Book Description: Penninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co [1891], London, 1891. Original half Morocco. First Edition. unpaginated ::24 mounted chomolithographed plates including title and rear map ::310mm x 410mm (12" x 16") ::Scarce. Humourous look of life on board a voyage from Tilbury to Bombay described in a series of line drawings and colour plates Cover has some rubbing and the spine needs some attention,but nothing major.as you can see there is some damage caused by damp on the inside back cover.again i am sure this can be repaired.this is a rare hardcover book. Lloyd had served with the South Wales Borderers in South Africa, Zulu War, 1879, and had had some of his sketches published in the ILN. After leaving the Army he had some success with illustrated books based on his service experiences in India and Africa, On Active Service and Sketches of Indian Life, followed by this item promoting the P & O line and another of 1896 Union Jottings a similar exercise on behalf of the Union Line. This is a charming account of a trip undetaken from Tilbury to India via the Suez Canal. Wonderfully well-observed scenes of life on board - "In the Bay - Dressing for Dinner", "Gibraltar", "Malta", "Port Said", "In the Canal", "In the Red Sea", "Evening in the India Ocean" &c. Humorously rendered, but without doubt a life-like picture of what must have been familiar scenes to generations of "Servants of the Empire.

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On 25-Sep-10 at 20:18:15 BST, seller added the following information:

A HARD TO FIND DEPICTION OF A BYGONE ERA.a fascinating account of life aboard a steam ship,depicted in wonderfull pencillings and colour plates.