1878-1889 A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam', Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months; Sunshine and Storm in the East, or Cruises to Cyprus and Constantinople; The Last Voyage

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First Edition, Illustrated, Leather Binding, Rebound

Three first edition works by Anna Brassey. Uniformly bound in a lovely half morocco binding with gilt lettering, marbled boards, and new endpapers. Anna Brassey was an English traveller and writer, best known for her popular nineteenth century travel accounts. She was also a successful photographer, and prominent member of the Royal Photographic Society. This set comprises of: "A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam'", published in 1878. Brassey's most famous work, which recounts her voyage around the world, conducted with her husband Thomas Brassey, in their yacht 'Sunbeam'. This was a hugely popular work, running through many editions and being translated into five languages. With six maps, an engraved frontispiece, eight full-page plates and numerous vignette illustrations throughout by A. Y. Bingham and engraved by G. Pearson. Collated complete. The half title page is present. "Sunshine and Storm in the East, or Cruises to Cyprus and Constantinople", published in 1880. With two maps, an engraved frontispiece, eight full-page plates and numerous illustrations throughout by A. Y. Bingham, and engraved by G. Pearson. With blind stamps throughout from the 'Royal United Service Institution Library', including to the plates. The half title page is present. "The Last Voyage", published in 1889 posthumously. This work recounts Brassey's final voyage in the 'Sunbeam', for which she was travelling to India and Australia in order to improve her poor health. During the journey, however, she contracted malaria and was buried at sea. With a frontispiece, engraved title page, two folding maps, nineteen full-page plates and numerous vignette illustrations by R. T. Pritchett. Several plates are inserted into different page numbers than mentioned in the 'List of Illustrations'. Collated complete. With four stamps from, 'East Dereham Athenaeum' towards the front of the book. Lacking the original blanks.