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In the Trades, the Tropics, & the Roaring Forties
de Brassey, Lady
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London: Longmans, Green, & Co, 1885. xiv,(1),532 pp. Tall octavo. (26.8 X 20 cm.). Bound in half vellum and cloth covered boards. Gilt title on spine. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. Other edges untrimmed. Binding slightly soiled. Title page and all of the illustrations are mounted proof plates. Illustrations all by G. Pearson and J. Cooper after R.T. Pritchett. Single page chart. Overall a very good plus copy of the limited edition which is a much more elaborate production than the trade edition. Limited first edition. Copy 66/250. An account half-titled "14,000 Miles in the 'Sunbeam' in 1883", of a leisurely two-month cruise from England to Madeira,Trinidad,Venezuela,Jamaica,the Bahamas,and Bermuda,and then back to England via the Azores. The ship's artist was the marine illustrator (and gunmaker) Robert Taylor Pritchett; and the eleven passengers included Alice-in-Wonderland's younger sisters Rhoda and Violet Liddell and--briefly--the etcher (and J. M. W. Whistler's brother-in-law) Seymour Haden. 1885
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- Aquila Books
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 142092
- Título
- In the Trades, the Tropics, & the Roaring Forties
- Autor
- Brassey, Lady
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- Usado
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- 1
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- Longmans, Green, & Co
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1885
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- Palabras clave
- North Atlantic|Atlantic Ocean|Caribbean Islands
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- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
