Travels and Researches in Crete (2 Volumes)

FIRST EDITION 2 Volumes 8vo. hardbacks in terracotta cloth, gilt. Volume I: xii, 387pp. with large colour folding map at end. Illustrated with folding 2 colour lithograph frontispieces and 8 further full-page plates and 10 woodcuts, vignettes and plans in text. Volume II: ix, 435pp. with large colour folding map at end. Illustrated with Frontispiece and 10 further full-page plates and 24 woodcuts, vignettes and plans. Ex. Library with usual bookplates and stock numbers, with Withdrawn Stamp. Occasional light foxing, heavier to prelims, some of the two-colour lithographic plates, and untrimmed foredge. Some pages unopened. Old circular price sticker (2/6) to spine of Volume I. Some wear and rubbing to spines with slight nicks to tops and bases. Light bumping to corners. Overall a VERY GOOD SET.