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Anecdotes of painting in England; with some account of the principal artists and incidental notes on other arts. Also a catalogue of engravers who have been born or resided in England . Collected by the late George Vertue; digested and published from his original mss. by Horace Walpole; with additions by the Rev. James Dallaway ... with additional notes by Ralph N. Wornum (3 Vols).

WALPOLE, Horace. · 1862 · John Turton

£104.40 (€125.14 | $137.93 | ¥22,025)

London: Henry G. Bohn, 1862 new revised edition. 8vo. Various paginations, plates (most with tissue-guards). Contemporary full calf gilt, raised bands, decorated compartments, calf gilt spine labels, marbled eps and leaf-edges. Gilt to spines a little faded; two of the green s...

Welbeck Abbey, May 22, 23, 24, 25, 1893.: (Christening of the Marquis of Titchfield, May 22, 1893.)

1893 · John Turton

£226.20 (€271.14 | $298.84 | ¥47,721)

[Welbeck Abbey: privately printed by J. Linney, Mansfield, 1893] Oblong 8vo. [26]pp including decorated title-page printed in red and black, text enclosed within a ruled border and divided vertically, 12 real-photos laid down on 11 printed-card sheets. Original glazed-paper bo...

Imitative Art; or the means of representing the pictorial appearances of objects, as governed by aerial and linear perspective: being a manual of details, for the amateur sketcher and man of business, with a chapter on finish.

HOWARD, Frank. · 0 · John Turton

£71.92 (€86.21 | $95.02 | ¥15,173)

London: Darton and Clark, N.D. 12mo. viii, 117[1]pp, [2]pp publisher's adverts, 12 etched plates (the first mis-bound as frontis), text illustrations and figures. Original blind-stamped green cloth gilt, yellow eps. Plates spotted with slight off-set; occasional very light sp...

The Art of Illuminating as practiced in Europe from the Earliest Times. Illustrated by borders, initial letters, and alphabets ...

TYMMS, W. R.; M. D. WYATT. · 1860 · John Turton

£255.20 (€305.90 | $337.15 | ¥53,839)

London: Day and Son, April 2nd 1860. 4to. [iv] chromolitho ht and title-page, 104pp (most printed in red and black), 99 chromolitho plts. Contemporary highly decorated full morocco gilt, inner dentelles, marbled eps, aeg. Linen reinforcement strips to ep gutter-margins. Ex-ref...

Catalogue of the Pictures & Drawings of the Newsham Bequest to the Corporation of Preston ...

HIBBERT, James (Editor). · 1884 · John Turton

£29.00 (€34.76 | $38.31 | ¥6,118)

Preston: R Parkinson & Co, 1884. Tall 8vo. 65pp, 57 text illustrations. Original printed green card wraps. Wraps lightly soiled and rubbed.

Bewick and After: wood-engraving in the northeast. A jubilee volume of reprints from the History of the Book Trade in the North.

ISAAC, Peter (Editor). · 1990 · John Turton

£13.92 (€16.69 | $18.39 | ¥2,937)

Allenholme Press, 1990. 8vo. xii, 144pp, ht and title-page vignettes, text illustrations. Original pictorial printed blue card wraps.

Modern Hungarian Gallery Pecs.

HARS, Eva; Ferenc ROMVARY. · 1981 · John Turton

£16.24 (€19.47 | $21.46 | ¥3,426)

Budapest: Corvina Kiado, 1981. 8vo. 395pp, colour and b/w text illustrations. Original beige cloth lettered in black, d/w.

Catalogue des Objets d'Art, sieges & meubles anciens, pour la plupart du XVIIIe siecle. Tableaux - Dessins - Gouaches. Boiseries & decorations peintes, porcelaines de Sevres & autres, pendules - lustre en cristal de roche, tapisseries, etc. ... Le tout appartenant a un Amateur et dont la vente aux encheres publiques aura lieu a Paris Galerie Georges Petit ... le Lundi 19 Mai 1913 ...

FINE ART CATALOGUE. · 1913 · John Turton

£13.92 (€16.69 | $18.39 | ¥2,937)

Paris: George Petit, 1913. 4to. 45[1]pp, title-page printed in red and black, 42 plates (3 double-page) some with tissue-guards, head and tail-pieces. Original card wraps with integral pictorial colour-printed embossed-card d/w, uncut. Wraps partly soiled and chipped; previous...

Rambles of an Artist: being papers on art, in relation to antiques, paintings, art-decorations, and art-manufacture.

FAIRHOLT, Frederick William. · 1880 · John Turton

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.63 | ¥12,236)

London: Virtue and Co, N.D.(c. 1880). 4to. viii, 259pp, frontis with tissue-guard, 256 text illustrations, tail pieces and decorated capitals, text enclosed within a ruled border, title-page printed in red and black. Original blindstamped red cloth decorated and lettered in b...

Pre-Raphelitism.

[RUSKIN, John.] · 1851 · John Turton

£71.92 (€86.21 | $95.02 | ¥15,173)

London: Smith, Elder and Co, 1851. 8vo. 68pp, [2]pp author's works. Modern blue paper boards, printed paper spine label.

The Baxter Book 1919.

LEWIS, C.T. Courtney · 1919 · John Turton

£23.20 (€27.81 | $30.65 | ¥4,894)

London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co, 1919. 8vo. iv, advert leaf, 233pp, 16 plates, ep adverts. Original cloth gilt, ae coloured. Spine slightly faded.

Turner's Water-Colours at Farnley Hall.

FINBERG, Alex. J. · 1912 · John Turton

£69.60 (€83.43 | $91.95 | ¥14,683)

London: The Studio, N.D. [1912.] Oblong Fo. [ii], 22pp, 30 engraved colour plates with printed tissue-guards. Contemporary half green morocco gilt, matching cloth sides, origianl printed stiff-card wraps bound in at rear. Extremes rubbed with wear and loss to spine head; occas...

Choice Pictures by American Artists. (Selected from American figure painters.)

1894 · John Turton

£39.44 (€47.28 | $52.11 | ¥8,321)

Philadelphia: J B Lippincott, N.D. (c. 1894.) Fo. Unpaginated, title-page, plate, 10 plates each with accompanying decorated title leaf and further text leaf with head-piece, printed in brown and black. Original highly decorated brown cloth gilt, bevelled edges, pictorial eps,...

Robert Blair's The Grave. A study with facsimile by Robert N. Essick and Morton D. Paley.

BLAKE, William. · 1982 · John Turton

£41.76 (€50.06 | $55.17 | ¥8,810)

London: Scolar Press, 1982. Fo. x, 243pp, plates, full-page text illustrations. Original black cloth, maroon gilt spine label, very lightly rubbed d/w. Spine label rubbed.

Memoir of the Life of David Cox ...

SOLLY, N. Neal. · 1973 · John Turton

£20.88 (€25.03 | $27.59 | ¥4,405)

London: Rodart Reproductions, 1973 facsimile reprint [1873.] 8vo. xiv, 352pp, colour frontis, title-page vignette, portrait plate, 4 double-sided plates, suite of 16 double-sided plates at rear. Original maroon cloth gilt, browned d/w.

Giovanni Bellini.

HENDY, Philip; Ludwig GOLDSCHEIDER. · 1945 · John Turton

£17.40 (€20.86 | $22.99 | ¥3,671)

Oxford & London: Phaidon press, 1945. Fo. 34[6]pp, coloured frontis plate tipped onto printed leaf, 4 further colour plates, text illustrations, 52 double-sided plates. Original fawn cloth lettered in brown, rubbed slightly chipped and soiled d/w. Very light spotting to prelims.

English Furniture Illustrated. Revised and edited by H. Clifford Smith.

BRACKETT, Oliver. · 1958 · John Turton

£37.12 (€44.49 | $49.04 | ¥7,831)

London: Spring Books, N.D. [1958.] 4to. 403[1]pp, frontis, 120 double-sided plates, title-page printed in brown and black. Original red cloth gilt. Cloth unevenly but lightly sun-faded. * Triple text in English, French and German.

Old Furniture: a magazine of domestic ornament. Volume One, June-September, 1927.

STRANGE, E. F. (Editor). · 1927 · John Turton

£23.20 (€27.81 | $30.65 | ¥4,894)

London: Old Furniture, 1927. 4to. viii, 296pp, plates within the pagination, text illustrations. Publisher's decorated black cloth gilt, bevelled edges, teg. Extremes lightly rubbed; very light spotting to prelims; front hinge pulling.

George Fiske: Yosemite photographer.

HICKMAN, Paul; Terence PITTS. · 1980 · John Turton

£16.24 (€19.47 | $21.46 | ¥3,426)

Flagstaff, Arizona: Northland Press, 1980. 4to. x, 118pp, frontis, 30 double-sided plates within the pagination, text illustrations. Original maroon cloth gilt, rubbed d/w.

Royal Doulton Figures, produced at Burslem c 1890-1978.

EYLES, Desmond; Richard DENNIS. · 1978 · John Turton

£20.88 (€25.03 | $27.59 | ¥4,405)

Stoke-on-Trent: Royal Doulton Tablewear, 1978. 4to. 432pp, colour frontis within the pagination, colour and b/w text illustrations. Original blue cloth gilt, glassine-protected very lightly rubbed d/w.