Sunshine and Storm in the East, or Cruises to Cyprus and Constantinople - Presentation Copy
London: Longmans, Green & Co, 1880. Gustave Doré cover illustration. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. xx, [2], 448. Frontis. engraving behind tissue guard. Title page vignette. Illustrated throughout with woodcuts from drawings by A. Y. Bingham and photographs, fold-out color maps to front and rear. Appendix. Index. Half title inscribed "With the author's compliments Xmas 1880." Bookplate to front pastedown. Bound in brown cloth with gilt lettering stamped on cover and spine and elaborate gilt, red, and black Doré illustration stamped over cover and spine, blue endpapers. Rubbed edges and corners; sunning to spine; light foxing and age-toning to endpapers and fold-out map. Very Good-. Item #11308
Followup to Anna Brassey's popular Voyage in the Sunbeam.
Price: $325.00