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BRASSEY, ANNIE ALLNUTT
Tahiti: A Series of Photographs taken by Colonel Stuart-Wortley
Very good with only very light occasional foxing. 8 x 6 1/4 inches, xii, 68 pages, original blue cloth still bright with gilt and green pictorial stamped upper and lower covers, gilt titling to spine, all edges gilt, decorative endpapers, corners slightly bumped and lightly rubbed, minimal rubbing to spine head and tail, 29 black and white photographic illustrations all in pristine condition with tissue-guards intact and un-foxed, frontispiece with hinge slightly loose.Lady Annie Brassey (1839-1887) attained international fame as a travel writer detailing her various voyages aboard her luxury yacht with her husband. The text of this volume was written to accompany the photographs taken by Colonel Stuart-Wortley (1832-1890) who played an important role in the development of British photography. ; Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, London 1882
VT40173	$ 1250.00