RUSSELL (W. C).: A Voyage to the Cape. AN EARLY ISSUE , Chatto & Windus, 18868vo., First Edition, with an engraved plate; original pictorial blue cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in red and black, very neatly rebacked in cloth to style, a very good, firm copy. With 32pp publisher's catalogue (dated October 1886) bound in at end. Sold from an institution with its stamp on title. Russell's tales were a mainstay of late Victorian adventure fiction. Dr. Watson is 'deep in one of Clark Russell's fine sea stories' at the opening of 'The Five Orange Pips'. (Book ref. 19758) £60.00 The payment methods accepted by the seller, Island Books , are shown in the right-hand column. |
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