John Turton

Rokeby; a poem.

SCOTT, Walter. · 1813

£46.40 (€55.62 | $61.30 | ¥9,788)

Edinburgh: printed for John Ballantyne and Co; and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London, 1813 4th edition. 21cm. [x], 413[1]pp. Full calf gilt, raised bands, spine lettered direct, marbled endpapers, sprinkled leaf edges. Slight rubbing to spine tail; occasional light...

The history of Penrith, from the earliest period to the present time.

WALKER, John 1786-1873. · 1860

£69.60 (€83.43 | $91.95 | ¥14,683)

Penrith: Hodgson, printer, [1860?] second edition. 18cm. [4], 180pp., [9] leaves of plates (1 folded). Original blindstamped boards re-backed with original spine laid down and with new endpapers. The scarcer second edition.

The merchant's polyglot manual in nine languages: English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Danish and Norwegian, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, chiefly extracted from the tariffs of all nations.

MICHELSEN, E. H. (Compiler/Editor). · 1860

£39.44 (€47.27 | $52.10 | ¥8,320)

London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860. 21cm. 336[2]pp. Original cloth gilt, rebacked with original spine laid down. Gutter margin to half title partly torn. Ex-reference library with minimal evidence.

The life of Grace Darling, the heroine of the Farne Isles.

ARTHUR, Thomas. · 1875

£53.36 (€63.96 | $70.49 | ¥11,257)

London: Adam & Co, [1875]. 16cm. [4], 124pp, additional litho title, portrait frontis and 4 other litho plates. Original highly decorated grained cloth gilt, bevelled edges, aeg - re-cased using original endpapers. Extremes rubbed with light wear An RTS edition was published ...

Rhymes of a Weardale lad. [Illustrations by George Morgan]

LISTER, George Leslie. · 1969

£11.60 (€13.90 | $15.32 | ¥2,447)

Durham: printed for the author by G. Bailes & Sons, [1969]. 21cm. 32pp, double-sided plates (some colour) within the pagination. Original colour printed pictorial glazed card wraps, sewn. Rear wrap very lightly soiled.

My Lady Andros. A Wharfedale romance.

[DAWSON, M. L.] · 1910

£20.88 (€25.03 | $27.58 | ¥4,405)

[Frome: printed at St. Aldhem's Press, c. 1910.] 18cm. 14pp. Original decorated printed card wraps, stapled. Wrap edges browned; staples rusted but holding firm. DISCOVER: BL.

Ulgham: its story. Printed in aid of the funds for rebuilding Ulgham church.

[WOODMAN, William.] · 1861

£63.80 (€76.47 | $84.28 | ¥13,459)

Newcastle: M. and M. W. Lambert, 1861. 20cm. [iv], 40pp, frontis. Original Roxburgh style binding - black calf gilt backed maroon boards, teg. Extremes rubbed with wear; endpaper borders browned. The Cresswell copy with his bookplate to front paste-down.

Around Settle. A holiday book, being a descriptive and discursive account of one of the most interesting districts of Northern England.

PRITT, Thomas Evan. · 1888

£39.44 (€47.27 | $52.10 | ¥8,320)

Settle: Craven Printing & Stationery Company, 1888. 16cm. [vi], 88[16]pp, with seven illustrations by the Meisenbach process. Original printed grey card wraps. Near fine copy.

Specification of the patent granted to Samuel Seaward, ... for certain improvements in the construction of steam-engines ...

SEAWARD, Samuel. · 1835

£55.68 (€66.74 | $73.56 | ¥11,746)

London: printed by J S Hodson, 1835. 21cm. 8pp, frontis. Modern plain card wraps, printed paper label to front wrap. Frontis and title page lightly spotted.

Scottish Sports and how to excel in them. A handbook for beginners ... With many illustrations.

MILLER, John James. · 1908

£46.40 (€55.62 | $61.30 | ¥9,788)

Dundee: John Leng & Co, [1908]. 18cm. 136pp, text illustrations and adverts. Original pictorial printed red paper wraps. Wraps rubbed with slight wear to head and tail; remains of sticker to front wrap,

Report on the rise, progress, present state and projected extension of the harbour of Seaham.

CHAPMAN, William, 1749-1832. · 1832

£324.80 (€389.32 | $429.08 | ¥68,519)

Newcastle: printed by Charles Henry Cook, and sold by the booksellers of Newcastle, Sunderland, Shields, Durham, and Stockton, 1832. 20cm. 11[1]pp, 2 plans (one folding, one multi-folding). Modern blue-paper wraps. Very light isolated spotting to title page and plates. Chapman...

The Mulbuie murder. Life and trial of John Adam at Inverness Circuit Court on September 1835, for the murder of his wife, Jane Brechin ...

1888

£127.60 (€152.95 | $168.57 | ¥26,918)

Inverness: John Noble, 1888. 22cm. [iv], 51pp. Original blue paper printed wraps. Wraps lightly spotted and chipped. John Adam was an army deserter and a bigamist. He was tried and convicted of the murder of his wife and was the last person to be hanged publicly in Inverness. ...

My life as I have lived it. Autobiography of Thomas Todd of Middleton in Teesdale. Compiled by George Reginald Parkin.

TODD, Thomas. · 1935

£41.76 (€50.06 | $55.17 | ¥8,810)

Leeds: privately printed for Thos Todd, 1935. 8vo. [iv], 137[1]pp, portrait frontis. Original blue grained cloth, printed paper label to front board. Very slight 'ripples' to cloth. Collection of tales, reminiscences and anecdotes relating to Teesdale.

Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Penrith.

LEECH, W. H. B. · 1932

£13.92 (€16.69 | $18.39 | ¥2,937)

[Penrith: R Scott, printers, 1932.] 22cm. 36pp. Original printed blue paper wraps, stapled. Not in DISCOVER.

The last days of Sawley and Whalley Abbeys, 1536-1539.

McNULTY, J. B. · 1920

£13.92 (€16.69 | $18.39 | ¥2,937)

[Clitheroe: Clitheroe Advertiser & Times Co, 1920.] 21cm. 23[1]pp. Original colour printed decorated card wraps, stapled. Wraps very lightly soiled. A scarce pamphlet written by the headmaster of S.S. Michael and John's School, Clitheroe. DISCOVER: Lancaster U.

The story of Carr's biscuits.

1949

£18.56 (€22.25 | $24.52 | ¥3,915)

[Carlisle: printed and published by Carr & Co,] N.D. (c.1949) 25cm. [22]pp, text illustrations. Original ring-bound decorated colour printed stiff-card wraps. Wraps lightly soiled. Title from cover; publishing details from colophon. Not in DISCOVER.

A short history of the Whitehaven & West Cumberland Infirmary. 1783-1915.

1915

£34.80 (€41.71 | $45.97 | ¥7,341)

Whitehaven: printed by W H Moss & Sons, 1915. 23cm. [64]pp, text illustrations. Original decorated printed embossed card wraps, stab sewn with cord. Wraps lightly spotted. Not in DISCOVER.

Mural decoration of the frieze in the boardroom of the Tyne Improvement Commission. Unveiled by Sir Martin Conway, M.P. Friday, 18th November, 1927.

JOWSEY, J. Wilson (1884-1963), painted by. · 1927

£44.08 (€52.84 | $58.23 | ¥9,299)

[Newcastle upon Tyne: Andrew Reid and Co,] 1927. 25cm. 21[3]pp, nine plates tipped in with printed caption beneath. Original decorated grey card wraps, stab sewn with decorative grey cord. Jowsey was born in Ashington (see Marshall Hall for details). Description of panels by ...

A guide from Glasgow, to some of the most remarkable scenes in the Highlands of Scotland, and to the falls of the Clyde.

M'NAYR, James. · 1797

£208.80 (€250.28 | $275.84 | ¥44,048)

Glasgow: printed in the Courier Office, 1797. 8vo. 249[1]pp, 6pp contents at rear. Modern full calf gilt, contemporary red calf gilt spine label, marbled endpapers. Prelims lightly spotted and browned; occasional light spotting to text generally. Mitchell 234; included among...

The Featherstones and Halls: gleanings from old family letters and manuscripts.

IRWIN, Margaret. · 1890

£23.20 (€27.81 | $30.65 | ¥4,894)

Leominster: Orphans' Printing Press, [1890]. 17cm. vi, 99[1]pp, folding table at rear. Original red cloth gilt. Cloth very lightly soiled and stained; spine faded. With the terminal pedigree heavily annotated. Couple of relevant MS. items loosely inserted.