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P & O Pencillings
by Lloyd, William Whitelock
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Orig. pictorial beveled green cloth, front cover decorated in blue, red and yellow with lettering in gilt. Aeg. Very good
- Seller
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ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Day & Son, 1891. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. pictorial beveled green cloth, front cover decorated in blue, red and yellow with lettering in gilt. Aeg. Very good. Lloyd, William Whitelock. Unpaginated. Oblong folio. 27 x 37.5 cm. One map, chromolithographed frontispiece, title page, 22 chromolithograph plates (without hand-coloring) and accompanying black and white sketches by Lloyd. Published for the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company illustrating life aboard a P&O voyage from London, through the Mediterranean, via the Suez Canal with views of Gibraltar, Malta, Port Said, Suez Canal, and Red Sea. The author served with the South Wales Borderers in the Zulu War,1879, left the Army in 1882 to pursue a career as an illustrator. Endpapers creased.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21220
- Title
- P & O Pencillings
- Author
- Lloyd, William Whitelock
- Illustrator
- Lloyd, William Whitelock
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Orig. pictorial beveled green cloth, front cover decorated in blue, red and yellow with lettering in gilt. Aeg. Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Day & Son
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1891
- Keywords
- Maritime
- Bookseller catalogs
- Social Life; Travel; Maritime;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Royoung bookseller, Inc.
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ardsley, New York
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- Title Page
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