A VOYAGE IN THE SUNBEAM Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months.
Brassey, Mrs.
Published by Longmans Green and Co, 1878
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5th Ed. [xvi] + 511pp. + [i]. 7 maps and charts including 3 folding, 9 full page ills., 106 ills. engraved on wood by G. Pearson chiefly after drawings by the Hon. A.Y. Bingham. Frontis and title page spotted, half title lightly browned, new e.ps., rebound in gilt lettered modern brown cloth, t.e.g. Toy 401. A true classic of travel literature. Published the same year as the first edition. US$74. Seller Inventory # 285001
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Title: A VOYAGE IN THE SUNBEAM Our Home on the ...
Publisher: Longmans Green and Co
Publication Date: 1878
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
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A Voyage in the Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months
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John B. Alden, 1884
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Seller: West With The Night, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
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3/4 leather. Reprint. 511 p. Includes illustrations. Good. No dust jacket. missing two inches of spine covering at the head of the spine, spine covering seems brittle all around, po gift inscription in 1919, tiny damp stain to one corner. Seller Inventory # Alibris.0003355
A Voyage in the Sunbeam Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months
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Belford, Clarke & Co, 1887
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Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Darkening to page eges. Hinges are sound. Seller Inventory # 36746
A Voyage In The Sunbeam - Our Home On The Ocean For Eleven Months
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Longmans Green & Co., 1894
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Seller: Visible Voice Books, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Longmans Green & Co. January 1894 Binding: Hardcover ******1890 J.W. Henry EDITION, BOARDS SOILED, FOXING THROUGHOUT****. Seller Inventory # 97798
A Voyage in the Sunbeam: Our Home on the Ocean For eleven Months
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Henry Holt, 1883
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Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. In green cloth. Sound hinges. Wear to cloth at spine ends. Seller Inventory # 120868
A Voyage in the Sunbeam: Our Home on the Ocean For eleven Months
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Belford, Clarke & Co, 1883
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Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. In black and gilt decorated green cloth. Page edges a little dusty. Sound hinges. A nice copy. Seller Inventory # 061377
a Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months
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Chicago, Belford, Clarke, 1881., 1879
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Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
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hardcover. Condition: Good. 1883 printing. decorative cloth cover shows minor wear, tear, rubbing to the extremities, soiling. pages lightly tanned, fold-out map intact. Seller Inventory # mon0003813230
A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam.' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months. Reprint, early Edition. Illustrated. St. Louis, Circa 1890
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J.W. Henry, St. Louis
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Seller: sonalsorises, Los angeles, CA, U.S.A.
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Condition: Near Very Good. Illustrated (illustrator). Early Edition. Early edition. Original greenish cloth, titles somewhat faded, wear to the extremities, hinges starting. Illustrated account of eleven months at sea by Mrs. Brassey. Seller Inventory # 008090
A Voyage in the Sunbeam: Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months
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Longmans, Green, and Co., London, United Kingdom, 1880
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Seller: Bargain Finders of Colorado, Simla, CO, U.S.A.
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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. Seller Inventory # 006732
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A Voyage in the Sunbeam, Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months
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J. W. Henry, St. Louis, Missouri, 1890
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Seller: Resource Books, LLC, East Granby, CT, U.S.A.
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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. Seller Inventory # 022864
A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam': Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months
Published by
Longmans Green and Co, 1881
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Hardcover
Seller: Anybook.com, Lincoln, United Kingdom
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Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Medium brown cloth 8vo with black and gilt illustrated front board and backstrip. Gilt lettering on front board and backstrip. Blind borders on backstrip. Bumped corners and light fraying. Slightly cocked. Blue end papers. Split hinges. Gilt edges. Frontispiece and illustrated title page. Interior is secure, clean and clear save for some foxing. Illustrated and containing a few plates including a coloured fold out map plate. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,900grams, ISBN: Seller Inventory # 4834096
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