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Rudiments of reason; or, the young experimental philosopher: being a series of family conferences; in which the causes and effects of the various phenomena that nature daily exhibits, are rationally and familiarly explained. Vol. II.

[JONES, Stephen.] · 1793 · John Turton

£87.00 (€104.28 | $114.94 | ¥18,354)

London: printed for E. Newbery, 1793. 12mo. [2], 186pp, text table. Original vellum-backed marbled boards. Binding rubbed with wear to boards. Volume II only. The three volume set is held at BL, CUL and Oxford. Contributions by 'Sir Thomas Howard' and 'Lady Caroline', among ot...

The Lousiad: an heroi-comic poem. Canto I.

PINDAR, Peter. · 1786 · John Turton

£41.76 (€50.06 | $55.17 | ¥8,810)

London: printed for G. Kearsley; and W. Forster, 1786 4th edition with considerable additions. 26cm. 39[1]pp, plate. Modern quarter calf, spine lettered direct, marbled sides. Occasional very light spotting and browning. ESTC: T8456.

The other six deadly sins: an address given to the Public Morality Council at Caxton Hall, Westminster, on October 23rd, 1941.

SAYERS, Dorothy L. · 1943 · John Turton

£29.00 (€34.76 | $38.31 | ¥6,118)

London: Methuen & Co, [1943] 1st edition. 19cm. 31[1]pp - last 3 pages author's works. Original printed embossed paper wraps, stapled. Wraps very lightly soiled; previous owner's inked initials and date? to front wrap upper margin.

The peasant and the prince.

MARTINEAU, Harriet. · 1841 · John Turton

£32.48 (€38.93 | $42.91 | ¥6,852)

London: Charles Knight & Co, 1841. 14cm. . Contemporary full navy calf gilt, raised bands, decorated compartments, red calf gilt spine label, marbled endpapers and leaf-edges. Calf very lightly rubbed; three pin holes to title not affecting text; oval ink-stamp to title. Part ...

A geographical companion, to Mrs. Trimmer's scripture, antient and English abridged histories, with prints. Calculated to render the study of history more interesting to children, and to serve as an easy introduction to the knowledge of the earth. In three parts. ... .

1811 · John Turton

£41.76 (€50.06 | $55.17 | ¥8,810)

London: printed for J. Harris, corner of St. Paul's Churchyard, Darton and Co. Gracechurch-street, B. Crosby, Stationer's Court, 1811 new revised and corrected edition. 17cm. xvi, 125[3]pp, 8 hand coloured folding maps. Original unlettered quarter calf gilt, marbled boards. B...

In Keswick vale, and other lyrics. With an introduction by H.J.D. Astley.

McCURRY, Samuel S. · 1907 · John Turton

£11.60 (€13.90 | $15.33 | ¥2,447)

London: Morgan and Scott, 1907. 18cm. 115[1]pp, printed in red and black. Original green grained-cloth gilt, uncut. Scattered tiny light satins to cloth; ex-reference library with minimal evidence.

Selections from original contributions by James Thomson to "Cope's Tobacco Plant."

THOMSON, James. · 1889 · John Turton

£13.92 (€16.69 | $18.39 | ¥2,937)

Liverpool: at the office of "Cope's Tobacco Plant.", 1889. 8vo. 64pp, adverts, tissue-guards loosely inserted. Original pictorial colour-printed grey card wraps, sewn. Wraps lightly rubbed.

The Dipsy Chanty: and other selected poems by Rudyard Kipling.

[HUBBARD, Elbert (Editor).] · 1898 · John Turton

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.63 | ¥12,236)

East Aurora, N.Y.: Elbert Hubbard, 1898. 8vo. 90[2]pp, decorated capitals, printed in red and black. Original limp reversed-calf gilt, red silk on-lays to inner wraps. Text block loosened from binding. Binding may be a variant. Bookseller's old pencil note to front free endpap...

The Minster, January 1895. George Gissing contributes.; The Windsor Magazine, January 1895. Henry Seton Merriman;Guy Boothby; Pall Mall Gazette, May 1893. A G Swinburne, I Zangwill.; The Newbery House Magazine, July 1889. 'A monthly magazine for clergy and laity.'; The New Review, June 1880. Henry James.

A collection of five Volume 1 no. 1 magazines, all in original wrappers: · 0 · John Turton

£104.40 (€125.14 | $137.93 | ¥22,025)

Various pagings, profusely illustrated. Contemporary half cloth, 'Magazines First Numbers' in gilt to spine, mabled sides; original printed wraps bound-in. Cloth lightly rubbed and faded.

In the jungle. (Untearable linen). Father Tuck's "Useful Knowledge" series [No. 5613.]

0 · John Turton

£52.20 (€62.57 | $68.96 | ¥11,013)

London ; Paris; New York: Raphael Tuck & Sons, N.D. 23cm. [12]pp, 4coloured litho full-page illustrations, further text illustrations. Original pictorial colour printed glazed-card wraps, stapled. Contents detached from card wraps. Publishing details from covers. A similar tit...

Pharais: a romance of the Isles 'The Regent Library Series.'

MACLEOD, Fiona. · 1894 · John Turton

£127.60 (€152.95 | $168.58 | ¥26,920)

Derby: printed by Harper and Murray, 1894. 15cm. x[ii], 171[1]pp, prelims printed in red and black. Original decorated green cloth gilt, uncut. Extremes rubbed; free endpapers browned. First edition of the first work by Fiona Macleod, 'alter ego' of William Sharp. COPAC shows ...

On Roman camps in the neighbourhood of Ripon.

HESLINGTON, T. C. · 1867 · John Turton

£32.48 (€38.93 | $42.91 | ¥6,852)

Ripon: printed by Johnson and Co., Market-Place, 1867. 8vo. [ii], 22pp, 5 litho plates at rear. Disbound. Stitching almost gone; light spotting and soiling to title-page; inked amendments to a few pages; crude pencil marks and sketches to plate and contents leaf versos.

The buccaneer's parrot. Illustrated by Glossop. [With a jig-saw puzzle.]

COURAGE, John, pseud. [i.e. Richard Goyne.] · 1933 · John Turton

£46.40 (€55.62 | $61.30 | ¥9,789)

London: Puzzle Books, [1933]. Large 8vo. 126pp, frontis, title-page vignette, jig-saw in purpose-made rear pocket. Original red-cloth-backed pictorial colour boards. Binding lightly rubbed and soiled; closed tear to rear envelope. COPAC: NLS, Trinity College, Dublin.

Honour & Arms: tales from Froissart. Illutrated by Gordon Browne.

MACLEOD, Mary (Editor). · 1910 · John Turton

£17.40 (€20.86 | $22.99 | ¥3,671)

London: Wells Gardner, Darton & Co, [1910]. Small 8vo. vii[i], 136pp, colour frontis with tissue-guard, 2 further colour plates, 3 b/w plates. Original pictorial colour printed-paper boards. Extremes very lightly rubbed; enpapers browned.

Poems. [Comprising:] A traveller's thoughts; The victim; Sandal in the olden time; Henry Clifforde and Margaret Percy; Siege of Grenada; Emilia Monteiro; Strafford. A tragedy; Oliver Cromwell. A drama.

LEATHAM, William Henry. · 1843 · John Turton

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans; Wakefield: Illingworth and Hicks, 1843. 16cm. Various pagings. Contemporary half calf gilt, raised bands, decorated compartments, maroon calf gilt spine label, marbled sides, eps and leaf-edges, integral silk place-marker. Extremes ...

Chrononhotonthologos: the most tragical tragedy that ever was tragedized by any company of tragedians. As it is acted at the Theatres-Royal in Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden. [With] Namby-Pamby: or, a panegyric on the new versification.

CAREY, Harry. · 1787 · John Turton

£40.60 (€48.67 | $53.64 | ¥8,565)

London: printed for and sold by W Oxlade, 1787. 15cm. 26pp, copper-engraved frontis included in the pagination, head and tail-pieces. Contemporary quarter plain calf, grey paper sides. Spine rubbed with light wear; front board 'ringed'; light text age-browning. * Namby-Pamby f...

The poetical works ...

CAMPBELL, Thomas. · 1838 · John Turton

£40.60 (€48.67 | $53.64 | ¥8,565)

London: Edward Moxon, 1838. 8vo. ix[iii], 306pp, [2]pp publisher's adverts, engraved frontis with tissue-guard, steel-engraved vignettes - mostly after Turner. Contemporary full calf gilt, raised bands, decorated compartments, maroon calf gilt spine label. Extremes rubbed with...

Les veillees du chateau, ou cours de morale a l'usage des enfans (4 Vols).

GENLIS, Stephanie Felicite, comtesse de, 1746-1830. · 1784 · John Turton

£145.00 (€173.81 | $191.57 | ¥30,590)

Geneva: Libraires Associes, 1784. 12mo in sixes. Various pagings. Contemporary full calf gilt, red calf gilt spine labels. Bindings rubbed with wear to spine tips. * A popular, and much reprinted, 18th century work for children.

The Adventures of Susannah. 'Dean's Grand Prize Sries No. 6'

HALL, Gladys (Illustrator); Nora PITT-TAYLOR (Text). · 0 · John Turton

£32.48 (€38.93 | $42.91 | ¥6,852)

London: Dean & Son, N.D. 4to. [24]pp including decorated title-page, tinted and colour-printed full-page text illustrations. Original red-linen-backed colour-printed pictorial glazed-boards. Binding rubbed and lightly soiled; occasional light soiling to margins.

The Boy's Own Annual. Volume XLV [1922-23].

1924 · John Turton

£23.20 (€27.81 | $30.65 | ¥4,894)

London: "Boy's Own Paper" Office, [1924]. 4to. [ii], 784pp, x pp index, folding colour frontis, 10 colour and tinted plates, text illustrations. Original variant pictorial colour-printed buff cloth, bevelled edges, colour-printed pictorial eps. Hinges taped; frontis lightly br...