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Maxwell, General E. H.
Griffin Ahoy! A Yacht Cruise to the Levant, and Wanderings in Egypt, Syria, the Holy Land, Greece, and Italy, in 1881.
Publisher: Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, London;
Date of Publication: 1882
Stock Code: 9039
First Edition, PRESENTATION COPY. Octavo, pp., xi, [1], 326, 16 catalogue. Engraved frontispiece with tissue guard, vignette to title-page. Publishers’ royal blue cloth with bevelled boards, gilt titles and anchor motif to spine and gilt ship vignette to upper board; decorative border in blind to boards. Minor rubbing to extremities. Minor scattered foxing, mainly to title-page & frontispiece, text-block edge and later leaves. Presentation copy from the Author inscribed boldly to verso ffep: “To Ada Fordyce from her affectionate Cousin & the Author Edward Herbert Maxwell, General, Nice 1st May 1884”. A clean, solid copy. A rare account of the Author’s voyages aboard the Yacht “Griffin”, around the Mediterranean region with his impressions of the people, places and culture he encountered en route, £350.00