The Sea Adventure by F. Whymper - 1883

Cassell, Petter Galpin & Co, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. Unpaginated. No dust jacket. Vols III and IV in one. Half leather bound to black boards, with gilt lettering. B&W illustrations throughout. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Some gutter cracking. Moderate wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with splitting to spine ends. Notable scuffing, staining and marking to boards. Minor loss and splitting to lower title plate on spine.

London: Cassell, 1111. First. . Hardcover. Poor. 8vo. foxed no spine boards detached

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

London: Cassell, Petter & Galpin, 1890. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. no date circa 1890,VOLUMES 1 2 AND 3 ONLY OF 4,original half red leather hardcover,illustrated,320, 320 & 320 pages,covers rubbed otherwise good.shelf 192.

Cassell, London. circ. 1900 Blue Cloth Gilt, Spines Sl. Scuffed. Good

No date, circa 1900? Cassell Petter Galpin & Co - London.. Excellent collection of stories, legends & facts about the sea, sailing, sea life, boats, fishing etc. Numerous black & white plates, maps, illustrations & a colour plate at the front of volume 1. Some of the plates are loose, but all are present. Original burgundy cloth, quarter leather binding. Leather a litttle scuffed & worn. Generally VG overall. 4 volumes. NB. Postage extra at cost. .

Colour frontis to Vol. I & II, colour plate. Numerous full plate illustrations and in text in all four volumes.

London: Cassell and Company, c1890. Brochure/Pamphlet. Good Only. 11" by 7.5". None. Twenty-three parts of this instructional work on the sea by F Whymper. Scarce to be in the original parts as most copies of this work are already bound in volume form. Being parts 2, 11-25 (Inclusive), 27, 28-30 (Inclusive), 30, 32-35 (Inclusive). Therefore lacking several parts of this original 40 part work. Frederick Whymper was a British artist and explorer. This work on the sea discusses marine life, explorers, expeditions, and more written in a flowing prose. There are several illustrations, many being diagrams to illuminate Whymper's descriptions. In the original paper wraps. Externally, several volumes are worn. Light marks Marks to the wraps. Minor chipping to the extremities of most volumes. Small chips to the head and tail of joints to most parts. Both wraps to part 2 are detached but present and are rather soiled with chips, creases and loss. Small hole to the centre of rear wrap of part… Read More