John Turton

Rokeby; a poem.

SCOTT, Walter. · 1813

£46.40 (€55.62 | $61.30 | ¥9,789)

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

ARTHUR, Thomas. · 1875

£53.36 (€63.96 | $70.50 | ¥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 | $15.33 | ¥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 | $27.59 | ¥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 | $84.29 | ¥13,460)

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 (€47.28 | $52.11 | ¥8,321)

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.

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

CHAPMAN, William, 1749-1832. · 1832

£324.80 (€389.32 | $429.11 | ¥68,523)

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...

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.

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.

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

1915

£34.80 (€41.71 | $45.98 | ¥7,342)

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 | $58.24 | ¥9,300)

[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 ...

Complete guide to Berwick-upon-Tweed and its picturesque neighbourhood.

BATTY, George L.; Philip SPOWART. · 1907

£37.12 (€44.49 | $49.04 | ¥7,831)

Berwick: Martin's Printing Works [for the compilers], [1907] 18cm. 85[1]pp, adverts, multi-folding map, frontis, text illustrations. Original printed pictorial glazed-paper wraps, stapled. Staples rusted but holding firm Near fine copy of a scarce guide. COPAC: BL.

The Roman walls : Les murs romains entre l'E´cosse & l'Agleterre

MARIETTE, Edouard. · 1906

£23.20 (€27.81 | $30.65 | ¥4,894)

Paris: Bonvalot-Jouve, 1906. 25cm. [2], 39[1]pp, plate. Original printed wraps, sewn. Chipped front wrap detached; sewing weak. Presentation copy from the author. E[ric] B[irley] initials to front wrap.

Official programme of the local celebrations on the occasion of the coronation of their majesties King George V. and Queen Mary, 22nd June, 1911.

CITY OF NOTTINGHAM. · 1911

£18.56 (€22.25 | $24.52 | ¥3,916)

[Nottingham: Derry and sons,] 1911. 24cm. 158[1]pp, multi-folding plan at rear. Original decorated colour printed pink card wraps, stapled. Fine condition. With a fine plan of Nottingham Forest football ground (41.66 feet to one inch) by T Forman and Sons.

A history of Langley (the long clearing in the wood). A history of the village of Langley in the Parish of Sutton near Macclesfield in the County of Chester.

DAWSON, Cyril H. · 1976

£16.24 (€19.47 | $21.46 | ¥3,426)

N.P., [1976] 26cm. [viii], 143[1]pp typescript, text illustrations. Original spiral bound pictorial blue card wraps. Author's signature to title page. A 4th edition published in 1989.

Dedication of churches in Northumberland. [Read before the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, on the 27th day of September, 1911.] [Overprint from the Proceedings (3 ser., v, pp. 117-124).]

HODGSON, J. C.

£32.48 (€38.93 | $42.91 | ¥6,852)

23cm. 8pp, blanks bound in at rear, additional notes, letters etc. Contemporary red cloth gilt, calf gilt spine label. Signed binding by Birdsall. Fine provenance.

The Roman fort at Piercebridge, County Durham.

WOOLER, Edward. · 1917

£48.72 (€58.40 | $64.37 | ¥10,278)

Frome and London: printed by Butler & Tanner, 1917. 8vo. [ii], 190pp, plates, plans. Ex-library later quarter calf gilt, patterned cloth sides. Spine browned; text uniformly browned - acidification of poor quality paper. Ex-reference library with usual evidence. The writer wa...

The railways of Weardale.

ROUNTHWAITE, T. E. · 1965

£18.56 (€22.25 | $24.52 | ¥3,916)

[London]: The Railway Correspondence and Travel Society, 1965. 20cm. ii, 37[1]pp printed in double columns, suite of 6 double-sided plates, maps at rear. Original printed pictorial card wraps, stapled. Slight damp marking to front wrap fore-edge.

The story of the 6th battalion, the Durham Light Infantry: France, April 1915-November 1918.

AINSWORTH, Ralph Bignell. · 1919

£75.40 (€90.38 | $99.61 | ¥15,907)

London : The St. Catherine Press, 1919. 22cm. 59[1]pp. Original brown cloth lettered in black. Spine tips lightly rubbed. One of the scarcest DLI histories.