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Notes on the birds of Northamptonshire and neighbourhood. (2 Vols). Illustrated by Messrs. A. Thorburn and G. E. Lodge

POWYS, Thomas Littleton, (Baron Lilford). · 1895 · John Turton

£98.60 (€118.20 | $130.29 | ¥20,808)

London: R. H. Porter, 1895 1st edition. 8vo. xvi, 352pp; viii, 315[1]pp; plates, text illustrations, linen backed multi-folding map. Original patterned green cloth gilt, teg. Minor staining to rear board of Vol. 1; small closed tear to spine of Vol.2 repaired; minor fading to bo…

The diaries of William Brewis of Mitford. 1833-1850.

FOSTER, Joan; Dr. Michael Smith (Transcribers). KRISTENSEN, Hilary (Editor). · 2007 · John Turton

£11.60 (€13.91 | $15.33 | ¥2,448)

Hexham: Wagtail Press, 2007, 1st edition. 21cm. 116pp, text illustrations. Original colour printed pictorial card wraps. As new.

The Court guide and Royal blue book of Scotland. A fashionable record, professional register, and general survey.

SCOTLAND. · 1905 · John Turton

£55.68 (€66.75 | $73.57 | ¥11,750)

London: Charles William Deacon, 1905, 1st edition. 8vo. vi[ii], 18-999pp, multi-folding coloured map frontis, large section of announcements/adverts to rear. Original red textured cloth gilt, aeg, marbled eps. Text age-browned to margins. Superb adverts section.

The island of Mull: its history, scenes and legends. An interesting guide to the island.

MAC CORMICK, John. · 1923 · John Turton

£25.52 (€30.59 | $33.72 | ¥5,385)

Glasgow: Alex Maclaren & Sons, 1923 1st edition. 19 cm. viii, 216 pp, illustrations, map frontis, number of contemporary captioned photographs laid on to card and tipped in throughout. Original green cloth gilt, plates pasted to boards. Eps age-browned; spine slightly faded.

A historical description of the Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Christ, Canterbury. Containing an account of its antiquities, and of its accidents and improvements since the first establishment.

BURNBY, John. · 1772 · John Turton

£208.80 (€250.32 | $275.90 | ¥44,063)

Canterbury: T. Smith & Son, 1772 1st edition. 8vo. vi, 105 pp, copper plate frontis, errata list to final leaf verso. Contemporary speckled full calf gilt, raised bands, coloured leaf-edges. Lacks spine label; some age-browning to margins; minor wear to spine and joints. * Altho…

The Sheffield dialect.

BYWATER, Abel. · 1854 · John Turton

£58.00 (€69.53 | $76.64 | ¥12,240)

London: William Evans and Co.; Halifax: Milner and Sowerby; Sheffield: Rogers and Fowler, 1854 2nd edition. 15 cm. 295 [4] pp. A reprint of the 1838 1st edition with nothing added. Skeat p131 '...selected prices, partially in the dialect with many changes and refinements of prev…

The pronouncing expositor; or, a new spelling-book; ... To which is added an appendix ...

HORNSEY, John. · 1856 · John Turton

£32.48 (€38.94 | $42.92 | ¥6,854)

London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1856 new edition. Tall 12mo. vi, 174pp, 12pp publisher's list dated 1857, bound in at rear. Original blind-stamped green grained-cloth, paste down endpaper adverts. Occasional very light spotting. A fine example of Victorian cl…

The Flora and Vegetation of County Durham. Watsonian Vice-County 66.

GRAHAM, G. Gordon. · 1988 · John Turton

£41.76 (€50.06 | $55.18 | ¥8,813)

Durham: The Durham Flora Committee and the Durham County Conservation Trust, 1988 1st edition. 4to. vi, 526pp, text maps, text tables. Original grey cloth lettered in silver, ep maps, glassine-protected d/w. * With the author's signed presentation inscription to title-page.

Quaker Meeting Houses of the Lake Counties.

BUTLER, David M. · 1978 · John Turton

£27.84 (€33.38 | $36.79 | ¥5,875)

Friends Historical Society 1978. 1st Edn. xiii, 168 pp, map frontis, text illustrations, plates. Original red cloth gilt, d/w, 24.5 cm x 19.5 cm.

The Cease of Majesty. A Study of Shakespeare's History Plays.

REESE, M.M. · 1961 · John Turton

£11.60 (€13.91 | $15.33 | ¥2,448)

London: Edward Arnold Ltd. 1961. 1st Edn. ix, 350 pp, top edge coloured. Original green cloth gilt, d/w, 22 cm x 15 cm. Ex library with minimal evidence.

A Commentary on St. Paul's Epistle to the Galatians. Based on lectures delivered by Martin Luther at the University of Wittenberg in the year 1531.

LUTHER, Martin · 1953 · John Turton

£11.60 (€13.91 | $15.33 | ¥2,448)

London: James Clarke & Co., Ltd. 1953. 1st Edn. vi, 567 pp. Original red cloth gilt, d/w, 22.5 cm x 15.5 cm. Pages and leaf edges foxed, spine to d/w discoloured.

Pit-Yacker.

HITCHIN, George. · 1962 · John Turton

£34.80 (€41.72 | $45.98 | ¥7,344)

London; Jonathan Cape, 1962 1st edition. 8vo. 192pp. Original mauve cloth gilt, glassine-protected lightly rubbed non-price-clipped d/w.

Traditions of Lancashire (4 Vols.). [First and Second Series.]

ROBY, J. · 1830 · John Turton

£208.80 (€250.32 | $275.90 | ¥44,063)

London; Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1830 (First Series 2nd edition); 1831 (Second Series 1st edition). 8vo. Various paginations; additional engraved pictorial title-pages to the First Series volumes; steel engraved plates with tissue-guards, wood-cut text illustration…

The Birth and Growth of the Grand Lodge of England 1717 - 1926.

DAYNES, Gilbert W. · 1926 · John Turton

£17.40 (€20.86 | $22.99 | ¥3,672)

London: The Masonic Record, Ltd. 1926. 1st Edn. 187[v] pp, portrait frontis, plates, 8 pp masonic adverts to rear. Original blue cloth, navy lettering, 19 cm x 13.5 cm.

The Beginnings of Freemasonry in America. Containing a reference to all that is known of Freemasonry in the Western Hemisphere prior to 1750, and short sketches of the lives of some of the Provincial Grand Masters.

JOHNSON, Melvin M. · 1924 · John Turton

£18.56 (€22.25 | $24.52 | ¥3,917)

Washington: The Masonic Service Association of The United States. 1924. 1st Edn. 410 pp, plates, text illustrations, folding plates. Original blue cloth gilt, gilt emblem to front board, 22 cm x 15 cm.

Notes on the district of Menteith. For tourists and others.

CUNNINGHAME GRAHAM, R. B. · 1895 · John Turton

£29.00 (€34.77 | $38.32 | ¥6,120)

London: Adam and Charles Black, Oct 1895 1st reprint. ix[iii], 85[iii] pp, folding coloured map frontis, plates. Original green cloth gilt, original card wraps bound in.18cm x 12.5cm. Eps browned.

Checkers.

MITCHELL, David A. · 1919 · John Turton

£11.60 (€13.91 | $15.33 | ¥2,448)

Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Company. 1919, 1st Edn. 183[vii] pp, portrait frontis. Original green cloth, white lettering and black decorative design to boards and spine,15 cm x 12 cm. Minor loss of colour to spine tips, lettering and black decorative design, rear board war…

Sturges' Guide to the Game of Draughts. With critical situations.

KEAR, J.A. · 1895 · John Turton

£32.48 (€38.94 | $42.92 | ¥6,854)

London: George Bell & Sons 1895, 1st Edn. xxx, 240 pp. Original green cloth gilt, decorative black checkerboard to front board, 19cm x 13 cm. Corners curled, endpapers age browned, loss to part of rear free endpaper.

Wanderings in Wensleydale.

HARDCASTLE, George. · 1854 · John Turton

£39.44 (€47.28 | $52.11 | ¥8,323)

Sunderland: H A Cave, N.D. 3rd edition reprint. 8vo. [ii], 31pp, tail-piece. Original printed grey paper wraps in purpose-made plain-card slip-case. Neat re-spine in matching plain paper; wraps soiled, partly browned and very slightly chipped; very light spotting to first and la…

An essay on the revenues of the Church of England.

COVE, Morgan. · 1797 · John Turton

£185.60 (€222.50 | $245.24 | ¥39,167)

London: printed for T. Cadell, jun. and W. Davies, ... , 1797 2nd edition. 8vo. 390pp, tail-piece. Original quarter-style paper boards, uncut. Extremes rubbed with slight wear. Cornwall County Record Office copy with oblong ink-stamp to fep and white inscription to spine. From t…