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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...

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

1924 · John Turton

£29.00 (€34.76 | $38.31 | ¥6,118)

London: "Boy's Own Paper" Office, [1924]. 4to. [ii], 784pp, x pp index, folding colour frontis, 10 colour and tinted plates, text illustrations. Original pictorial colour-printed brown cloth, bevelled edges, colour-printed pictorial eps. Spine very slightly darkened; binding v...

The Boy's Own Annual. Volume Fifty. 1927-28.

POCKLINGTON, Geoffrey R. (Editor). · 1928 · John Turton

£32.48 (€38.93 | $42.91 | ¥6,852)

London: "Boy's Own Paper" Office, [1928]. 4to. [ii], 768pp, colour frontis, 9 colour and 2 gravure plates, text illustrations. Original pictorial colour-printed red cloth, bevelled edges, green patterned eps. Small nicks to spine head and lower joint. * Contains 'The Thingmen...

The Cease of Majesty. A Study of Shakespeare's History Plays.

REESE, M.M. · 1961 · John Turton

£11.60 (€13.90 | $15.33 | ¥2,447)

London: Edward Arnold Ltd. 1961. 1st Edn. ix, 350 pp, top edge coloured. Original green cloth gilt, d/w, 22 cm x 15 cm. Ex library with minimal evidence.

The dates of the history of England, in verse. By a lady.

1840 · John Turton

£29.00 (€34.76 | $38.31 | ¥6,118)

[Brighton: Curtis Bros. & Towner,] N.D. 13cm. [ii], 24pp. Sewn as issued. Lightly soiled; sewing weakening. * COPAC lists a copy printed by Daniel Bretherton [ Gloucester c. 1840]. This Brighton printing is probably more like 1870.

Quinland; or, varieties in American life (2 Vols. in 1).

[WIGHT, Orlando Williams.] · 1857 · John Turton

£55.68 (€66.74 | $73.56 | ¥11,747)

London: Richard Bentley, 1857. 8vo. viii, 336; iv, 340pp. Original blind-stamped black cloth gilt, uncut. Re-backed with incomplete original spine laid down; board extremes rubbed with wear; scattered small light stains to cloth; general text age-browning; soiling to prelims a...

Morsels for Merry and Melancholy Mortals.

1815 · John Turton

£32.48 (€38.93 | $42.91 | ¥6,852)

Ipswich: printed and sold by J Raw, 1815. Small 8vo. 144pp, colour aquatint frontis. Modern black cloth gilt, yellow eps, sprinkled leaf-edges. Title-page very slightly soiled; very light off-set from frontis to title-page; very occasional light spotting; upper part of leaf 67...

Early English poetry, ballads, and popular literature of the middle ages ... Vol. VI. [Containing:] Ancient poetical tracts of the sixteenth century: 1. The Doctrinall of good Servauntes. 2. The Boke of Mad Emlyn. 3. The New Nutbrowne Mayd. 4. The Complaynt of a dolorous Lover. 5. Loues leprosie; Cock Lorell's Bote; The Crown Garland of Golden Roses; Follie's Anatomy, By Henry Hutton. 1619; Poems by Sir Henry Wotton.

PERCY SOCIETY. · 1842 · John Turton

£52.20 (€62.57 | $68.96 | ¥11,013)

London: printed for the Percy Society by T Richards, 1842. 8vo. [iv], x[ii], 82pp, text illustrations; x[ii], 15[1]pp; x[ii], 84pp; vii[i], 70pp; viii, 22pp; series title-page printed in red and black. Modern quarter cloth, paper sides, printed paper spine label, teg o/w uncut...

Early English poetry, ballads, and popular literature of the middle ages ... Vol. V. [Containing:] Kind-Heart's Dream, by Henry Chettle, 1592; A Knight's Conjuring. By Thomas Dekker. 1607; A Meeting of Gallants at an ordinarie. 1604; The Two Angry Women of Abingdon, by H. Porter. 1599.

PERCY SOCIETY. · 1841 · John Turton

£63.80 (€76.47 | $84.29 | ¥13,460)

London: printed for the Percy Society by T Richards, 1841. 8vo. [ii], xvi, 88; xvi, 100; viii, 40; viii, 135pp; series title-page printed in red and black. Modern quarter cloth, paper sides, printed paper spine label, teg o/w uncut. Very light spotting to eps.

The Children's Voyage, or, A Trip in the Water Fairy. Illustrated with chromographs from the original in water-colours, By Edward Duncan ...

CUPPLES, George, Mrs. · 1873 · John Turton

£78.88 (€94.55 | $104.21 | ¥16,641)

London: Marcus Ward & Co, [1873.] Square 8vo. 126pp, [2]pp publisher's advert, 12 colour chromolithos laid down on printed leaves (within the pagination), head and tail-pieces, decorated capitals. Original highly-decorated pictorial brown cloth gilt, bevelled edges, brown eps,...

Arrows.

1895 · John Turton

£29.00 (€34.76 | $38.31 | ¥6,118)

London: printed in Bavaria for Castell Brothers, N.D. (c. 1895.) 7 x 5.50 cm. [12]pp colour-printed. Disbound, stab-sewn. Light soiling. * No record of this work found - from recorded items it seems that Castell Brothers specialised in shaped books in the late 1800's.

My Nursery Rhyme Book [and] My Nursery Tale Book (2 Works in 1 Volume). [Nister Publication Numbers 2289 & 2290.]

0 · John Turton

£46.40 (€55.62 | $61.30 | ¥9,789)

London: Nister & Co, N.D. 8vo. 127[1]; 127[1]pp; 8 colour litho plates, text illustrations. Original linen-backed pictorial colour-printed glazed-paper boards. Binding rubbed and soiled; occasional light, mainly to margins, soiling; margins throughout lightly age-browned.

A brief history of Samuel Williams; or, the advantages of early piety. A tale of truth, designed for the juvenile mind.

0 · John Turton

£30.16 (€36.15 | $39.85 | ¥6,363)

London: printed for Houlston and Co, N.D. new edition. 10 x 6.5 cm. 15pp including hand-coloured frontis, 4 text illustrations. Original printed mauve paper wraps, disbound from a larger collection. Very slight soiling to title-page. * A 'penny reward' book.

The Mountain of Health; or, the hour improved.

CAMERON, [Lucy Lyttleton], Mrs. · 1849 · John Turton

£23.20 (€27.81 | $30.65 | ¥4,894)

London: printed for Houlston and Co, 1849 new edition. 10 x 6.5 cm. 15pp including frontis, 4 text illustrations. Original printed paper wraps, disbound from a larger collection. Wraps lightly spotted and soiled. * A 'penny reward' book.

The Hidden Treasure.

SHERWOOD, Mrs. · 1847 · John Turton

£20.88 (€25.03 | $27.59 | ¥4,405)

London: printed for Houlston and Co, 1847 new edition. 10 x 6.5 cm. 15pp including frontis, 4 text illustrations. Original printed blue paper wraps, disbound from a larger collection. Wraps lightly soiled. * A 'penny reward' book.

The Nosegay of Honeysuckles.

CAMERON, [Lucy Lyttleton], Mrs. · 1850 · John Turton

£20.88 (€25.03 | $27.59 | ¥4,405)

London: printed for Houlston and Co, 1850 new edition. 10 x 6.5 cm. 15pp including frontis, 4 text illustrations. Original printed paper wraps, disbound from a larger collection. Wraps lightly soiled. * A 'penny reward' book.

The Little Negroes.

SHERWOOD, Mrs. · 1849 · John Turton

£81.20 (€97.33 | $107.28 | ¥17,131)

London: printed for Houlston and Co, 1849. 10 x 6.5 cm. 15pp including frontis depicting manacled children, 4 text illustrations. Original printed blue paper wraps, disbound from a larger collection. * A 'penny reward' book. ** Osborne p. 302.

Conquest and Self-Conquest: which makes the hero?

[McINTOSH, Maria Jane.] · 1844 · John Turton

£40.60 (€48.67 | $53.64 | ¥8,565)

London: Bruce & Wyld, 1844. 8vo. 65pp including 2pp publisher's advert, printed in double-columns. Original printed paper wraps, inner wrap publisher's lists, uncut. Wraps rubbed, chipped and soiled with contemporary inked copy of printed material to front wrap; occasional ver...

The Skipper's Daughters: an East Lothian tale of the smuggling days.

REID, J[ohn] P[ringle]. · 1896 · John Turton

£46.40 (€55.62 | $61.30 | ¥9,789)

Haddington: Wm. Sinclair, [1896.] 8vo. vi[i], 184pp printed in double-columns, [3]pp publisher's adverts. Later stiff-card wraps, printed paper spine label. Wraps spotted.

The Masked Venus: a story of many lands.

SAVAGE, Richard Henry. · 1893 · John Turton

£37.12 (€44.49 | $49.04 | ¥7,831)

London: George Routledge & Sons, 1893. 8vo. [ii],284pp, [2]pp publisher's adverts. Original pictorial colour-printed glazed boards 'yellowback', ep adverts. Extremes rubbed with slight wear. * A good survivor.