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London; Longmans, Green, & Co., Paternoster Row; 1989.. First Edition; Roy 4to; pp. [ii], 64, 64, 64; texts illustrated with numerous b/w. illustrations, bound in original orange decorated cloth, cloth worn and damaged on top edge, title page missing, fair copy only.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1885. First American Edition. Cloth. Very good. First American edition of In the Trades, the Tropics, & the Roaring Forties by Lady Annie Brassey.. Octavo, xiv, 532pp. Gray cloth, title in gilt on spine, decorative illustrations in gilt and color on covers. Light sunning to spine, some toning and loss of color. Complete with fold-out map and 8 full-page color plates. Solid text block, free of any marks or notable wear. Bookseller's label on front pastedown endpaper, previous ownership notation in pencil on front free endpaper. Lady Brassey (1839-1887) was a world traveler and author. Her best-selling work, A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam,' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months chronicles her family's voyage around the world. She wrote six books in total, including: The Flight of the "Meteor," 1869-71 (1872), A Cruise in the "Eothen," 1872 (1873), A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam,' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months (1878), Sunshine and Storm in the East, or Cruises to… Read More

London: Longmans, Green & Co. , 1885. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 6" . G. Pearson; J. Cooper; R.T. Pritchett. The first edition of this 'Sunbeam' voyage account by Lady Brassey, with folding maps. The first edition of this work. A travel account of Annie Brassey narrating of a later voyage on the famous luxury yacht 'Sunbeam'. Including accounts of Madeira, Trinidad, Jamaica, Venezuela, the Bahamas, Bermudas, and the Azores. Lady Brassey is best known for her book A Voyage in the Sunbeam describing her voyage around the world. Illustrated with nine maps, two of which folding, some in colour, and numerous engravings in text. Collated, bound without map of Jamaica; a facsimile of the map was loosely inserted by a previous owner. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally sound with minor shelf wear, bumping to head and tail of spine and extremities, gentle cocking forward of the spine. Internally, binding generally firm. Minor spotting to occasional leaf. Very Good