In the Trades, the Tropics and the Roaring Forties
by Lady Brassey [Anna Allnutt]; Pearson, G. (Illustrator); Cooper, J. (Illustrator)
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- Hardcover
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- Condition
- Fair
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About This Item
London, England: Longmans, Green and Co., 1886. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Fair. Pearson, G.; Cooper, J.. Scarce & unusual travelogue by a 19th-century woman--the Baroness Lady Brassey (Anna Allnutt)--chronicling her 1883 voyage aboard the RYS Sunbeam for a journey of 14,000 miles, traveling from England to Malta, Gibraltar, Madeira, Trinidad, Nassau, Bermuda, Ponta Delgada, to Devonport & Plymouth. This was to be one of her last travel adventures. She first came to fame by taking a voyage around the world in 1876/77, also aboard the Sunbeam. After a lifetime of ill health, Lady Brassey succumbed to malaria while on another voyage to Mauritius & was buried, appropriately, in the sea she loved. This book is dedicated to "the noble band of Navigators & Explorers of all ages & every nation, who have devoted their lives to Scientific Research," in 452 pages with 220 illustrations engraved on wood by G. Pearson & J. Cooper after drawing by R. T. Pritchett. A lovely, nearly pristine, tri-fold map is bound in before page 1 showing "the track of the Yacht 'Sunbeam' from Sep. to Dec. 1883." Orig. published in 1885 in London, this is a slightly later printing (1886) of that First Edition. Hardcover 8vo has elaborately decorated green cloth over boards with gilt lettering to front & spine, stamped images of a settlement in the mountains, a ship, & a lighthouse. Condition is downgraded to Fair because a significant chunk is missing from the upper spine, exposing the underlying stitched signatures; other paper loss of a more shallow nature elsewhere down the spine. Heavy rubbing to extremities, both hinges cracked, but text block is secure & unmarked. Pages generally quite clean with moderate tanning, heavier around edges. Many names in pen from former owners & old bookstore stamps to front endpapers; interior pages unmarked. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific); later orders, Weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022490
- Title
- In the Trades, the Tropics and the Roaring Forties
- Author
- Lady Brassey [Anna Allnutt]; Pearson, G. (Illustrator); Cooper, J. (Illustrator)
- Illustrator
- Pearson, G.; Cooper, J.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Later Printing
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 1886
- Keywords
- BRAVE WOMEN FEMALE NAVIGATOR NAVIGATION SEA OCEAN SHIP BOAT YACHT ENGLAND ENGLISH 1800S NINETEENTH CENTURY ADVENTURE TRAVEL AUTOBIOGRAPHY
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- Autobiography-Biography-Journals-Letters; Travel-Exploration-Adventure;
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