Sunshine and Storm in the East,

£500 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

Lady Brassey's account of her journeys 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. First edition; 8vo (23 x 15 cm); engraved frontispiece, illustrated title page, 8 plates, 2 folding colour maps, numerous illustrations in the text, mostly after drawings by A.Y. Bingham, armorial bookplate to pastedown, maps a little spotted; publisher's gilt pictorial cloth, one small closed tear to spine, else a bright attractive copy; xx, 448 pp. Blackmer 195.

• Binding: Hardcover

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