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Retzsch's Outlines to Shakespeare. Second Series. Macbeth, ...

RETZSCH, Friedrich August Moritz. · 1833 · John Turton

£37.12 (€44.49 | $49.04 | ¥7,831)

Leipzig: Ernst Fleischer. London: sold by Bach and Co, 1833. 4to. [viii] including titles in English and German and engraved dedication leaf, xiv pp, table, frontis, 12 plates each with accompanying text leaf printed on rectos only. Original watered brown cloth with printed pape…

Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs Piozzi (Thrale) [2 Volumes]. Edited with notes and an introductory account of her life and writings by A Hayward Esq.

Hayward, A. · 1861 · John Turton

£127.60 (€152.95 | $168.58 | ¥26,920)

London: Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1861. [viii], 358 pp, engraved portrait frontis with tissue guard. [viii], 407[1] pp including index to rear, engraved frontis plate with tissue guard. Contemporary 3/4 brown calf gilt binding, raised bands, gilt ruled compartments, m…

Poems on Several Occasions. (2 Volumes). By the Late Matthew Prior Esq.

Prior, Matthew. · 1766 · John Turton

£116.00 (€139.04 | $153.25 | ¥24,472)

London: printed for J & R Tonson, W Johnston, T Caslon and G Robinson and J Roberts, 1766-1777. [xxii] pp including preface, postscript & dedication, 384 pp, [6] pages of contents, frontis plate. lxxii, 356 pp, frontis plus one other plate. [The 2nd volume is printed for W Strah…

Chatterton: A Story of the Year 1770.

Masson, David. · 1874 · John Turton

£32.48 (€38.93 | $42.91 | ¥6,852)

London: Macmillan & Co, 1874. viii, [3]-284 pp. Contemporary tan 1/2 calf binding with dark green calf gilt spine label, raised bands, marbled boards with matching leaf edges. Signed binding by Potter or York. 18.5 cm x 13.5 cm. Minor wear to spine head with minimal loss, minor …

The British Postage Stamp. Being the history of the Nineteenth Century postage stamps based on the collection presented to the Nation by Reginald M Phillips of Brighton.

Lowe, Robson. · 1968 · John Turton

£19.72 (€23.64 | $26.05 | ¥4,160)

London: The National Postal Museum, 1968. viii, 272 pp, profusely illustrated iwth coloured and black & white illustrations. Signed by the Author on title page. Original orange cloth with gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper. 25 cm x 19.5 cm. Dustwrapper soiled with some minor w…

Inhabitants of Birmingham, Edgbaston and Aston, possessing goods to the value of ten shillings and upwards in the year of 1327. ...

BICKLEY, W. B. (Compiler). · 1885 · John Turton

£18.56 (€22.25 | $24.52 | ¥3,916)

Birmingham: William Downing, 1885. Large 8vo. 19pp, tail-pieces. Later quarter style black and blue cloth gilt, uncut. Signed by the compiler on front blank.

Dog and Duck: a London calendar, et caetera.

MACHEN, Arthur. · 1924 · John Turton

£62.64 (€75.08 | $82.76 | ¥13,215)

London: Jonathan Cape, 1924 1st English edition limited to 900 copies - this signed 'Presentation.'. 8vo. 219pp. Original patterned paper boards, printed paper labels to spine and front board, te coloured o/w uncut. Extremes rubbed with chips to spine head and tail.

Exposition Internationale du Livre et des Arts Graphiques. Leipzig 1914. Cataloge Officiel de la Section Francaise.

BIBLIOGRAPHY. · 1914 · John Turton

£60.32 (€72.30 | $79.69 | ¥12,726)

Syndicat patronal des Impremeurs Typographes, 1914 limited edition of 100 copies printed on Japon Imperial. Small 4to. 298pp, 2 double-page plates, head and tail pieces, decorated capitals. Later full mottled calf gilt, black calf gilt spine label, inner dentelles, marbled eps, …

William Henry Fox Talbot: pioneer of photography and man of science.

ARNOLD, H. J. P. · 1977 · John Turton

£25.52 (€30.59 | $33.72 | ¥5,384)

London: Hutchinson Benham, 1977. 4to. 383pp, colour frontis, 24 double-sided plates (some in colour). Original cream cloth gilt, d/w. D/w spine lightly sun-faded * Author's signed presentation inscription to ffep.

Growing Up in Newcatle upon Tyne: a continuing study of health and illness in young children with their families.

MILLER, F. J. W.; S. D. M. COURT; W. S. WALTON; E. G. KNOX. · 1960 · John Turton

£16.24 (€19.47 | $21.46 | ¥3,426)

London: published by the OUP for the Nuffield Foundation, 1960. 8vo. xxi[i], 369pp, frontis, 5 plates, text figures and tables. Original green cloth gilt, rubbed and lightly chipped d/w. Presentation card signed by the co-authors sellotaped to fpdep, relevant clippings loosely i…

Frank Forester's Fish and Fishing of the United States, and British Provinces of North America.

HERBERT, Henry William. · 1849 · John Turton

£44.08 (€52.84 | $58.24 | ¥9,300)

London: Richard Bentley, 1849. 8vo. 455pp, 42 text illustrations. Modern green cloth gilt, sprinkled leaf-edges. Lacks ht; title, dedication and advertisement leaves enclosed in archival tape; staining to upper gutter-margin of title-page; linen reinforcement strips to title, de…

The Valley of Flowers.

SMYTHE, F. S. · 1938 · John Turton

£348.00 (€417.13 | $459.76 | ¥73,417)

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1938 signed limited edition 141/250. Large 8vo. xiii[i], 322pp, 16 coloured plates, 2 maps (one multifolding). Original white cloth gilt, teg o/w uncut and unopened. Cloth lightly soiled; tiny puncture to spine. Lacks the pack of seeds originally issu…

Romance of Psalter and Hymnal: authors and composers.

WALSH, R. E., Rev.; F. G. EDWARDS. · 1889 · John Turton

£17.40 (€20.86 | $22.99 | ¥3,671)

London; Hodder and Stoughton, 1889. 8vo. xii, 352pp, [4]pp publisher's list. Original decorated brown cloth gilt, uncut. Cloth lightly soiled; ht spotted. * Signed presentation inscription from R. E. Walsh on half-title.

Letters from North America and the Pacific, 1898. With a foreword by Leonard Woolf. [Edited by Pauline Dower].

TREVELYAN, Charles Philips. · 1969 · John Turton

£18.56 (€22.25 | $24.52 | ¥3,916)

London: Chatto and Windus, 1969. 8vo. xvi[ii], 238pp, 4 double-sided plates. Original red cloth gilt, glassine-protected d/w. * Signed presentation inscription from the uncredited editor to ffep.

A Seasonable ADDRESS to the Inhabitants of Staffordshire, Especially to the Lower Sort of PEOPLE.

[SWAN, J., Physician at Newcastle under Line (sic) in Staffordshire]. · 1745 · John Turton

£1,914.00 (€2,294.23 | $2,528.66 | ¥403,795)

No printer or publisher, [1745]. Small 4to. 8pp, drop head title, printers ornament to final leaf verso (probably London rather than provincial). Disbound. Fold between first and last leaf professionally repaired. The 'seasonable address' ends on page 5 and is signed with a prin…

Elizabethan Wills of South-West Wessex.

EMMISON, F. G. · 1983 · John Turton

£20.88 (€25.03 | $27.59 | ¥4,405)

Waddesdon: The Kylin Press, 1983 signed limited edition number 150/400 copies. 8vo. xxii[ii], 199pp, text illustrations. Original brown cloth gilt, plate onlaid to front board.

The Nut Brown Maid, and other Dales stories. Thirteen famous stories from the Yorkshire Dales. Illustrated by Geoffrey Cowton.

SPEAKMAN, Colin. · 1986 · John Turton

£11.60 (€13.90 | $15.33 | ¥2,447)

Stanningley, Pudsey: Allanwood Books, 1986. 8vo. 163pp, full-page text illustrations (four in colour). Original brown cloth gilt, d/w. * Author and Illustrator's signed presentation inscription to tp.

Life and Campaigns of the Duke of Wellington.

COOKE, Alfred H. · 1849 · John Turton

£16.24 (€19.47 | $21.46 | ¥3,426)

Nottingham: printed at the Journal Office, 1849. 12mo in sixes. 82pp, title-page device. Later half roan gilt, marbled boards. Lacks the 5 portraits called for on dedication leaf, title and first few leaves badly age-browned.

Life of Lord Kitchener (3 Vols).

ARTHUR, George, Sir. · 1920 · John Turton

£34.80 (€41.71 | $45.98 | ¥7,342)

London; MacMillan and Co, 1920. 8vo. Various paginations, gravure portrait frontis with browned and torn (vol 1) tissue-guard to each volume, plates, maps, colour folding map. Original blue cloth gilt, uncut. Stain to front board of volume 3, some spotting to frontises. Author's…

Scots Ballads, Godlie and Ungodlie.

RICHARD the Rhymer, pseud. [i.e. Herbert Reid.] · 1941 · John Turton

£13.92 (€16.69 | $18.39 | ¥2,937)

Glasgow: printed for private circulation by Aird and Coghill, 1941. 8vo. xi[i], 243pp, frontis. Original decorated green cloth gilt. Cloth unevenly sun-faded, small light stain to rear board. Author's signed presentation inscription to fpdep.