Sunshine and Storm In the East or Cruises To Cyprus and Constantinople

Longman, Green & Co, 1880. ~Rear endpapers uncracked at gutters, front endpaper just starting. No ownership marks. Two colour folding maps, nine full page illustrations, many text illustrations. Binding slightly shaken. Original brown cloth decoration on three sides in red and gilt. Binding decoration designed by Gustave Dore, with his gilt signature to front board. Ends of spine frayed. ~Robust… Read more about this item

Paperback / softback. New. In this diary recording two voyages to Constantinople, Lady Annie Brassey demonstrates her keen eye for human interest and narrative detail. The modern reader will glimpse natural wonders and cultural distinctions of Portuagal, Spain, Moroco, Italy, Greece, and Turkey during the mid-1870s.