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The Sea & The Jungle
by H. M. Tomlinson
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Duckworth, 1930. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 6". Clare Leighton. A very smart copy of the first illustrated edition of this account of the voyage of the Capella from Swansea to Santa Maria de Belem do Grae Para, Brazil. First thus. Originally published 1912, now with a foreword by the author and woodcut illustrations. Illustrated with a frontispiece, six plates, and many head and tailpieces. Collated complete. An account of the voyage of the tramp steamer Capella from Swansea to Santa Maria de Belem do Grae Para, Brazil. With details of the further voyage along the forests of the Amazon and Madeira Rivers to the San Antonio Falls, returning to Barbados before heading to Jamaica, Tampa, and Florida. Written by Henry Major Tomlinson, a British writer and journalist known for his anti-war and travel writing, especially of life at sea. Illustrated by Clare Marie Veronica Leighton, an English-American artist, writer and illustrator, best known for her wood engravings. In the original quarter green cloth with paper covered boards. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear and minor bumping to the extremities. Light sunning to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with light age toning to the endpapers. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 885T5
- Title
- The Sea & The Jungle
- Author
- H. M. Tomlinson
- Illustrator
- Clare Leighton
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Duckworth
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1930
- Size
- 9" by 6"
- Keywords
- Sea Jungle Brazil Barbados Jungle Tomlinson Leighton
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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