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Epistolary Curiosities; series the first; consisting of unpublished letters, of the seventeenth century, illustrative of the Herbert family, and the reigns of James I, Charles I, Charles II, James II and William III ...

WARNER, Rebecca (Editor). · 1818 · John Turton

£44.08 (€52.84 | $58.25 | ¥9,302)

London: printed by Richard Cruttwell ... and sold by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1818. 8vo. v[i], 214[2]pp. Modern brown cloth gilt, new eps, uncut/partly unopened. Occasional very light spotting.

The Book Trade in Northumberland and Durham to 1860. A bibliographical dictionary of printers, engravers, lithographers, booksellers, stationers, publishers, mapsellers, printsellers, musicsellers, bookbinders, newsagaents and owners of circulating libraries.

HUNT, C. J. · 1975 · John Turton

£20.88 (€25.03 | $27.59 | ¥4,406)

Newcastle: Thorne's Students' Bookshop for the History of the Book Trade in the North, 1975. 8vo. xviii, 116pp, full-page text illustrations, full-page text map. Original blue cloth gilt, d/w.

Modern Tactics.

GALL, H. R., Captain. · 1890 · John Turton

£58.00 (€69.53 | $76.64 | ¥12,240)

London: W H Allen & Co, 1890 revised 2nd edition. Tall 8vo. xxiv, 313[1]pp, [2]pp extracts from press notices at rear, 24 plates (some folding), 4 maps, 4 diagrams, text figures. Original red cloth gilt. Extremes lightly rubbed; spine faded; very light spotting to ht and titl...

The Northumbrian Harp; or, Melodies by Tyneside.

GORDON, John. · 1897 · John Turton

£30.16 (€36.16 | $39.85 | ¥6,365)

Newcastle: Alexander M'Callum, 1897. 8vo. 166pp, portrait frontis. Original blue cloth gilt, aeg. Extremes rubbed with slight wear; spine darkened; cloth lightly soiled; slight soiling to margins of prelims.

A History of Durham, from Magna Britannia et Hibernia, Antiqua et Nova].

[COX, Thomas, Rev. · 1720 · John Turton

£62.64 (€75.09 | $82.77 | ¥13,219)

No publisher or printer, [c1720]. Small 4to, pp 606-647, folding Morden map, text illustrations, distance table. Later blue-paper-covered boards Spine rubbed with wear; slight age-browning and spotting; leaves 639-644 fore-edges shaved with slight loss of text. * Signature of ...

St. Lawrence Seaway and Power Projects 1959.

BANK OF MONTREAL. · 1958 · John Turton

£17.40 (€20.86 | $22.99 | ¥3,672)

Montreal: Reid and Boulton Publishing Co, 1958. 4to. 413[3]pp including pictorial colour title-page, text illustrations, figures, maps and plans. Original decorated navy cloth gilt, pictorial eps. * Advance Copy Business Review and Bank President's compliments card loosely in...

The Old Wooden Walls: their construction, equipment, etc. Being an abridged edition of Falconer's celebrated Marine Dictionary.

GILL, Claude S. (Editor). · 1930 · John Turton

£40.60 (€48.67 | $53.65 | ¥8,568)

London: W & G Foyle, 1930. 8vo. [iv], xvii[i], 201[3]pp, frontis, 14 plates, 16 folding plates at rear. Original navy cloth gilt. Re-backed with original spine laid down; spine and part of boards sun-faded; very occasional light spotting; typescript list 'references to plates ...

Those in Peril on the Sea. Great adventures: from the shipwreck of St. Paul to the atomic submarine ...

STACKPOLE, Edouard A. (Editor). · 1962 · John Turton

£23.20 (€27.81 | $30.66 | ¥4,896)

New York: The Dial Press, 1962. 4to. [xii], 272pp, text illustrations and maps (some full-page), title-page device. Original quarter blue cloth gilt, natural coarse-woven cloth sides, ep maps. Sides lightly stained and soiled.

The Family Economy of the Working Classes in the Cotton Industry, 1784-1833. Edited by R. S. Fitton.

COLLIER, Frances. · 1964 · John Turton

£18.56 (€22.25 | $24.52 | ¥3,917)

Manchester: University Press, 1964. 4to. x, 94pp, 12 text tables. Original navy cloth gilt, chipped and slightly browned and soiled d/w. Ex-reference library withonly evidence to d/w and two ink-stamps to eps.

Contraband Cargoes: seven centuries of smuggling.

WILLIAMS, Neville. · 1959 · John Turton

£13.92 (€16.69 | $18.39 | ¥2,938)

London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1959. 8vo. xiii[i], 301pp, 4 double-sided plates. Original red cloth gilt, chipped, rubbed and lightly soiled d/w.

Dynasty of Iron Founders: The Darbys and Coalbrookdale.

RAISTRICK, Arthur. · 1970 · John Turton

£11.60 (€13.91 | $15.33 | ¥2,448)

Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1970 new impression. 8vo. xvi, 308pp, plates, text illustrations. Original pictorial printed glazed-card wraps. Spine sun-faded.

A Historical Survey of the Mines and Mineral Railways of East Cornwall and West Devon.

BARTON, D. B. · 1964 · John Turton

£20.88 (€25.03 | $27.59 | ¥4,406)

Truro: D Bradford Barton, 1964. 8vo. [viii], 102pp, [2]pp publisher's list, title-page vignette, text illustrations and maps. Original black and red cloth gilt, ep devices, glassine-protected slightly chipped and soiled d/w. Light spotting to prelims and last couple of leaves.

Schroders: merchants and bankers.

ROBERTS, Richard. · 1992 · John Turton

£13.92 (€16.69 | $18.39 | ¥2,938)

London: Macmillan, 1992. 8vo. xxiii[i], 616pp, double-sided colour and b/w plates, text figures, maps and tables. Original black cloth gilt, d/w.

Life aboard a British Privateer in the time of Queen Anne. Being the journal of Captain Woodes Rogers, Master Mariner.

LESLIE, Robert C. (Notes and Illustrations.) · 1889 · John Turton

£30.16 (€36.16 | $39.85 | ¥6,365)

London: Chapman and hall, 1889. 8vo. [viii], 143pp, frontis with spotted tissue-guard, title-page device, plates, double-page map, text illustrations, head-pieces, decorated capitals, title-page printed in red and black. Original highly decorated blue cloth gilt, uncut. Extrem...

Birds Ashore and A-Foreshore. With ... illustrations ... by Winifred Austen ...

CHALMERS, Patrick R. · 1935 · John Turton

£20.88 (€25.03 | $27.59 | ¥4,406)

London: Collins, 1935. Large 4to. 180pp, title-page vignette, 16 colour plates, text illustrations. Modern green cloth gilt. Extremes rubbed; cloth lightly soiled. Ex-reference library with minimal evidence - none to plates.

The Story of Easington Church.

DUNCAN, James, Rev. · 1948 · John Turton

£11.60 (€13.91 | $15.33 | ¥2,448)

Sunderland: Thomas Reed & Co, [1948]. Small 8vo. 63pp including adverts, plates, text ills, foreword by the Bishop of Durham. Original ¼ cloth, printed paper boards. Spine faded; boards lightly soiled. * From the library of G. S. Robinson, 'The Weardale Surgeon,' with his sign...

Joseph Ashby of Tysoe 1859-1919. A study of English village life.

ASHBY, M. K. · 1961 · John Turton

£11.60 (€13.91 | $15.33 | ¥2,448)

Cambridge: University Press, 1961 1st reprint. 8vo. xiii[i], 302[2]pp, frontis. Original blue cloth gilt, chipped and soiled d/w. A few light pencil notes to rfep verso.

North-Country Sketches, notes, essays and reviews.

NEASHAM, Geo. · 1893 · John Turton

£69.60 (€83.44 | $91.97 | ¥14,688)

Durham: printed for the Author by Thos Caldcleugh, 1893 1st edition. 8vo. vi[ii], 400pp, frontis and 12 plates with tissue guards, 47 woodcuts after Thomas and John Bewick. Original brown ½ cloth gilt, marbled boards, teg o/w uncut. Binding rubbed with light wear; light spotti...

When We Build Again: a study based on research into conditions of living and working in Birmingham.

BOURNEVILLE VILLAGE TRUST. · 1941 · John Turton

£23.20 (€27.81 | $30.66 | ¥4,896)

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1941. 4to. xii, 138pp, colour frontis map, 8 double-sided plates, 8 colour plates, text maps, plans, figures and tables. Original green cloth gilt, colour ep plans. Extremes very lightly rubbed with tiny arear of wear to upper joint; scattered lig...

A Sussex Highway.

COBB, Ruth. · 1946 · John Turton

£11.60 (€13.91 | $15.33 | ¥2,448)

London: The Epworth press, 1946. 4to. 59pp, ht device, title-page vignette, 19 text illustrations (7 full-page). Original beige cloth gilt, rubbed and browned d/w.