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GREG. E. H.
A Narrative of the Cruise of the Yacht Maria among the Feroe Island in the Summer of 1834...
- Published
- London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855.
- References
- Abbey Travel 81; Bobins 405.
- Plates
- 10 + 1
- Binding/Size
- M=4to
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855.
- Ref
- 5275
FIRST EDITION. Octavo, text pp.1-89, litho map of the islands, ten coloured lithographed plates, one double-page, title vignette, and a tailpiece. Original blue coarse cloth, blind-stamped, gilt yacht design to the upper board. Coloured endpapers. Spine worn at top and tail, corners 'bumped'. MS author inscription on a loosely inserted note "E. Tipping with E.H. Greg's kind regards, 1857". Bookplates of 'Paul & Louis Bader' & 'Norman R. Bobins' to front pastedown and front free-endpaper respectively. Coloured plates in order: 1. Frontispiece. Three Rocks called: Grasholm, Findholm & Drag. 2. Passing the Diamonds. 3. Feroese House of the best class. 4. Myling Head as seen from the South. 5. Myling Head as seen from the North. 6. The Northern termination of the Island of Kalsoe. 7. Astonishing the Natives. 8. South Eastern point of Kunde. 9. Whale Hunting in Westmannshaven Bay (folding plate). 10. Deck scene in the Northern Ocean. 11. Laid up for the Winter (tailpiece).