Editor).] · 1950 · John Turton

£34.80 (€41.72 | $45.98 | ¥7,344)

[Durham: Durham County Press for the Club,] 1950. 22cm. 104pp, [12]pp local adverts at rear, full-page text illustrations, text adverts. Original pictorial printed paper wraps. Wraps very lightly soiled.

Sir Edward Daniel Walker Bequest.

WALKER BEQUEST. · 1928 · John Turton

£34.80 (€41.72 | $45.98 | ¥7,344)

[Darlington: printed by Dressers,] 1928. 25cm. [28]pp including plates and a double-page birds-eye plan of the 'Walker Homes' designed by Joshua Clayton in 1920. Original printed brown embossed-card wraps, sewn with matching cord. Wraps stained; light spotting and soiling t...

1835-1935: a hundred years of local government. (A century of progress in South Shields.)

PROGRESS IN SOUTH SHIELDS. · 1935 · John Turton

£23.20 (€27.81 | $30.66 | ¥4,896)

South Shields: [printed by R Simpson & Sons for the Borough], 1935. 25cm. 87[1]pp including front wrap, 18 plates within the pagination, text tables. Original decorated printed green embossed-paper wraps, yapp-edges. Extremes rubbed with slight wear to spine head; small closed...

Betty Podkins Visit to Auckland Flower Show: an amusing narrative in the Weardale dialect.

EGGLESTONE, William Morley. · 0 · John Turton

£30.16 (€36.16 | $39.85 | ¥6,365)

[Stanhope: W M Egglestone,] N.D. fourth thousand. 18cm. 16pp, title-page vignette, tail-piece. Original pictorial printed yellow-paper wraps, sewn. Front wrap margins darkened; small hole to lower margin of front wrap; small closed tear (not into text) to fore-edge margins th...

The antiquities of Warwickshire illustrated. Reprint of the part relating to Birmingham and Aston juxta Birmingham, with notes and additions by W. F. Carter.

DUGDALE, William. · 1891 · John Turton

£78.88 (€94.56 | $104.23 | ¥16,646)

Birmingham: printed for subscribers by Charles Cooper & Co, 1891 signed (by Carter) limited edition number 112 of 150 copies Fo. [iv], 68pp, plate, text illustrations (some with tissue-guards), text pedigrees, head and tail-pieces, decorated capitals. Publisher's half vellum,...