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Prince Charlie and the Borderland.

BEATTIE, David, Johnstone. · 1928 · John Turton

£37.12 (€44.50 | $49.05 | ¥7,833)

Carlisle: Charles Thurnam & Sons, 1928. 8vo. 284pp, [6]pp index, frontis, 24 plates, text pedigree. Original decorated maroon cloth gilt, incomplete repaired glassine-protected d/w. D/w spine browned.

A history of the parish of Tatenhill in the county of Stafford (2 Vols.).

HARDY, Reginald, Sir. · 1907 · John Turton

£110.20 (€132.11 | $145.61 | ¥23,255)

London: Harrison and Sons, 1907. Tall 8vo. 234pp; [iv], 245pp; text pedigrees and tables. Original green cloth gilt, bevelled edges, brown eps, ae coloured. Small neat repair to the spine-head of volume 2; spine of volume 1 browned; boards of volume 2 lightly stained. Presenta...

Annals of the church in Slaithwaite, (near Huddersfield), West-Riding of Yorkshire, form 1593 to 1864, in five lectures, with a continuation and notes.

HULBERT, Charles Augustus. · 1864 · John Turton

£75.40 (€90.39 | $99.63 | ¥15,912)

London: Longman & Co. Huddersfield: Joseph Brook, 1864. 12mo in sixes. 244pp, [4]pp publisher's adverts, real photo portrait frontis with browned tissue-guard, 2 plates. Original decorated blue pebble-grained cloth gilt, yellow eps. Extremes lightly rubbed; spine a little dark...

A narrative of the ancient monastery of Leominster, and of the church of the nuns.

NEWMAN, Henry Stanley. · 1889 · John Turton

£34.80 (€41.72 | $45.98 | ¥7,344)

Leominster: The Orphan's Printing Press, N.D. 8vo. 35[1]pp, frontis plan printed in red and black, 2 plates within the pagination, text illustrations. Original pictorial colour-printed blue paper wraps, sewn. Wraps soiled; small hole to rear wrap; pin-holes and indentations to...

Mr. Winham's training bill. The substance of an act ... July 16, 1806 ... to enable ... to train and exercise in military service two hundred thousand ... to be chosen by ballot ...

0 · John Turton

£58.00 (€69.53 | $76.64 | ¥12,240)

Liverpool: printed and sold by Egerton and William Smith, N.D. 20 x 13cm. 16pp. Light spotting to last leaf and rear blanks. * Almost certainly the Rt. Hon. W. Windham. ** Not in COPAC, OCLC or BL on-line. A pamphlet, associated with Wadham, relating to the volunteer system i...

Mediaeval Leicester.

BILLSON, Charles James. · 1920 · John Turton

£39.44 (€47.28 | $52.11 | ¥8,323)

Leicester: Edgar Backus, 1920 limited edition number 410/1000 copies. 8vo. xii, 232pp, frontis, plates and plans (some with tissue-guards. Original holland-backed blue paper boards, printed paper spine label, uncut. Extremes rubbed with wear to board corners; spine label browned.

Trades and professions in Wolverhampton 1802: a directory compiled from the 1802 rate book. 'Wolverhampton Local History Pamphlet - No. 3.'

ROPER, John S. (Compiler). · 1969 · John Turton

£17.40 (€20.86 | $22.99 | ¥3,672)

Wolverhampton: N.P., 1969. 4to. 46pp, frontis. Original printed card wraps, stapled. Wraps lightly soiled.

Souvenir of the Opening of the North British Station Hotel, Edinburgh, 15th October 1902. Contents - Old and New Edinburgh, North British Hotel, North British Railway.

GEDDIE, John. · 1902 · John Turton

£67.28 (€80.66 | $88.90 | ¥14,198)

Edinburgh: printed by Banks & Co, 1902. 4to. 89[1]pp, xxi[i]pp advertising section, title-page device, full-page text illustrations, further text illustrations printed in sepia, multi-folding linen-backed colour map at rear, title-page printed in red and black, decorated capit...

Presentation of the Colours to the First Battalion by His Majesty the King at Buckingham Palace 29th May, 1907. [Including] The Record of the Coldstream Guards. By Major Raymond Marker, D.S.O.

COLDSTREAM GUARDS. · 1907 · John Turton

£58.00 (€69.53 | $76.64 | ¥12,240)

[London: Chiswick Press, Charles Whittingham and Co, 1907 limited edition of 250 copies.] 8vo. 60pp, etched frontis with tissue-guard, further plates (one coloured) with guards, head and tail-pieces, decorated capitals, ht and title-page printed in red and black. Original unle...

An attempt to appropriate a monument, now remaining in the chapel of the Trinity Hospital in Leicester, to the memory of Mary de Bohun, Countess of Derby, and mother of King Henry the Fifth; with some account of the Castle and Newarke of Leicester and of the Earls and Dukes of Lancaster, previous to those titles merging in the crown.

HARDY, John Stockdale. · 1836 · John Turton

£46.40 (€55.63 | $61.31 | ¥9,792)

[London: J B Nichols and Son,] 1836. 8vo. viii, 32pp, engraved frontis with tissue-guard, text pedigree, text device. Original plain black linen wraps, yellow eps, aeg. Rear wrap lightly soiled; frontis very slightly spotted. * Author's presentation inscription to Thomas Glads...

Descriptive and archaeological notes on the Tudor carvings recently discovered in an ancient mansion now 163, Westgate Street, Gloucester in the possession of Mr. J. Ambrose Fisher. With ... sketches by Mr. G. A. Howitt.

BAZELEY, William, Rev. · 1893 · John Turton

£20.88 (€25.03 | $27.59 | ¥4,406)

Gloucester: printed by John Bellows, 1893. Square 8vo. [iv], 54pp, frontis, text illustrations (some full-page). Original decorated printed brown card wraps. Re-spined; wraps rubbed, soiled and slightly chipped.

Notes on the Church of Saint Andrew, Norwich. [Extracted from the Author's MS. History of the Church.]

BEECHENO, F. R. · 1884 · John Turton

£37.12 (€44.50 | $49.05 | ¥7,833)

[Privately produced by the Author, 1884.] 23 x 16cm. [iv], 60pp, text devices, hand-made decorated title-page in red and black. Original hand-printed and decorated grey card wraps. Wraps rubbed, with wear to spine, and lightly soiled; occasional very light spotting; some leave...

When the Railroad came to Reading!

RHOADS, W. W. · 1948 · John Turton

£11.60 (€13.91 | $15.33 | ¥2,448)

New York: The Newcomen Society of England American Branch, 1948. 8vo. 28pp, title-page device printed in red, text illustrations. Original printed embossed-card wraps, stapled. Wraps lightly soiled with a couple of small isolated ink-stains to rear wrap.

No. X. A Descriptive Catalogue of the recent Zoophytes found on the Coast of Durham ... Read April 16, 1832. [Extracted from the Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle upon Tyne. Vol. II. 1832.]

JOHNSTON, George. · 0 · John Turton

£55.68 (€66.75 | $73.57 | ¥11,750)

4to. Pp 239-272, 6 etched plates, 2 text illustrations. Modern linen-backed paper boards. Plates lightly browned and spotted.

An Historical and Descriptive Sketch of Birmingham, with some account of its environs, and forty-four views of the principal public buildings, etc.

[YATES, George?] · 1830 · John Turton

£55.68 (€66.75 | $73.57 | ¥11,750)

Birmingham: Beilby, Knott and Beilby, 1830. 8vo. xv[i], 254pp, engraved frontis and 11 further plates. Modern green cloth gilt, new eps, uncut. Plates spotted and browned; occasional light spotting to margins.

A Topographical History of the County of Leicester, the ancient part compiled from parliamentary and other documents, and the modern from actual survey: Being the first of a series of the counties of England and Wales, on the same plan.

CURTIS, John, Rev. · 1831 · John Turton

£53.36 (€63.97 | $70.51 | ¥11,261)

Ashby-de-la-Zouch: W. Hextall, 1831. 8vo. xliv, 227pp, double-page hand-coloured frontis map. Later half calf, raised bands, black calf gilt spine-label, marbled sides and eps. Boards rubbed; eps browned; very light age-browning to margins; title-page hinge-paper cracked but b...

The Registers of Middleton St. George, in the County of Durham. VOL. XII. Baptisms: 1652-1812. Marriages: 1616-1812 Burials: 1616-1812

WOOD, HERBERT MAXWELL (EDITED BY) · 1906 · John Turton

£23.20 (€27.81 | $30.66 | ¥4,896)

Sunderland: Durham and Northumberland Parish Register Society. 1906. 8vo. [viii] 77[1]pp. Later green cloth gilt. Ex-reference library with usual evidence - none external.

Shrewsbury: a rich heritage.

WARD, Arthur Walburgh. · 1946 · John Turton

£29.00 (€34.77 | $38.32 | ¥6,120)

Shrewsbury: Wilding & Son, 1946 limited edition number 294/500 copies. 4to. vii[i], 68pp, title-page device, 65 plates tipped onto printed brown-card leaves, suite of double-sided plates at rear (within the pagination). Original fawn buckram lettered in brown, ep maps. Cloth l...

A Dictionary of the Dialect of the North Riding of Yorkshire... With notes and comments by Major John Fairfax-Blakeborough.

PEASE, Alfred Edward, Sir. · 1928 · John Turton

£58.00 (€69.53 | $76.64 | ¥12,240)

Whitby: Horne and Son, 1928. 4to. [iv], xviii[ii], 162pp printed in double columns, [20]pp appendices and subscribers list. Original printed red-paper boards. Extremes very lightly rubbed; spine sun-faded; very light spotting to prelims and last few leaves.

The County of Durham: its castles, churches, and manor-houses. With an essay on the place-names of the county, and a glossary of the names.

BOYLE, J. R. · 1892 · John Turton

£69.60 (€83.44 | $91.97 | ¥14,688)

London: Walter Scott, [1892] signed limited edition large paper copy number 10/250 copies [1892]. Large 8vo. viii, 733[1]pp, xxxvi pp essay and glossary adverts, multi-folding frontis map, plans within the pagination, text illustrations, plans and tables, further multi-foldin...