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Out of the Crucible. Being the romantic story of the Witwatersrand Goldfields; and of the great city which arose in their midst.

CHILVERS, Hedley A. · 1929 · John Turton

£29.00 (€34.77 | $38.32 | ¥6,120)

London, Toronto, Melbourne & Sydney: Cassell & Co Ltd, 1929 1st reprint. xiii[i], 273[1]pp including index, 16 plates drawn by William M. Timlin. Original brown cloth gilt, uncut & partly unopened. Lacks ffep, general age browning & occasional random foxing.

South. Aspects and images from Corsica, Italy and Southern France.

SANSOM, William. · 1948 · John Turton

£11.60 (€13.91 | $15.33 | ¥2,448)

London: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, 1948 1st edition. 198[2]pp. Original cloth gilt, uncut, repaired d/w. General age browning,

Kai Lung's Golden Hours.

BRAMAH, Ernest. · 1923 · John Turton

£71.92 (€86.22 | $95.03 | ¥15,177)

New York: George H. Doran, 1923 1st American edition. Preface by Hilaire Belloc. xiii[iii], 17-333[1]pp. Original pictorial paper backed bds, ptd paper sp label, uncut and partly unopened, repaired d/w. General age browning.

Kate Greenway.

SPIELMANN, H; G. S. LAYARD. · 1905 · John Turton

£87.00 (€104.30 | $114.96 | ¥18,360)

London: A and C Black, December 1905 reprint of the October 1905 edition. xix[i], 300[2]pp, [10]pp publisher's catalogue, numerous coloured and b/w plates, woodcut text ills. Original decorated cloth gilt, teg o/w uncut. Spine and part of rear board faded, minor wear to spine ti…

Mont Blanc: an anthology.

ENGEL, Claire Elaine (Compiler). · 1965 · John Turton

£18.56 (€22.25 | $24.52 | ¥3,917)

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, [1965] 1st English edition. 8vo. 232pp, plates. Original blue cloth, repaired d/w.

Scientific Lectures.

LUBBOCK, John, Sir. · 1879 · John Turton

£23.20 (€27.81 | $30.66 | ¥4,896)

London: Macmillan and Co, 1879 1st. x, [ii], 187pp, 30pp publisher's list, coloured frontis, text ills. Original black cloth gilt, uncut. Minor spotting throughout text and to leaf edges. * Ants & insects etc.

The Lone Swallows and other essays on boyhood and youth. Illustrated by C. F. Tunnicliffe.

WILLIAMSON, Henry. · 1933 · John Turton

£34.80 (€41.72 | $45.98 | ¥7,344)

London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1933] 1st illustrated edition. xiv, 242pp, plates, woodcut text ills. Original green cloth gilt. Free eps stained, lacks d/w.

The water-cure: stomach complaints and drug diseases, their causes, consequences, and cure by water, air, exercise, and diet. With an engraving of Napoleon in the second stage of cancer of the stomach. To which is appended two letters to Dr. Hastings of Worcester, on the results of the water-cure at Malvern. [And] Two letters to Dr. Hastings, of Worcester, ... on the results of the water-cure at Malvern, &c.

WILSON, James. · 1843 · John Turton

£110.20 (€132.11 | $145.61 | ¥23,255)

London: J. Churchill, 1843 2nd edition. 8vo. xv[1], 82pp, frontis; 130pp. Modern marbled boards, printed paper spine label, new endpapers. Various staining and browning throughout; school library ink-stamp to both title pages; two preface leaves misbound; possibly lacks an init…

An answer to the Scotch Presbyterian eloquence. In three parts. I. Being a catalogue of the cruel and bloody laws made by the Scots Prelatists against the Presbyterians; with instances of their numerous murders and other barbarities beyond the extent of those laws; with reflections throughout, demonstrating the lenity of their Majesties government against the Scots Prelatists and clery -- II. Laying open the self-contradictions, impudent lies, horrible blasphemies, and disloyalty of the obscene, scurrilous pamphlet called the Scotch Presbyterian eloquence -- III. Being a collection of their ridiculous expressions in sermons, and instances of the vitious lives of their bishops and clergy.

[RIDPATH, George.] · 1789 · John Turton

£63.80 (€76.49 | $84.30 | ¥13,464)

London: printed for the booksellers, 1789. 12mo in sixes. viii, 111[1]pp. Original blue-paper boards. Scattered spotting to text. Otherwise an exceptional copy in original boards. First edition published in 1693.

The butterflies and moths of Teneriffe. Edited by Rashleigh Holt White. Illustrated from the author's drawings.

HOLT WHITE, A. E. · 1894 · John Turton

£139.20 (€166.88 | $183.93 | ¥29,375)

London: L Reeve & Co, 1894 1st edition. Square 8vo. xii, 107[1]pp, 4 colour plates with guards. Original decorated green cloth gilt, patterned endpapers. Cloth lightly rubbed and soiled; slight 'ripples' to front board cloth; half-title badly browned; light foxing to plates. Wit…

The treasures of the deep: or, A descriptive account of the great fisheries and their products.

1876 · John Turton

£34.80 (€41.72 | $45.98 | ¥7,344)

London; Edinburgh; New York: T. Nelson and Sons, 1876 1st edition. 8vo. 510pp, plates within the pagination, text illustrations (some full-page). Original decorated red cloth gilt, bevelled edges. Binding lightly rubbed and soiled; occasional spotting to text.

The Northamptonshire Regiment, 1914-1918. Compiled under the direction of the Regimental History Committee.

REGIMENTAL HISTORY. · 1932 · John Turton

£98.60 (€118.20 | $130.29 | ¥20,808)

Aldershot: Gale & Polden, [1932]. 8vo. [10], 366pp, folding colour map in rear pocket. Original navy grained-cloth gilt, marbled endpapers. Extremes lightly rubbed; scattered light stains to boards; half title and title very lightly spotted. Date from preface. This is the 1st ed…

Reminiscences of the Lews, or, Twenty years' wild sport in the Hebrides. By "Sixty-One." With portrait of the author and illustrations.

[HUTCHINSON, George Henry Hely.] · 1875 · John Turton

£197.20 (€236.41 | $260.57 | ¥41,615)

London: Bickers & Son, Leicester Square, 1875 3rd edition. 8vo. vii[i], 272pp, frontis, plate. Contemporary half calf gilt, raised bands, olive calf gilt spine label, matching grained-cloth sides, sprinkled leaf edges. Light spotting to prelims and last leaves; very slight crea…

The Northern muse: an anthology of Scots vernacular poetry.

BUCHAN, John. · 1924 · John Turton

£18.56 (€22.25 | $24.52 | ¥3,917)

London, Edinburgh & New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons, [October 1924 1st impression]. 8vo. xxxii, 547[1]pp. Contemporary good unsigned three-quarter navy morocco gilt, raised bands, spine lettered direct, matching cloth sides, marbled endpapers, teg, silk place marker. Fine copy.

Report of the cause between Charles Sturt, , plaintiff, and the Marquis of Blandford, defendant, for criminal conversation with the Right Hon. Lady Mary Ann Sturt, tried in the Court of King's Bench, Westminster, on Wednesday, the 27th May 1801, before Lord Kenyon, and a special jury. With an appendix ... a preface, and notes.

STURT, Charles. · 1801 · John Turton

£110.20 (€132.11 | $145.61 | ¥23,255)

London: printed for J. Ridgway [by S. Gosnell]. 1801 third edition. 21cm. large 8vo in fours, xxiii[1], 149[3]pp. Disbound. General text age-browning, some irrelevant pencillings; final leaf loosening. Printer statement from title page verso. Advertisements on pages [xxiv] and […

The Land of the Broads. A practical and illustrated guide to the extensive but little-known District of the Broads of Norfolk and Suffolk...

SUFFLING, Ernest R. · 1892 · John Turton

£25.52 (€30.59 | $33.72 | ¥5,385)

Stratford, Essex: Benjamin Perry, [1892] 2nd edition (1st illustrated edition), 8vo. vi, 322pp including index, [8]pp adverts, multi-folding colour map, plates, text illustrations. Original pictorial colour-printed green cloth gilt, floral endpapers. Light soiling to front board…

The other six deadly sins: an address given to the Public Morality Council at Caxton Hall, Westminster, on October 23rd, 1941.

SAYERS, Dorothy L. · 1943 · John Turton

£29.00 (€34.77 | $38.32 | ¥6,120)

London: Methuen & Co, [1943] 1st edition. 19cm. 31[1]pp - last 3 pages author's works. Original printed embossed paper wraps, stapled. Wraps very lightly soiled; previous owner's inked initials and date? to front wrap upper margin.

Ezra Pound and Music: the complete criticism.

SCHAFER, R. Murray (Editor). · 1978 · John Turton

£16.24 (€19.47 | $21.46 | ¥3,427)

London: Faber and Faber, 1978 1st English edition. 8vo. xiii[i], 530pp, portrait frontis, double-sided full page text illustrations. Original brown cloth lettered in green, very slightly chipped d/w. Circular blindstamp of previous owner to ffep, underlinings and marginal pencil…

The Genesis of Ezra Pound's Cantos.

BUSH, Ronald. · 1976 · John Turton

£16.24 (€19.47 | $21.46 | ¥3,427)

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1976 1st edition. 8vo. xv[i], 327[1]pp. Original cream cloth lettered in silver, d/w. Very faint evidence of damp to upper gutter margin of first few leaves.

Drake's road book of the Grand Junction Railway from Birmingham to Liverpool, and Manchester, illustrated by an accurate map, and numerous engravings: to which is appended The Visitor's Guide to Birmingham, Liverpool, and Manchester: to which is appended the visiter's (sic) guide to Birmingham, Liverpool and Manchester.

DRAKE, James, Publisher. · 1838 · John Turton

£156.60 (€187.74 | $206.93 | ¥33,047)

London: Longman & Co., Simpkin & Marshall, [1838] 2nd edition. 8vo. vi[2], 147pp, engraved frontis with browned tissue-guard, 8 further engraved plates with guards, hand-coloured folding map, folding regulations chart. Original decorated blind-stamped green grained-cloth gilt, p…