Storia

Coro-Coro: the world of the Scarlet Ibis.

ZAHL, Paul A. · 1956 · John Turton

£11.60 (€13.91 | $15.33 | ¥2,448)

London: Hammond, Hammond & Co, 1956. 8vo. 216pp, colour frontis, 14 double-sided b/w plates. Original navy cloth lettered in black, glassine-protected rubbed and chipped d/w. Very light spotting to ht.

The Kingfisher.

EASTMAN, Rosemary. · 1969 · John Turton

£11.60 (€13.91 | $15.33 | ¥2,448)

London: Collins, 1969. 8vo. 159pp, title-page vignette, 2 double-sided colour plates, 2 double-sided b/w plates, full-page text plan. Original blue cloth gilt, glassine-protected chipped and soiled d/w. Very light spotting to leaf-edges.

The Coast of England and Wales in Pictures.

STEERS, J. A. · 1960 · John Turton

£11.60 (€13.91 | $15.33 | ¥2,448)

Cambridge: University Press, 1960. 4to. ix[i], [146]pp, 43 plates (42 double-sided), 18 text maps and figures. Original green cloth gilt, lightly rubbed d/w.

Handlist of the Shropshire Flora.

LLOYD, L. C.; E. M. RUTTER. · 1957 · John Turton

£11.60 (€13.91 | $15.33 | ¥2,448)

Shrewsbury: Caradoc and Severn Valley Field Club, 1957. 8vo. xi[i], 99pp, [10]pp index, folding map at rear. Original printed card wraps. Wraps lightly soiled; MS title to spine.

Flora of Staffordshire: flowering plants and ferns.

EDEES, E. S. · 1972 · John Turton

£13.92 (€16.69 | $18.39 | ¥2,938)

Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1972. 8vo. viii, 280pp, errata slip loosely inserted, 4 double-sided plates, 5 text maps. Original green cloth gilt, d/w.

An Introduction to the Study of Fossil Plants.

WALTON, John. · 1940 · John Turton

£13.92 (€16.69 | $18.39 | ¥2,938)

London: Adam & Charles Black, 1940. 8vo. x, 188pp, frontis, 138 text illustrations and figures, 4 text tables. Original green cloth gilt, glassine-protected chipped and browned d/w. Light stains to cloth; frontis rippled.

Back of the Wight.

MEW, F. · 1965 · John Turton

£11.60 (€13.91 | $15.33 | ¥2,448)

Isle of Wight: The County Press, Newport, 1965 reprint. 8vo. [x], 116pp, double-sided frontis, 5 double-sided plates. Original fawn cloth lettered in black.

The Island from Within: a composite portrait of the Isle of Wight.

SAWYER, Roger (Editor). · 1990 · John Turton

£11.60 (€13.91 | $15.33 | ¥2,448)

Island Anthology for Charity, 1990. 4to. 96pp, colour and b/w text illustrations, text map. Original blue cloth gilt, very lightly rubbed d/w.

Mendip - the Great Cave of Wookey Hole

BALCH, H. E. · 1932 · John Turton

£16.24 (€19.47 | $21.46 | ¥3,427)

Wells: Clare, Son and Co, 1932 2nd edition. 8vo. 163pp, colour frontis, 19 full-page text illustrations. Original printed pictorial grey card wraps, chipped and repaired d/w.

The Chiltern Hundreds.

FOSTER, Albert J. · 1897 · John Turton

£18.56 (€22.25 | $24.52 | ¥3,917)

London: J S Virtue & Co, 1897. 8vo. 220pp, [4]pp publisher's adverts, frontis, full-page text map, 14 text illustrations. Original green cloth gilt, bevelled edges, teg o/w uncut. Extremes very lightly rubbed.

A Short History of Warwickshire and Birmingham.

BIRD, Vivian. · 1977 · John Turton

£11.60 (€13.91 | $15.33 | ¥2,448)

London: B T Batsford, 1977. 8vo.176pp, 8 double-sided plates, full-page text map. Original maroon cloth gilt, te coloured, d/w.

Church and Society in Eighteenth-Century Devon.

WARNE, Arthur. · 1969 · John Turton

£13.92 (€16.69 | $18.39 | ¥2,938)

Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1969. 8vo. 184pp, 2 double-sided plates, text plan. Original red cloth gilt, glassine-protected rubbed d/w.

The Book of the Thames, from its rise to its fall.

HALL, S. C., Mr. and Mrs. · 1976 · John Turton

£17.40 (€20.86 | $22.99 | ¥3,672)

London; Charlotte James Publishers, 1976 2nd new edition [1859]. 8vo. [ii], xi[v], 516[4]pp, text illustrations. Original decorated green cloth gilt, coloured eps. * Signed by Editor on preface leaf.

Industry and Planning in Stepney: a report ... Stepney Reconstruction Group.

MUNBY, D. L. · 1951 · John Turton

£23.20 (€27.81 | $30.66 | ¥4,896)

London: OUP, 1951. 8vo. xiv[ii], 466pp, folding map frontis, text maps (some double-page), folding colour map at rear, text tables.. Original maroon cloth gilt, chipped and slightly soiled d/w. Front board fore-edge slightly faded; eps partly browned.

Border Tales, and Legends of the Cheviots and the Lammermuir.

MAXWELL, H. W. · 1852 · John Turton

£40.60 (€48.67 | $53.65 | ¥8,568)

London: Richard Bentley, 1852. 8vo. vi, 193pp, text illustrations. Contemporary half maroon calf gilt, calf gilt spine label, marbled sides. Extremes rubbed with wear; gilt to spine label faded; light text age-browning. * NLS hold 'Hill Side and Border Sketches with Legends of...

Before We Part. Articles reprinted from The Fleur-de-Lys.

SPEAKMAN, Wilfred. · 1930 · John Turton

£13.92 (€16.69 | $18.39 | ¥2,938)

Blackburn: The Standard press, 1930. 8vo. [vi], 41pp, portrait frontis. Original decorated blue cloth gilt, marbled eps. Spine darkened; extremes lightly rubbed.

History of the Borough of Bury and Neighbourhood, in the County of Lancaster.

BARTON, B. T. · 1874 · John Turton

£55.68 (€66.75 | $73.57 | ¥11,750)

Bury: Wardleworth, [1874.] 8vo. xi[i], 326pp, frontis and 12 further Rock & Co plates, tail-pieces. Modern quarter cloth with printed paper spine label, marbled sides, new eps, incorporating original ffep. Spotting to prelims, plates and associated leaves.

The Coronation of Their Majesties King George VI & Queen Elizabeth. An account of the arrangements and procedure in Westminster Hall, Friday 7 May 1937 on the occasion of the luncheon of the Empire Parliamentary Association ...

CORONATION 1937. · 1937 · John Turton

£34.80 (€41.72 | $45.98 | ¥7,344)

Cambridge University Press, [1937] limited edition of 1000 copies. 4to. Unpaginated, gravure plates with tissue-guards, printed in red, blue and black. Contemporary decorated full red morocco gilt, teg. Staining and slight wear to board edges; eps very lightly spotted.

Sketch of the Tower of London, as a Fortress, a Prison, and a Palace. Also a guide to the Armories. Beautifully Illustrated from photographs by Mr A Harman.

Anon. · 1885 · John Turton

£11.60 (€13.91 | $15.33 | ¥2,448)

London: S A Roberts & Co, No date (c1885?). [vi], 46 pp, numerous plates & text illustrations, folding frontis plan. Modern paper boards with printed paper label to front board. 18 cm x 12 cm. Contents lightly age browned.

Les Insectes. 'Tableau de la Nature ... La Vie et Les Moeurs des Animaux.'

FIGUIER, Louis. · 1869 · John Turton

£48.72 (€58.41 | $64.38 | ¥10,281)

Paris: L Hachette et Cie, 1869 2nd edition. Large 8vo. [iv]580pp, 24 plates with spotted tissue-guards, 592 text illustrations. Contemporary full red calf gilt, raised bands, decorated compartments, inner dentelles, marbled eps, aeg, integral silk place-marker. Extremes rubbe...