By Anonymous [Michael Scott]
Edinburgh; London   William Blackwood and Sons; T Cadell
6.5" by 4" [6], 387; [6] 452pp.
The first edition of this description of the cruise of the Midge in two volumes.
By Anonymous [Michael Scott]

1836 The Cruise of the Midge

Edinburgh; London   William Blackwood and Sons; T Cadell
6.5" by 4" [6], 387; [6] 452pp.
The first edition of this description of the cruise of the Midge in two volumes.
£250.00
: 1kgs / : 795A41

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First Edition, Publishers' Original Binding

The first edition of this work, reprinted from Blackwood's Magazine with additions and corrections, complete in two volumes, each with a half title. Published anonymously, it was written by the hand of Michael Scott, author of 'Tom Cringle's Log.' Inspired by the author's experiences at sea after making numerous trips around the world, the story follows a semi-autobiographical character, Benjamin Brail, as he travels to Africa. 

Michael Scott was a Scottish author. 

Three previous ownership signatures to the front free endpaper of each volume, H W Carter, dated 1859, John Douglas Wilson, and L Harrison Matthews.

From the library at Julian Park, Hertfordshire, belonging to Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. Audrey was the youngest daughter of an Anglo-American lumber and steel millionaire, sister to Edward James, a key figure in the Surrealist movement, and the illegitimate granddaughter of King Edward VII.

She was an English socialite known for her beauty and for charming various wealthy men, she was included in The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton. A patron of the arts, she assisted Viscount Carlow financially in the publication of limited editions of numerous works by leading literary figures such as T E Lawrence, James Joyce, Wyndham Lewis, and others. A hedonistic pursuer, she was recognised as one of the 'Bright Young Things'. 





Condition

In the original publisher's full cloth binding with titles printed in gilt to a leather spine label. Externally sound with some shelf wear and minor bumping and chipping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Three previous ownership signatures to the front free endpaper of each volume, H W Carter, dated 1859, John Douglas Wilson, and L Harrison Matthews. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are generally very clean throughout with some minor spotting to the occasional leaf and a touch of age toning, as usual.

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