Search Results: tour of the sepulchres of etruria by gray mrs hamilton

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

London: J. Hatchard and Son, 1841. Hardcover. Good. Ex-library (non-circulating collection). Second Edition. Half green leather with cloth sides (gilt rules). Spine with raised bands, gilt tooled compartments; call number shows lightly. Spine's side-edges and tail lightly worn. Cloth sides are generally grubby. Marbled endpapers. Bookplates and library sticker on front pastedowns; no pocket. Pinhole library stamp on title-page, frontispiece, and many of the plates. Soiling on a handful of pages. Three color plates (including two large fold-outs and frontispiece); all 29 plates complete. xi, [1], 541 pages. 12mo. 7.5 x 4.75 inches. From the collection of John Wilson (c. 1826-1900), pioneer merchant and book collector of Portland, Oregon. The eight-thousand volume collection, considered one of the finest on the west coast, was bequeathed to the Portland public library in 1900. Travelogue and archaeological research by Elizabeth Caroline Gray (1800-1887), Scottish historian and author.

London: J. Hatchard and Son, 1843. SCARCE in any edition, and particularly in collectible condition. Very Good Plus, bound in contemporary quarter pebbled brown morocco over marbled boards, brown end papers, edges red, the bookplate of John James Gilchrist at front paste down, light wear at joints and edges, internally clean and bright. xi, 541 pages. Color frontispeice and 3 fold-out plates, two color, a total of 29 plates in all, 3 of which are maps, with some illutrations in text. Elizabeth Caroline Hamilton Gray, (c. 1826-1900), was a Scottish historian and travel author. I. Third Edition. Quarter Pebbled Morocco . Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: J. Hatchard & Son, 1840. First edition. Cloth. Good. 8.5" by 5.5". Not Stated. The scarce first edition study of the tombs of Etruria, illustrated and with a folding colour plate. The scarce first edition of this work, with folding colour plate and numerous full plate illustrations protected by tissue guards.The work of Elizabeth Caroline Hamilton Gray, a Scottish historian and travel author. In 1840 she published this work, which served as a travelogue and an account of her archaeological research during a visit to Italy between 1837 and 1839. As a woman, Gray was attacked for conducting historical research by men who shared her profession.To the front pastedown is the armorial bookplate of Stafford H. Northcote, a British Conservative politician who served as the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Foreign Secretary. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumped extremities and spine tail. Missing portion of back strip at spine head. Bookplate to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound.… Read More