1888 A Trip Round the World in 1887-8

Name: 1888 A Trip Round the World
SKU: 834G52
Price: 45 GBP
Availability: InStock

Published: London George Routledge and Sons

Size: 8.5" by 5.5" Pagination: xxiv, 398pp.

A beautifully illustrated travelogue of a journey around the world.

£45.00

weight: 1kgs / stock code: 834G52

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Description

Early Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

The second edition. In the original pictorial cloth binding with gilt lettering. Illustrated by John Pedder, H Shephard Dale, Geo. Bickham and the author. With a monochrome frontispiece, twenty eight full page plates and numerous vignette illustrations. Collated complete. A collection of letters written by W. S. Caine from his journey around the world, travelling from the UK to Canada, into Asia, Japan and India.

Condition

In the original pictorial cloth binding. Externally, smart with some shelf wear to the edges. Bumping and some tears to the spine. Fading to the spine. Some marks to the boards. Hinges strained. Internally, binding strained towards the centre but otherwise firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with a few occasional marks. Blue ink mark to page 94. Some spotting towards the front and rear. Previous owner's ink inscription to the front half title page.

Overall: Very Good

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