BRASSEY, Annie [Lady Anna]

The Last Voyage, to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' [inscribed by Lord Brassey]

London: Longmans, Green & Co, 1889. R. T. Pritchett illustrations. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. xxiv, 490. Frontis. black & white illustration. Illustrated title page. Preface by editor M. A. Broome. Memoir of Lady Brassey by Lord Brassey. Illustrated throughout with black & white illustrations, plates and two three-color fold-out maps. Appendix. Index. Inscribed by the author's widower, Lord Brassey. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown and motto in ink on the title page. Bound in blue cloth over beveled boards, gilt spine titles, author's monogram stamped in gilt on the cover, TEG. Rubbed edges; moderate marks to covers; hinges starting. Very Good-. Item #11301

Lady Brassey's journals of her final voyage in the steam-assisted luxury yacht Sunbeam in 1886-87, during which she succumbed to malaria.

Price: $250.00