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BRASSEY, Anna, Lady.

Sunshine and storm in the East,

Sunshine and storm in the East,

or cruises to Cyprus and Constantinople.

Stock Code 113962

London, Longmans, 1880

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Inscribed by Lady Brassey to her doctor. Lady Brassey's account of a journey to Cyprus and Constantinople written in the form of letters to her father, with comparisons with previous visits and how those places had changed in the intervening years.

Inscribed on the half title: 'To /Dr. Dobell /with best wishes from/ the Author/ Annie Brassey /August 1880'. With the bookplate of Dr. Horace Dobell, and a short note to the head of half title: 'Mrs Brassey, first wife of Lord Brassey was a patient of mine HD'. Lady Brassey suffered from chronic bronchitis and Dr. Dobell was a specialist in diseases of the chest.

First edition; 8vo (23 x 15 cm); inscribed by lady Brassey to her doctor on half-title, with his bookplate, and newspaper of the book tipped into rear with manuscript note by the dedicatee, engraved frontispiece, illustrated title page, 8 plates, 2 folding colour maps, numerous illustrations in the text, mostly after drawings by A.Y. Bingham, little spotting to first map and plate; publisher's gilt pictorial cloth, top edge gilt, a little rubbing, hinges professionally restored, a bery good copy; xx, 448 pp.

Blackmer 195.

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Provenance: Dr Horace Dobell, 1828-1917 (author's inscription, bookplate).

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