Hamilton miss (8 Ergebnisse)

Hard Cover. Zustand: Good. Hardback, green cloth, gilt titles to spine and front board. 24cm x 20cm. xxxii, 117pp, [7]pp. 8 colour plates and several b&w illustrations within the text by Miss Gertrude Hamilton. nd. [circa1899]. Spine and edges of boards slightly discoloured. Some sporadic foxing to contents, with previous owner's details in pencil to front free end-paper. A rather pleasing copy. (g2). Hamilton, Miss Gertrude (illustrator).…

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original brown buckram cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt back, top edge gilt, fore and lower page edges untrimmed. 8vo. 9½'' x 8''. Contains (xxxii), 123 pp with 8 paper-guarded full-page colour plates. Ink message dated 1899 to the top of the front free end paper, off-setting to the end papers, foxing to the paper, sun sun darkened, ink mark to the bottom front cover. Member of the P.B.F.A. BOTANY (Phytology).…

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. A fine copper engraving showing great detail. Mounted and ready to frame ca 1820. This is an excellent opportunity to purchase an attractive portrait of this eminent personage. Became Lady Gammont, "la belle Hamilton".

Zustand: Very Good. 1863 edition. Scuffs, wear and kncoks to cover with small tear to top of spine. Inscription on front end page. Slight foxing to end pages and scuffs to textblock. Contents very good.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. First Edition. 22-page booklet published on the occasion of the sixty-seventh anniversary of Vancouver's incorporation as a city, and celebrated with a dinner at the Stanley Park Pavilion, Monday, April 20th, 1953. This copy includes the hand-written name of Mrs. W.H. McLeod on page 3 where she is formally invited to the dinner. Contents include a (written) survey of Vancouver, 1885, statements by the hosts of the evening, photo of sculptor Sydney March (who created the panel as shown on the cover of this booklet), list of 195 names and addresses of surviving pioneers from the time of the city's incorporation (103 attended), and more. Printed upon glossy stock with reproductions of archival black and white photos. Average wear. A sound copy of this engaging piece of Vancouver history. Hamilton, L.A. (illustrator). …

Zustand: Very Good. London: Printed for J. Mawman, 1827. 12mo leather finely tooled and embossed with intricate gilt work, red leather text label, marbled edges and endpapers. xi+178pp. Very Good book. Edges, corners and joints a bit worn with 2 scratches to the front board. The upper 2" of the front endpage and blank are separated along the hinge. Light flecking to a couple of pages. The interior is very nice! (Poem, Norwich, Scotland) Inquire if you need further information.…

Leather. Zustand: Very Good. An exceptionally bright second edition of Elizabeth Benger's memoir of the life of Elizabeth Hamilton, with selections from Hamilton's personal correspondence. The second edition of this work, complete in two volumes. This work is very scarce in all editions. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece to volume I. First published the year prior, this is an account of the life of Scottish essayist, poet, satirist and novelist Elizabeth Hamilton, who wrote much about education and the rights of women. This volume includes select correspondence from Hamilton to her literary acquaintances, and 'other unpublished writings'. With the armorial bookplate of Maclean of Ardgour, a Scottish family and a branch of the ancient Clan Maclean of the Scottish Highlands, to the front pastedown. The work of biographer, novelist and poet Elizabeth Benger, best known for her socially conscious poetry, publishing such works as 'The Abolition of the Slave Trade' and 'The Female Geniad'. In half calf bindings with paper covered boards, and with blind tooling to back strips. Rubbing of paper to boards, otherwise externally excellent. Front hinges strained but firmly held. Armorial bookplates to front pastedowns. Internally, firmly bound. Pages exceptionally bright, with light spotting to volume II title page. Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…

Cloth. Zustand: Good. A lavishly illustrated six-volume late 19th-century guide to flower growing by British horticulturist John Wright, with colour plates and further illustrations. Six volumes in the publisher's original cloth.With forty-six full page, full colour plates by Miss Gertrude Hamilton and Miss Marie Low and further illustrative black and white diagrams by F.W. Burbridge, George Shayler and Miss May Iggulden.A late 19th-century guide to flower growing by British horticulturist John Wright.Undated, dated from a copy held at the British Library.With numerous pages of original publisher's advertisements to the rear of the works. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally, smart with the odd mark to the boards. With shelf wear to the extremities and joints, and bumping to spine head and tails. Pictorial design to front boards slightly faded. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright, but slightly age toned, with spotting to first and last few leaves. With numerous pages of original publisher's advertisements to the rear of the works. Good. Miss Gertrude Hamilton and Miss Marie Low; F.W. Burbridge; George Shayler; Miss May Iggulden (illustrator). book.…