Videnskab og natur

Scepticism in geology, and the reasons for it.

VERIFIER, pseud. [i.e. John Murray, the younger.] · 1878 · John Turton

£69.60 (€83.43 | $91.95 | ¥14,683)

London: John Murray, 1878 2nd edition. 8vo. xii[2], 132pp, 32pp publisher's catalogue at rear, frontis, 7 further plates. Original decorated blindstamped green cloth gilt, uncut. Extremes lightly rubbed; hinges easing but binding holding firm.

Town geology.

KINGSLEY, Charles. · 1895 · John Turton

£32.48 (€38.93 | $42.91 | ¥6,852)

London: Macmillan and Co, 1895. 8vo. 151pp. Contemporary half morocco gilt, raised bands, decorated compartments, spine lettered direct, marbled sides, endpapers and leaf-edges. Signed binding by Mudie. Light spotting to endpapers.

The geology of the Isle of Man. With petrological notes by W.W. Watts Memoirs of the Geological survey, United Kingdom

LAMPLUGH, G. W. · 1903 · John Turton

£116.00 (€139.04 | $153.25 | ¥24,472)

London: printed for H.M. Stationery Office by Wyman and Sons, 1903. 8vo. xiv, 620pp, folding coloured geological map frontis, 5 folding plates, text illustrations. Library maroon half morocco gilt, matching sides, sprinkled leaf-edges. Ex-reference library with usual evidence....

The history of insects.

1799 · John Turton

£87.00 (€104.28 | $114.94 | ¥18,354)

London: The Religious Tract Society; Instituted 1799. Sold at the depository ... and by the booksellers, 1839. Small 8vo. xii, frontis, 15 plates. Original decorated blindstamped black cloth gilt, aeg. Extremes very lightly rubbed; 'tide-mark' to lower margins of plates. One o...

A Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne. (2 Vols in 4 parts). 'Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham and Newcastle Upon Tyne.'

ROBSON, John E. · 1899 · John Turton

£110.20 (€132.09 | $145.59 | ¥23,249)

London: Williams and Norgate. Newcastle: F & W Dodsworth, 1899-1913. 8vo. Various paginations. Original wraps, uncut/unopened. Spines and margins of wraps browned. Robson's major work on local Lepidoptera.

The colouring-matters of the Actien-Gesellschaft fur Anilin-Fabrikation Berlin: their properties and application in textile dyeing.

1904 · John Turton

£27.84 (€33.37 | $36.78 | ¥5,873)

Berlin: [AGFA], 1904. 18cm. ix[i], 415[1]pp, text tables, printed in red and black. Original calf-gilt-backed paper boards. Wear to spine tips with slight loss; boards lightly soiled.

The British experience with river pollution, 1865-1876. 'American university studies. Series IX History vol. 139.'

BREEZE, Lawrence E. · 1993 · John Turton

£25.52 (€30.59 | $33.72 | ¥5,384)

New York: P. Lang, c.1993. 8vo. 297pp, text figures. Original printed paper-covered boards. Author's signed presentation inscription to title-page.

Filtration: an elementary treatise on industrial methods and equipment for the filtration of liquids and gases for those concerned with water supply, ventilation, and public health, chemists, mechanical engineers, and others. 'Pitman's technical primers.'

WOLLASTON, T. Roland. · 1922 · John Turton

£11.60 (€13.90 | $15.33 | ¥2,447)

London : Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1922. 16cm. 102pp, [12]pp publisher's lists, text figures. Original pictorial brown cloth gilt, endpaper adverts. Cloth lightly soiled.

A Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Part II. - Geometrina. Index and Introduction. 'Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham and Newcastle Upon Tyne. Vol. XII. Part II.'

ROBSON, John E. · 1902 · John Turton

£17.40 (€20.86 | $22.99 | ¥3,671)

London: Williams and Norgate. Newcastle: F & W Dodsworth, 1902. 8vo. [2]pp , pp 193-318, xvi pp Vol. I title-page and introduction bound in at rear. Original wraps laid down on boards with typescript label to front wrap and glassine covering. Ex-reference library with usual ev...

A Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Vol. II. - Micro-lepidoptera. Part II. - Tineina and Pterophorina. Index to Vol. II. 'Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham and Newcastle Upon Tyne. Vol. XV. Part II.'

ROBSON, John E. · 1913 · John Turton

£20.88 (€25.03 | $27.59 | ¥4,405)

London: Williams and Norgate. Newcastle: Mawson, Swan and Morgan,, 1913. 8vo. vi pp, pp[107]-289, Vol. II title-page at rear, portrait frontis. Original wraps laid down on boards with typescript label to front wrap and glassine covering. Ex-reference library with usual evidence.

A Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Vol. II. - Micro-lepidoptera. Part I. - Pyralidina and Tortricina. 'Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham and Newcastle Upon Tyne. Vol. XV. Part I.'

ROBSON, John E. · 1905 · John Turton

£17.40 (€20.86 | $22.99 | ¥3,671)

London: Williams and Norgate. Newcastle: F & W Dodsworth, 1905. 8vo. [iv], 106pp. Original wraps laid down on boards with typescript label to front wrap and glassine covering. Ex-reference library with usual evidence.

Flora odorata; a characteristic arrangement of the sweet-scented flowers and shrubs, cultivated in the gardens of Great Britain.

MOTT, Frederick Thompson. · 1843 · John Turton

£87.00 (€104.28 | $114.94 | ¥18,354)

London: Orr & Co., et al., 1843. Small 8vo. viii, [3]-136pp, [2]pp errata leaf. Original blindstamped green grained-cloth gilt. Spine and board edges age-browned. Printed by Brown & Hewitt, Leicester.

Recent memoirs on the Cetacea. By professors Eschricht, Reinhardt and Lilljeborg.

FLOWER, William Henry (Editor) · 1866 · John Turton

£110.20 (€132.09 | $145.59 | ¥23,249)

London: Published for the Ray Society by Robert Hardwicke, 1866. 4to. viii[iv], 312pp, 5 full page engraved plates to rear. Recent navy library buckram, original leather label Some damp damage and staining to fore-edge margin but does not affect text. Principal work is on the ...

A History of the Birds of Durham. [Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham and Newcastle Upon Tyne (New Series) Vol IX.]

TEMPERLEY, George W. · 1951 · John Turton

£23.20 (€27.81 | $30.65 | ¥4,894)

Newcastle upon Tyne: printed for the Society by W.L. Large & Sons Ltd, 1951. 8vo. [ii], 296pp, multifolding map to rear. Later brown cloth with original printed paper wraps laid down, marbled endpapers. Label to front board rubbed; slight spotting to a few leaf-edges.

On the theory of parallel lines.

POWELL, Rev. Baden. · 1842 · John Turton

£16.24 (€19.47 | $21.46 | ¥3,426)

Oxford: printed by Thomas Combe for The Ashmolean Society, 1842. 8vo. 44pp, [3]pp appendix, plate at rear, title-page device. Original decorated printed paper wraps, stab-sewn, uncut/unopened. Small closed tear to rear wrap fore-edge margin.

The Botanical Atlas: a guide to the practical study of plants containing representatives if the leading forms of plant life with explanatory letterpress.

M'ALPINE, D. · 1883 · John Turton

£104.40 (€125.14 | $137.93 | ¥22,025)

Edinburgh: W & A K Johnston, 1883. Fo. [10]pp, colour frontis, 52 colour plates each with accompanying text leaf, ii, iii[i]pp indices. Original decorated green cloth gilt, bevelled edges, floral endpapers, coloured leaf-edges. Extremes lightly rubbed; small repair to front jo...

Geological Treatise on the District of Cleveland, in North Yorkshire, its ferruginous deposits, lias, and oolites; with some observations on ironstone mining.

BEWICK, Joseph. · 1861 · John Turton

£92.80 (€111.24 | $122.60 | ¥19,578)

London: John Weale; Newcastle-on-Tyne: Andrew Reid, 1861. 8vo. xvii[iii], 194pp, 2 folding colour-litho geological sections, multi-folding table at rear. Original blind-stamped red cloth gilt, yellow eps. Extremes rubbed with light wear; neat small repairs to spine tips; cloth...

[Comprising 36 issues (1867-1869) bound in one volume + 4 loose issues of the New Series, in original printed pictorial blue-paper wraps, for February -May inclusive.] (All published).

The Naturalist's Note Book ... · 1867 · John Turton

£63.80 (€76.47 | $84.29 | ¥13,460)

London: Reeves and Turner; Bemrose and Sons (New Series), 1867-1869. Square 8vo. [iv], vi, 356pp; [ii], iv, 382pp, vii[i], 376pp; frontis to each volume + 8vo. Various pagings, plates. Contemporary half grained-calf gilt, raised bands, olive-green calf gilt spine label, marble...

Geological Treatise on the District of Cleveland, in North Yorkshire, its ferruginous deposits, lias, and oolites; with some observations on ironstone mining.

BEWICK, Joseph. · 1861 · John Turton

£232.00 (€278.09 | $306.50 | ¥48,945)

London: John Weale; Newcastle-on-Tyne: Andrew Reid, 1861. 8vo. xvii[iii], 194pp, multi-folding colour geological map and section, 2 multi-folding tables at rear. Original blind-stamped red cloth gilt, yellow eps. Extremes rubbed with light wear; cloth very lightly soiled; slig...

On the brain of the Sumatran rhinoceros.

GARROD, A.H. · 1878 · John Turton

£13.92 (€16.69 | $18.39 | ¥2,937)

N.P. 1878. 32 cm. pp[411-413], 1 plate. Disbound, stab-sewn.