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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.

The Ballad of Beau Brocade, and other poems of the XVIII century.

DOBSON, Austin; Hugh THOMSON (Illustrator). · 1892 · John Turton

£17.40 (€20.86 | $22.99 | ¥3,671)

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co, 1892. 8vo. xiii[iii], 89[1]pp, frontis with tissue-guard, plates, text illustrations. Original highly decorated green cloth gilt, green eps, aeg. Extremes very slightly rubbed; spine a little darkened.

The Story of Rosina, and other verses.

DOBSON, Austin; Hugh THOMSON (Illustrator). · 1895 · John Turton

£17.40 (€20.86 | $22.99 | ¥3,671)

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co, 1895. 8vo. xiii[iii], 120pp, frontis with browned tissue-guard, plates, text illustrations. Original highly decorated maroon cloth gilt, bevelled edges, teg. Spine moderately sun-faded; extremes rubbed with light wear; feps browned.

Useful and Instructive Poetry. With an introduction by Derek Hudson.

CARROLL, Lewis. · 1954 · John Turton

£20.88 (€25.03 | $27.59 | ¥4,405)

London: Geoffrey Bles, 1954. 8vo. 45pp, frontis, 7 plates (one double-sided). Original pictorial colour-printed paper-covered boards gilt, glassine and paper d/w. Glassine incomplete.

The James Reeves Story Book.

ARDIZZONE, Edward (Illustrator). · 1978 · John Turton

£16.24 (€19.47 | $21.46 | ¥3,426)

London: Books for Children, 1978. 8vo. 207[1]pp, title-page vignette, text illustrations. Original tan cloth lettered in black, glassine-protected d/w. D/w very lightly rubbed, chipped and soiled.

My First Horse.

SASSON, Siegfried; Lionel EDWARDS, et al. · 1947 · John Turton

£20.88 (€25.03 | $27.59 | ¥4,405)

London: Peter Lunn, 1947. Small oblong 4to. 80pp, colour frontis, text illustrations. Original decorated grey cloth gilt, pictorial eps. Spine very lightly sun-faded; cloth very slightly soiled; two very light vertical creases to title-page.

Poetry of the Magyars, preceded by a sketch of the language and literature of Hungary and Transylvania.

BOWRING, John. · 1830 · John Turton

£92.80 (€111.24 | $122.60 | ¥19,578)

London: printed for the Author, and sold by Robert Heward, et al, 1830. 8vo. lxxxiii[i], 312[2]pp including subscribers list. Contemporary half calf, marbled sides, with later matching re-back with original red calf gilt spine label laid down and later eps. Extremes slightly r...

Five Hundred Charades, from history, geography, and biography.

[WAKEFIELD, Eliza.] · 1837 · John Turton

£20.88 (€25.03 | $27.59 | ¥4,405)

London: John W Parker, 1837 new revised and corrected edition. Small 8vo. 128pp, [8]pp publisher's list. Original blindstamped red cloth gilt. Cloth badly faded and stained; extremes rubbed with slight wear. * Crisp and bright internally.

Henry Fielding His Works: an independent criticism.

GREEN, Emanuel. · 1909 · John Turton

£11.60 (€13.90 | $15.33 | ¥2,447)

London: Harrison & Sons, 1909. 8vo. 33pp. Original printed green card wraps. Edges of wraps browning.

The Ballad Book. Edited by George Ritchie Kinloch and revised by Edmund Goldsmid ...

BIBLIOTHECA CURIOSA. · 1885 · John Turton

£23.20 (€27.81 | $30.65 | ¥4,894)

Edinburgh: privately printed by E & G Goldsmid, 1885 limited edition of 75 L.P. copies. 8vo. [iv,] 56pp, head and tail piece, ht and title-page printed in red and black. Disbound, teg o/w uncut. Ht and last page very lightly soiled.

Osé, or, The Alpine Flower.

0 · John Turton

£13.92 (€16.69 | $18.39 | ¥2,937)

London: Frederick Warne and Co, N.D. Small 8vo. [iv], 187pp, frontis with tissue-guard, plate, head-piece, decorated capitals. Original highly decorated red cloth gilt, yellow eps. Extremes lightly rubbed; spine sun-faded; scattered stains to rear board; ht browned with neatl...

A Burst of Feeling; dedicated to Messrs. Soap and Lard, Lather and Grease Agents, Notts., by their much obliged and very dutiful servant ...

BOSH. · 1859 · John Turton

£23.20 (€27.81 | $30.65 | ¥4,894)

Nottingham: N.P., November 1859. Small 8vo. 8pp. Disbound. Light soiling to first and last pages; small closed tear to gutter-margin throughout.

Hare Goes Shopping. Pictures by Margaret Tempest.

UTTLEY, Alison. · 1969 · John Turton

£13.92 (€16.69 | $18.39 | ¥2,937)

London: Collins, 1969 2nd impression [1965.] Small square 8vo. 63[1]pp, title-page vignette, colour full-page text illustrations, printed in blue throughout. Original pictorial colour printed paper-covered boards, pictorial eps printed in red, chipped, rubbed and very lightly ...

Themes and Variations.

WILSON, James Glenny, Mrs. · 1889 · John Turton

£18.56 (€22.25 | $24.52 | ¥3,916)

London and Sydney: Griffith Farran Okeden & Welsh, 1889. Small 8vo. viii, 88pp. Original pale blue cloth gilt, bevelled edges, black eps, uncut. Extremes lightly rubbed; spine very slightly browned.

Wordsworth's Pocket Notebook ... with commentary.

HEALEY, George Harris (Editor). · 1942 · John Turton

£16.24 (€19.47 | $21.46 | ¥3,426)

Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1942. 8vo. [x], 106pp, frontis. Original blind-stamped brown cloth lettered in black. * Editor's printed card loosely inserted.

Wordsworth and the Coleridges, with other other memories literary and political.

YARNALL, Ellis. · 1909 · John Turton

£11.60 (€13.90 | $15.33 | ¥2,447)

New York: The Macmillan Co, 1909 1st reprint [1899.] 8vo. ix[i], 331[1]pp, [2]pp publisher's adverts. Original green cloth gilt, teg. Extremes very lightly rubbed; front hinge-paper cracked but holding firm.

Wordsworth's Prelude: a study of its literary form.

POTTS, Abbie Findlay. · 1953 · John Turton

£17.40 (€20.86 | $22.99 | ¥3,671)

Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1953. 8vo. xii[ii], 392pp. Original blue cloth gilt. Feps browned.

Specimens of the Early English Poets.

[ELLIS, George (Editor).] · 1790 · John Turton

£98.60 (€118.19 | $130.26 | ¥20,802)

London: printed for Edwards by T Rickaby, 1790. 8vo. v[iii], 323pp. Original rose paper sides re-backed with modern paper, printed paper spine label. Boards rubbed and worn; light oval ink-stamp 'HL' to foot of title-page.

An Essay on the Writings and Genius of Shakespear, compared with the Greek and French dramatic poets. With some remarks upon the misrepresentations of Mons. de Voltaire.

MONTAGU, Elizabeth, Mrs. · 1777 · John Turton

£75.40 (€90.38 | $99.61 | ¥15,907)

London: printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, 1777. 8vo. [iv], 316pp. Contemporary sprinkled calf with old re-back, printed paper spine label. Board corners rubbed with slight wear; eps partly browned. * The first edition of this work to contain the 'Three Dialogues of the Dead.'

Poems of Wordsworth.

ARNOLD, Matthew (Editor). · 1879 · John Turton

£98.60 (€118.19 | $130.26 | ¥20,802)

London: macmillan and Co, 1879 limited edition of 750 large paper copies. 8vo. xxxi[i], 319[1]pp, engraved portrait laid down to title-page. Publisher's? full green crushed morocco gilt, raised bands, decorated compartments, decorated boards, aeg. Spine slightly rubbed with li...