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The Spanish Gypsy.

ELIOT, George. · 1848 · John Turton

£87.00 (€104.28 | $114.94 | ¥18,354)

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1848 3rd edition. 8vo. [viii], 382pp. Original blue cloth gilt, bevelled edges, brown eps, uncut/mainly unopened. Extremes very lightly rubbed; small isolated white stain to front board. * 'Louisa Gladstone from Ida and J R Gla...

Sussex. 'The 20s. Series.'

BALL, Wilfred (Illustrator). · 1913 · John Turton

£44.08 (€52.84 | $58.24 | ¥9,300)

London: Adam and Charles Black, July 1913 reprint. 4to. ix[i], 197[1]pp, [8]pp publisher's list, 75 colour plates with printed tissue-guards, folding map, title-page printed in red and black. Original decorated colour-printed blue cloth gilt, teg. Extremes very lightly rubbed ...

Rambles by Patricius Walker.

[ALLINGHAM, William.] · 1873 · John Turton

£78.88 (€94.55 | $104.21 | ¥16,641)

London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1873. 8vo. xi[i], 345pp, title-page vignette. Later green buckram gilt, sprinkled leaf-edges, reinforcement strips to ep gutter-margins. Ex-reference library with following evidence: Dewey numbers in gilt to spine tail; book-plate to fpdep; bli...

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

ROWLING, J. K. · 2000 · John Turton

£39.44 (€47.28 | $52.11 | ¥8,321)

[London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2000 1st edition.] 8vo. 636pp, ht & title-page devices. Original pictorial paper-covered boards, glassine-protected d/w.

Bonny Editha Copplestone. A novel.

[WALDY, Frances Helen.] · 1886 · John Turton

£51.04 (€61.18 | $67.43 | ¥10,768)

Scarborough: E T W Dennis, Bar Library. London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co, 1886 author's edition. 8vo. [viii], 297[1]pp, head-piece, 8pp unrecorded critique by Rosa Kettle preceding the main work, 6pp press notices of " She Reigns Alone" at rear. Original blue cloth lettered and ...

Old Inns.

ALDIN, Cecil. · 1925 · John Turton

£41.76 (€50.06 | $55.17 | ¥8,810)

London: William Heinemann, January 1925 new impression [1921]. 4to. viii, 149pp, 16 colour plates with printed tissue-guards, text illustrations. Original black cloth gilt, te coloured. Re-backed with original spine laid down; lettering to spine well faded; cloth lightly spott...

Picturae Loquentes. Reprinted from the editions of 1631 and 1635.

SALTONSTALL, Wye. · 1946 · John Turton

£11.60 (€13.90 | $15.33 | ¥2,447)

Oxford: printed for the Luttrell Society by Basil Blackwell, 1946. "Luttrell Reprints No. 1." 8vo. xv[i], ix[i], 78[2]pp, head and tail-pieces. Original printed card wraps. Wraps lightly rubbed and soiled with slight crease to front wrap.

A Little Book of Songs and Ballads, gathered from ancient musick books, MS. and printed.

RIMBAULT, E. F. · 1851 · John Turton

£74.24 (€88.99 | $98.08 | ¥15,662)

London: printed for John Russell Smith, 1851. 8vo. xi[i], 227[1]pp, 12pp publisher's catalogue at rear, decorated title-page and dedication leaf printed in red and black, head and tail-pieces. Modern quarter diced-calf, red calf gilt spine label, marbled sides and eps, teg.

Robert Burns and the 18th-century revival in Scottish vernacular poetry.

ANGUS-BUTTERWORTH, L. M. · 1969 · John Turton

£13.92 (€16.69 | $18.39 | ¥2,937)

Aberdeen: University Press, 1969. 8vo. ix[i], 309pp, colour portrait frontis, 3 plates. Original blue cloth gilt, glassine-protected lightly rubbed d/w.

The Royal Society of Literature of the United Kingdom. A brief account of its origin and progress.

BRABROOK, Edward W. · 1891 · John Turton

£20.88 (€25.03 | $27.59 | ¥4,405)

London: Harrison and Sons, 1891. 8vo. 106pp. Original decorated red cloth gilt, yellow eps. Extremes lightly rubbed; spine a little darkened; title-page and last page lightly browned.

An Edinburgh Eleven. pencil portraits from college life. '"British Weekly" Extras, No. III.'

BARRIE, J. M. · 1889 · John Turton

£27.84 (€33.37 | $36.78 | ¥5,873)

London: Office of the "British Weekly," 1889. 8vo. 115pp, [4]pp publisher's adverts at rear. Original decorated pink cloth gilt, uncut. Cloth lightly soiled; eps unevenly browned; isolated soiling to a few margins. * Barrie's third book.

The Eloping Angels: a caprice.

WATSON, William. · 1893 · John Turton

£20.88 (€25.03 | $27.59 | ¥4,405)

London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane, 1893. Small square 4to. [vi], 29[3]pp, 7[1]pp publisher's list. original decorated black cloth gilt, teg o/w uncut. Binding lightly rubbed; hinge-papers cracked but holding firm; lacking feps?

Feeding the Mind. With a prefatory note by William H. Draper.

CARROLL, Lewis. · 1907 · John Turton

£18.56 (€22.25 | $24.52 | ¥3,916)

London: Chatto & Windus, 1907. 8vo in fours. 28[2]pp, title-page printed in red and black. Publisher's remainder cloth-backed printed front card wrap. Wraps very slightly browned and soiled.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. ... illustrated ... by Harry Rountree.

CARROLL, Lewis. · 0 · John Turton

£25.52 (€30.59 | $33.72 | ¥5,384)

[Glasgow]: The Children's Press, N.D. 4to. 135pp, colour frontis, title-page vignette, 7 colour plates, text illustrations. Original quarter orange cloth lettered in black, pictorial colour-printed boards. Spine a little sun-faded; board corners rubbed with slight wear.

Friends at Thrush Green. Illustrations by John S. Goodall.

READ, Miss. · 1990 · John Turton

£11.60 (€13.90 | $15.33 | ¥2,447)

London: Michael Joseph, 1990. 8vo. [x], 244pp, title-page vignette, text illustrations. Original red cloth gilt, pictorial eps, d/w.

The Carlyles' Chelsea Home, being some account of No. 5, Cheyne Row.

BLUNT, Reginald. · 1895 · John Turton

£41.76 (€50.06 | $55.17 | ¥8,810)

London; George Bell and Sons, 1895. 4to. xvi, 98pp, [2]pp publisher's advert, gravure portrait frontis with tissue-guard, plates, plans, facsimile inserts, text illustrations. Original vellum-gilt-backed pictorial boards. Extremes rubbed with wear to board corners; vellum soiled.

The Dome: a quarterly containing examples of all the arts [No. 3].

HIROSHIGE. · 1897 · John Turton

£23.20 (€27.81 | $30.65 | ¥4,894)

London: The Unicorn Press, 1897. 8vo. 91pp, [9]pp publisher's adverts, colour and b/w plates, prelims printed in red and black. Original printed paper boards, pictorial eps printed in red, uncut. Extremes rubbed with wear; binding lightly soiled. * Contains two colour Hiroshig...

The Living Hedge. With wood-engravings by Reynolds Stone.

PAUL, Leslie. · 1946 · John Turton

£13.92 (€16.69 | $18.39 | ¥2,937)

London: Faber and Faber, 1946. 8vo. 180pp, title-page vignette, 5 plates. Original green cloth gilt, chipped and partly browned d/w.

Mystery in the Windflower Wood.

KLICKMANN, Flora; H. M. BROCK (Illustrator). · 1932 · John Turton

£16.24 (€19.47 | $21.46 | ¥3,426)

London and New York: G P Putnam's Sons, October 1932. Large 8vo. v[i], 117[1]pp, colour frontis, title-page vignette, text illustrations. Original green cloth lettered in yellow, ep pictorial plans. Extremes lightly rubbed; spine a little faded and spotted; feps browned; very ...

The History of Samuel Titmarsh and The Great Hoggarty Diamond.

THACKERAY, William Makepeace; Hugh THOMSON (Illustrator). · 1902 · John Turton

£16.24 (€19.47 | $21.46 | ¥3,426)

London: Wells Gardner, Darton & Co, 1902. 8vo. xv[i], 200[2]pp, [6]pp publisher's list, frontis, plates, text illustrations. Original decorated blue cloth gilt, black eps, teg o/w uncut. Extremes lightly rubbed; spine a little darkened.