Turner dawson ed (3 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Sole edition. 8º (209 x 132 mm.), pp. 143. Ten plates including frontispiece portrait and twelve wood-engraved vignettes. Publisher's blind-stamped bubble-grain cloth, title in gilt on upper cover, yellow endpapers. Top of spine slightly worn, foot lacking about 25 mm. of cloth, neat ownership signature at head of title-page, otherwise a very good or better copy. …

Cloth. Zustand: Good. First edition. The first edition of an intriguing study into a castle originally invested by the real Sir John Fastolfe, the inspiration for the iconic Shakesperean character. The first edition of a Sketch of the History of Caister Castle, near Yarmouth; Including Biographical Notices of Sir John Fastolfe, and of Different Individuals of the Paston Family, edited by English botanist and antiquary Dawson Turner. In the publisher's original cloth, with a frontispiece, and eleven other plates, inlcuding a colour plate, and a folding family tree plate. Collated complete. While best known as the castle of Sir John Fastolfe, a significant inspiration for the iconic Shakesperean character, the real Falstolfe returned from the Hundred Years War and then invested in building this castle, primarily intended for house a chantry for when he died. The castle underwent struggles with the Pastons and the Duke of Norfolk, but today it houses a motor museum. In the publisher's original brown cloth. Externally, fading to boards, the odd faint handling mark, and bumping to the head and tail of the spine, and to the extremities. A couple of punctures to the rear joint. The odd small graze and mark to end papers. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Slight wear to end paper hinges. Internally, generally firmly bound, with a loose plate between pp.142-143. Previous owner's ink signature to verso of front free end paper. Pages are generally bright and clean, with the odd spot and slight browning to plates. Good. Unknown (illustrator). book.…

Cloth Boards. 1st Edition. 1st ed., octavo, original cloth boards, gilt stamped title, frontis portrait plate (Mrs John Gunn), b&w plates, b&w text illustrations, pp vii, 127. Hand-drawn illustrations, some of which are hand-coloured. With a presentation inscription from Dawson Turner to to Joseph D. Hooker, "from his affectionate grandfather, the editor". Small stain to fronts. with offsetting to title page., hinge starting, boards worn and rubbed, edges of spine just starting to fray. Good condition. Printed on lower title page is "Not Published". Scarce. An account of visiting Holland in 1834. Written by Mrs John Gunn (Harriet Gunn), with an author portrait plate. One of the few travel narratives besides Mary Wollstonecraft's 'Letters Written during a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway and Denmark (1796) to detail a journey in which a woman travelled alone. The book is introduced by her father Dawson Turner, the banker and botanist, and also the grandfather of Joseph Dalton Hooker the botanist and explorer. The author (nee Turner) was married to John Gunn the clergyman and geologist. These privately printed letters describe and illustrate Rotterdam, Delft, Leyden, Amsterdam, and the Hague and in great detail the buildings, canals, clothes, flora and the artwork and paintings in the museums in the Hague and Amsterdam. The author also describes the gardens visited with mention of Tulips. Dawson in his introduction states, ". printing only a very few copies and those restricted to private circulation. The book is inscribed to "Joseph D. Hooker, M.D.", possibly as a graduation gift (1839). That same year Hooker was appointed to the Ross expedition as its naturalist and assistant surgeon. A nice association copy with the author's beautifully hand-coloured plates.…