1887 Down the Islands, A Voyage to the Caribbees

Name: 1887 Down the Islands, A Voyage to the Caribbees
SKU: 829G22
Price: 90 GBP
Availability: InStock

Published: New York Charles Scribner's Sons

Size: 9" by 6.5" Pagination: xiii, 301 [13]pp.

An illustrated first edition copy of this extensive travelogue of the Caribbean.

£90.00

weight: 1.5kgs / stock code: 829G22

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Description

First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding with gilt lettering. With a frontispiece, 14 plates and numerous vignette illustrations by M. J. Burns. Collated complete. An extensive travelogue by William Agnew Paton, detailing his voyage down the Caribbean islands. Notable topics covered include the influence of slavery, abolition, pirates and religious customs. With the publisher's advertisements to the rear of the book.

Condition

In the publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart with shelf wear to the edges. Fading and fraying to the spine. Some small tears to the spine. Some handling marks to the boards. Bookplate for 'Philip S. Miller Memorial, Bedford Free Library' to the front paste-down. Tears to the front paste-down and free endpaper. A blindstamp for 'James Andrew DeNina, Esquire' to the front free endpaper. Contemporary ink inscription to front blank. Marks to the rear paste-down. Internally, generally firmly bound. The first contents page is loosening but still attached. Pages very bright and clean with some light age-toning to the edges.

Overall: Very Good

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