Turner (Mary Dawson, 1774-1850). Extracts from Letters, written by Lady Hooker, Lady Palgrave, & Miss M.A. Turner, to their Parents, Transcribed by Mrs Dawson Turner, 1827-1830, three numbered booklets (nos. 1-3) bound as one, 44, 28 & 28 numbered pages respectively, armorial bookplate of Robert Harry Inglis Palgrave, partially completed contents lists at front of each book, in contemporary blue wrappers with general title-page at front, a little spotting, contemporary half roan, gilt-titled spine, heavily rubbed, oblong 8vo (16 x 20 cm) (Qty: 1) The three young authors of these extracts are the three eldest daughters of Dawson and Mary Turner: Maria Dawson Turner (1797-1872), married William Jackson Hooker; Elizabeth Turner (1799-1852), married Francis Palgrave; and Mary Anne Turner (1803-1874). The brief contents listings cover such subjects as Boa constrictor, Infant school Battersea, Mr Phillips' drawings for his lectures, The King's health, Mr Sotheby, Preposterous fashion of ladies' headdress, Despondency in the execution of a drawing, Admission of religious instruction in the London University, Waltzing in Glasgow, Dinner at P. Dudley's, Three royal brothers on the Catholic question, Captain Ross' projected expedition to the North Pole in a steam vessel, Oxford election, Exhibition of Royal Academy, Articles in Quarterly Review, Fire in Westminster Abbey, Sir Walter Scott's illness, etc.
Turner (Mary Dawson, 1774-1850). Extracts from Letters, written by Lady Hooker, Lady Palgrave, & Miss M.A. Turner, to their Parents, Transcribed by Mrs Dawson Turner, 1827-1830, three numbered booklets (nos. 1-3) bound as one, 44, 28 & 28 numbered pages respectively, armorial bookplate of Robert Harry Inglis Palgrave, partially completed contents lists at front of each book, in contemporary blue wrappers with general title-page at front, a little spotting, contemporary half roan, gilt-titled spine, heavily rubbed, oblong 8vo (16 x 20 cm) (Qty: 1) The three young authors of these extracts are the three eldest daughters of Dawson and Mary Turner: Maria Dawson Turner (1797-1872), married William Jackson Hooker; Elizabeth Turner (1799-1852), married Francis Palgrave; and Mary Anne Turner (1803-1874). The brief contents listings cover such subjects as Boa constrictor, Infant school Battersea, Mr Phillips' drawings for his lectures, The King's health, Mr Sotheby, Preposterous fashion of ladies' headdress, Despondency in the execution of a drawing, Admission of religious instruction in the London University, Waltzing in Glasgow, Dinner at P. Dudley's, Three royal brothers on the Catholic question, Captain Ross' projected expedition to the North Pole in a steam vessel, Oxford election, Exhibition of Royal Academy, Articles in Quarterly Review, Fire in Westminster Abbey, Sir Walter Scott's illness, etc.
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