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The German occuption of Jersey. A complete diary of events from June 1940 to June 1945.

SINEL, L. P. (Compiler). · 1946 · John Turton

£58.00 (€69.53 | $76.64 | ¥12,240)

Jersey, Channel Islands: "The Evening Post," [September]1946 revised illustrated edition. 8vo. 318pp including frontis, suites of plates. Original green cloth gilt. Lightly rubbed with slight wear to spine head; a couple of isolated small white spots to cloth. The first illustr…

Memoirs of the life of the Rev. John Williams, missionary to Polynesia.

PROUT, Ebenezer. · 1843 · John Turton

£41.76 (€50.06 | $55.18 | ¥8,813)

London: John Snow, 1843. 8vo. viii, 618pp, frontis, further engraved plates. Contemporary half calf, re-backed with original worn spine laid down, raised bands, decorated compartments, 2 black calf gilt spine labels, marbled sides, endpapers and leaf-edges. Matching marbled rein…

Fascist India.

LACEY, Patrick. · 1946 · John Turton

£11.60 (€13.91 | $15.33 | ¥2,448)

London: Nicholson & Watson, [1946] first edition. 8vo. 150pp. Original mauve cloth, endpaper maps. Spine faded. Previous owner's ink-stamp to title.

Speech ... in the House of Commons, June 13, 1809, on Lord Erskine's bill for the more effectual prevention of cruelty towards animals.

WINDHAM, W. · 1810 · John Turton

£63.80 (€76.49 | $84.30 | ¥13,464)

London: printed for J Budd, 1810 first separate edition. 8vo in fours. 34pp. Modern marbled paper wraps, stab-sewn, printed paper label to front wrap. Light occasional spotting and browning. A precursor to the Act of 1822.

The Story of the Settle-Carlisle Line: being an account of the conception, construction and operation of a main-line railway over the Pennine hills.

HOUGHTON, Frederick W.; W. Hubert FOSTER. · 1948 · John Turton

£29.00 (€34.77 | $38.32 | ¥6,120)

Bradford: Norman Arch Publications, [1948] 1st edition. 8vo. 113[1]pp,, frontis, double-sided plates, folding map and folding section tipped in at rear. Original green cloth backed printed paper boards, glassine-protected lightly rubbed d/w. Relevant newspaper cutting loosely i…

The hills & vale of Cleveland, and other poems.

MILLIGAN, James. · 1879 · John Turton

£32.48 (€38.94 | $42.92 | ¥6,854)

Middlesborough: "Gazette" Steam Printing & Publishing Offices, 1879 2nd edition. 8vo. [8], 77pp, frontis, tail-pieces. Original decorated green cloth gilt, aeg. Very good copy. Extended from the first edition.

Studies in Hegelian cosmology.

McTAGGART, John McTaggart Ellis. · 1901 · John Turton

£30.16 (€36.16 | $39.85 | ¥6,365)

Cambridge: University Press, 1901 1st edition. 8vo. 292pp. Original green cloth gilt. Fine copy.

Studies in the Hegelian dialect.

McTAGGART, John McTaggart Ellis. · 1896 · John Turton

£23.20 (€27.81 | $30.66 | ¥4,896)

Cambridge: University Press, 1896 1st edition. 8vo. 259pp. Original green cloth gilt. Fine copy.

Descartes's rules for the direction of the mind. Reconstructed from notes taken by his pupils; edited by Errol E. Harris; foreword by Sir David Ross.

JOACHIM, Harold H. · 1957 · John Turton

£13.92 (€16.69 | $18.39 | ¥2,938)

London: George Allen & Unwin, [1957] 1st edition. 8vo. 122pp. Original grey cloth, d/w D/w spine a little browned otherwise a fine copy.

Some place-names of the East Riding of Yorkshire

HOLDERNESS, Thomas. · 1881 · John Turton

£17.40 (€20.86 | $22.99 | ¥3,672)

Driffield : 'Driffield Observer' Office, 1881 1st edition. 8vo. 32pp. Original printed paper wraps, sewn. Wraps slightly chipped and soiled; unsightly old tape repair to spine.

An enquiry into the design of the Christian sabbath, and the manner in which it should be observed, to answer its important end.

SYMONS, Jelinger, (1748-1810), B.D., Rector of Whitburn, Durham, from 1791 to his death. · 1784 · John Turton

£87.00 (€104.30 | $114.96 | ¥18,360)

London: printed for C. Dilly, in the Poultry, 1784 2nd edition. Small 8vo with the half-title present. [4], 128pp. Near contemporary full tree-calf gilt, red calf gilt spine label, sprinkled leaf-edges. Binding lightly rubbed with slight wear to extremes. ESTC: Gu, LIp, E; NNUT…

Calumny refuted: or, An answer to the personal slanders published by Dr. Richard Newton, in his letter to Dr. Holmes, vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford, &c. In which also, the conduct of the Lord Bishop of Exeter, and of the Society of Exeter-College, in relation to Hart-Hall, is vindicated.

CONYBEARE, John, Bishop of Bristol. · 1735 · John Turton

£40.60 (€48.67 | $53.65 | ¥8,568)

London: printed for J.J. and P. Knapton, W. Innys, in Ludgate-Street; T. Longman, in Pater-Noster Row; S. Birt, in Ave-Mary Lane; and S. Willmot, at Oxford, 1735 2nd edition [1735]. 8vo. [4], 134pp, head and tail-pieces, decorated capitals. Disbound from a disparate collection. …

A methodical treatise, concerning bills of exchange. Wherein is an account of the rise and progress of exchange; the nature and kinds of it explained; the prevailing custom of merchants, illustrated and confirm'd from civil law, the authority of lawyers and writers, ancient and modern, forein statutes, and sentences of courts, acts of Parliament, and decisions of the Lords of Session; and all curious and useful cases, questions and controversies touching bills fairly stated and discuss'd, according to the analogy of the Scots Law. By William Forbes advocat.

FORBES, William. · 1703 · John Turton

£261.00 (€312.90 | $344.88 | ¥55,079)

Edinburgh: printed by the heirs and successors of Andrew Anderson ... : and are to be sold at John Vallange's shop ... , 1703. 16cm. [xii], 178[2]pp. Contemporary blind-stamped calf, raised bands. Binding rubbed and worn - split to bottom compartment of spine; title margins brow…

Pharais: a romance of the Isles 'The Regent Library Series.'

MACLEOD, Fiona. · 1894 · John Turton

£127.60 (€152.97 | $168.61 | ¥26,927)

Derby: printed by Harper and Murray, 1894. 15cm. x[ii], 171[1]pp, prelims printed in red and black. Original decorated green cloth gilt, uncut. Extremes rubbed; free endpapers browned. First edition of the first work by Fiona Macleod, 'alter ego' of William Sharp. COPAC shows no…

Ars notariatus: or, the art and office of a notary-public, as the same is practised in Scotland. In two parts. I. Giving an Account of the Rise and Institution of the Office, and ancient and present State thereof. II. Containing Notorial Instruments of all kinds. To which is added, by way of conclusion, an advice to notaries, touching the right discharging of their office.

1762 · John Turton

£278.40 (€333.75 | $367.87 | ¥58,751)

Edinburgh: printed by A. Donaldson and J. Reid. For Alex. Donaldson, [1762] 2nd edition. 17cm. xv[i], 344pp, head-piece. Contemporary full sprinkled calf gilt, raised bands. Calf rubbed and worn; lacks spine label. First edition 1740; later editions of 1777 and 1792. All edition…

Francis Quarle's emblems and hieroglyphicks of the life of man, modernized. In Four Books. Embellished with near an 100 beautiful emblematical Cuts.

QUARLES, Francis. · 1766 · John Turton

£278.40 (€333.75 | $367.87 | ¥58,751)

London: printed for J. Cooke, at the Shakespear's-Head in Pater-Noster-Row, [1766?] 12mo in sixes. 191[1]pp including frontis, text illustrations. Contemporary sprinkled-calf with modern matching re-back. Occasional light spotting and soiling; a few marginal tears; some leaves w…

Middlesbrough and its Jubilee: a history of the iron and steel industries, with biographies of pioneers.

REID, H. G. (Editor). · 1881 · John Turton

£87.00 (€104.30 | $114.96 | ¥18,360)

Middlesbrough-on-Tees: "The Gazette" Printing and Publishing Offices, 1881 1st edition. 8vo. xi[ii], 283[1]pp, frontis, 22 plates (one multifolding), head and tail-pieces, decorated capitals, text tables. Original highly decorated brown cloth gilt, bevelled edges. Extremes very …

Notes and sketches of New South Wales, during a residence in the colony from 1839 to 1844.

MEREDITH, Charles, Mrs., 1812-1895. · 1844 · John Turton

£81.20 (€97.35 | $107.29 | ¥17,136)

London: John Murray, 1844 1st edition. Small 8vo. xi[i], 164pp. Contemporary blue cloth gilt, spine lettered direct, yellow enpapers Spine lightly sun-faded; fine engraved heraldic book-plate to front paste-down.

English Seals. [The Antiquary's Books].

Bloom, J Harvey. · 1906 · John Turton

£23.20 (€27.81 | $30.66 | ¥4,896)

London: Methuen & Co, 1906 1st edn. xv[i], 274 pp, numerous plates & text sketches. Original blindstamped red cloth gilt. 23 cm x 15 cm. Spine slightly discoloured, rubbing to extremes, contents lightly age browned with some random light foxing.

Topographia or the printers' instructor. Including an account of the origin of Printing, with biographical notices of the printers of England, from Caxton to the close of the sixteenth century; a series of ... alphabets, etc. (2 Vols)

JOHNSON, John. · 1966 · John Turton

£34.80 (€41.72 | $45.98 | ¥7,344)

London: Gregg Press Ltd., 1966 reprint of the 1824 1st edition. Oblong 8vo. Unpaginated, occasional text illustrations. Original red cloth gilt. Spines lightly faded. Part of Printers' Manuals, series 3.