1887 Leaves from the Log of "Homeward Bound" or Eleven Months at Sea in Open Boat

Description

Early Edition, Publishers' Original Binding, Very Scarce

The story of eleven months at sea on open boat by Captain Nilsen, with details on the daily log of weather experienced, the distance run, of longitude and latitude by dead reckoning and observations: all details to help the reader understand the difficulties and dangers of the voyage. 

The second edition of this scarce volume. In the original publisher's quarter cloth binding. 

With L Harrison Matthews's signature to the front free endpaper, dated 1921. He was a British zoologist, especially known for his research and writings on marine mammals.

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'.