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The Sea & The Jungle; Being the narrative of the voyage of the tramp steamer Cappella from Swansea to Santa Maria de Belem do Grao Para in the Brazils, and thence 2,000 miles along the forest of the Amazon and Madeira Rivers to the San Antonio Falls; afterwards returning to Barbados for orders, and going by way of Jamaica to Tampa in Florida, where she loaded for home. Done in the years 1909 and 1910. With Woodcuts By Clare Leighton
by Tomlinson, H.M
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London: Duckworth, 1930. New Illustrated Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. New illustrated edition of The Sea & The Jungle by H.M. Tomlinson, with woodcuts by Clare Leighton.. Octavo, 343pp. Decorative paper boards with green cloth spine, title in gilt on spine, some toning to covers and endpapers, previous owners' name label on front pastedown endpaper as well as a bookseller's label. Stated "new edition" on copyright page. In publisher's very good dust jacket, toning to spine and along edges, chipping along top and bottom edges, closed tear along front bottom spine edge. First published in 1912, this new edition of The Sea & The Jungle contains a new foreword by the author as well as 18 woodcut illustrations by Clare Leighton. A British-American artist, writer and illustrator, Clare Leighton (1898-1989) was best known for her wood engravings, which can be found in numerous books, including Thomas Hardy's The Return of the Native (1929) and Thornton Wilder's The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1929).
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- Title
- The Sea & The Jungle; Being the narrative of the voyage of the tramp steamer Cappella from Swansea to Santa Maria de Belem do Grao Para in the Brazils, and thence 2,000 miles along the forest of the Amazon and Madeira Rivers to the San Antonio Falls; afterwards returning to Barbados for orders, and going by way of Jamaica to Tampa in Florida, where she loaded for home. Done in the years 1909 and 1910. With Woodcuts By Clare Leighton
- Author
- Tomlinson, H.M
- Illustrator
- New illustrated edition of The Sea & The Jungle by H.M. Tomlinson, with woodcuts by Clare Leighton.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- New Illustrated Edition
- Publisher
- Duckworth
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- Henry Major Tomlinson the sea & the jungle, H M Tomlinson the sea and the jungle, illustrated edition the sea and the jungle, Tomlinson Gallions Reach, Tomlinson Old Junk, Tomlinson London River, Clare Leighton the sea and the jungle
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