Mrs Brassey (125 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Undated A. L. Burt hardcover with plain burgundy cloth exterior. "The Home Library" on spine. 1904 gift inscription inside the front cover, with more recent bookplate. 368 pages, slight wear, slight foxing on side page edges. [1.4 lbs]. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket.

paperback. Condition: Fine. Orders shipped daily from the UK. Professional seller.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

HARD BACK BLUE. Condition: FAIR. gilt on cover and spine, black and white illustrations, pages yellowing, hinge cracked, front end papers detatched, cover rubbed DATE PUBLISHED: 1878 EDITION: 470.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Private library sticker and ink stamp, inside front cover, break in spine. Signed by Previous Owner.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Brown cloth covers with gold lettering and illustration on the front cover which is bright. Gold lettering and design on spine is slightly faded. Covers exhibit heavy wear, fraying and bumping on corners. Heavy soiling and wear with fraying on edges. Light wear and soiling on hinges. Heavy soiling, fraying and chipping to spine ends. Moderate soiling and shelf wear on covers and spine. Inside front and back hinges are cracked. Soiling and yellowing to page ends. Fold out map is in poor condition. Text and the b&w illustrations are yellowed due to age. Otherwise clean and unmarked. All books are individually examined and described. Never ex-library unless explicitly described as such.

Condition: New. In.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. In green cloth. Sound hinges. Wear to cloth at spine ends.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Longmans Green & Co. January 1894 Binding: Hardcover ******1890 J.W. Henry EDITION, BOARDS SOILED, FOXING THROUGHOUT****.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. In black and gilt decorated green cloth. Page edges a little dusty. Sound hinges. A nice copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Blue cloth. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Front hinge cracked. Ships daily.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Bingham, A. Y. (illustrator). 1st Edition. Possibly a first edition, as no other date stated. Binding tight. Interior age-toned, but in very nice condition, given age; end papers scuffed; previous owner's name on ffep, dated 1885; "J.F. Shumate & Co. Booksellers" sticker on inner front board. Navy boards with debossed and bright gilt design; some rubbing to gilt on spine. Boards scuffed; corners bumped and worn. Spine darkened; spine ends bumped and worn, some nicks. Chronicles the author's maritime adventures aboard the yacht 'Sunbeam', as she embarks on a grand voyage around the world alongside her family and companions. 511 pages including appendix and more.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hard Cover. First Edition. No copyright date, so presumed first US edition, very good with no dust jacket. Owner's name (partially erased) and 1880 date at top of front pastedown; same name in small letters on title page. Top edge of page block and foredge of pages have a thin line of dampstaining, and there is a faint stain on the front board from water. A couple of signatures in about the middle of the book are slightly loose and don't quite match up with the rest of the page edges. Terra cotta cloth with a gilt decorations and lettering on the front board and spine (gilt is still fairly bright). Bevelled boards have slight wear at edges, and lower corners are worn through at tips. Includes foldout color map at front, numerous illustrations, appendix, and an index; 479 pages.

Softcover. 286 Seiten Only Vol. I. Zustand: Exemplar einer Privatbibliothek mit Kennungen. Rücken mit Fehlstelle, Ecken, Kanten berieben/bestoßen. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 250.

hardcover. Condition: Good. 1883 printing. decorative cloth cover shows minor wear, tear, rubbing to the extremities, soiling. pages lightly tanned, fold-out map intact.

Condition: Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket Slightly dampstained cover. (Diaries, Sea Travel, Travel).

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: G+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Brown covers show light spotting/soil; some corners bumped; slight age darkening of spine but gilt spine lettering bright, easily readable. Hinges sound, uncracked; pgs tight, unmarked. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. No DJ. Reprint of a bestseller in its day; an account by Annie Brassey, wife of Thomas Brassey, of their trip around the world on a steam yacht, accompanied by four children and two dogs. In 1887 she died of malaria while on a voyage from Darwin to Mauritius and was buried at sea. Illustrated with woodcuts throughout. No maps. 511 pgs. ;

Hardcover. Condition: Good. xi, 479 p. front., ill., folded map. Publisher's brown cloth. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Ships daily.

Marbled Boards. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No DJ. American Edition. Pp: ix + 368. N.D. c.1880's or later. First published 1879. Titles: pasted label to sp. Frontis w/ tissue grd. Illus: w/ b/w prints. T.E.G. Decorative endpapers. Leather cors, bumped. Spine taped w/ heavy maroon library tape (formerly 3/4 leather). Bookstore label, r.p.p. Interior leaves are very clean and tight. An around the world adventure commencing on July 1, 1876 and returning to England on May 26, 1877, charmingly described by Mrs. (Anne) Brassey. The adventures of a Victorian lady aboard a large steam yacht with her entire family.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. Pearson, G. (illustrations engraved on wood by) ;Bingham, Hon. A.Y. (original drawings) (illustrator). Special Edition. Mostly complete copy of the 1880 abridged version (only one panel missing from fold-out ocean map.) Book has been wet at top front cover but no damage to interior text, age spots on end-pages. Book inscribed as a gift in 1880. Gilted page-edges. Hardcover has brown cloth boards with gold & black lettering & designs in embossed imprints, but no DJ. Doubtful a jacket was issued for this edition. The author's trip around the world in a "screw composite three-masted topsail-yard schooner" with four children, two dogs, one cat and three birds (not to mention husband, servants & crew!). A Voyage in the Sunbeam, describes their journey around the world in 1876-7, (this voyage is said to have been the first circumnavigation of the world by a private yacht) ran through many English editions and was translated into at least five other languages. Her accounts of later voyages include Sunshine and Storm in the East (1880) In the Trades, the Tropics, and the Roaring Forties (1885); and The Last Voyage (1889, published posthumously). Lady Anna (Annie) Brassey (1839-1887) wrote this account of her family's travels with her husband, Thomas Brassey (1836-1918), 1st Earl Brassey and Governor of Victoria, Australia. This edition contains 66 illustrations (including one of the author), a world ocean map marking prevailing winds & currents on a 5 panel fold-out and entries from the ship's log to document details of climate and navigation. No copyrights, but title page says this copy printed 1880. No specific edition/printing information found, but there are 2 prefaces. one refers to this copy as an abridged edition to appeal to a wider audience of readers. An 1898 Longmans, Green & Co. catalog describes copy this as a "Cabinet Edition" with then MSR of 7s. 6d. No ISBN, LCCN or MSR printed in this copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Blue cloth with beveled boards with gilt lettering and front cover pictorial of the yacht. Corners and spine ends with some rubbing. Fold out map at front is near fine with a small edge fold. Two previous owners names at front. 1880 date on title page with no other indication of previous editions on copyright page.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No. St. Louis, Missouri: J. W. Henry, 1890. First published in 1878. Bright, attractive copy of this account of a journey around the world on the yacht Sunbeam 1876-77, starting from England and along the coasts of South America through the Straits of Magellan, on to the Society Islands, Sandwich Islands (Hawaii), Japan, China, Singapore, Ceylon, up through Suez and the Mediterranean. Illustrated with engravings. Blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt and black, 488 pages. Some rubbing and scuffing to the extremities, good hinges, sound text block, lightly age-toned but clean pages free from names or other markings. Hard Cover. Good/No. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New edition. In brown cloth with red & black; with illustrations. Prize inscription & school stamp on front end paper; corners of front free end paper torn off; generally well-used & rather soiled; both hinges cracked & repaired. Spine worn, with illegible lettering Used - Acceptable. Fair hardback.

Couverture rigide. Condition: Satisfaisant. Un accroc sur le haut du dos et sur les page de garde,pages propres,affranchissement philatelique la plupart du temps,envoi soigné.