Author : William whitlock lloyd Year of publication: C1891 Format: Hardback Signature: No First edition :Yes Condition: Good Category: History Cost of book: £55.00 Price negotiable: Yes
Specifics:
ook 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.the plates themselves are in great condition,with no marking on them.
