Sunshine and Storm in The East, or Cruises to Cyprus and Constantinople by Mrs. Brassey (HQ410)

Published 1880: First Edition / Hardcover / Good Condition / Illustrated throughout with Upwards of 100 Illustrations Chiefly from Drawings by Hon. A. Y. Bingham

Original red pebbled boards with leather spine and gilt titles. 448 very clean and bright pages pages, previous owners details on the first free page, the illustrated map at the front of the book showing Tracks of The 'Sunbeam' is loose and has rips but remains intact, the map attached to the rear of the book is missing. The text block is very firm, but the front and back covers are detached as shown in images. A very scarce original first edition. (HQ410)

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Anna, Lady Brassey (1839-1887) was an English travel writer and philanthropist best known for her vivid accounts of ocean journeys undertaken with her family. Her husband was a Civil Lord of the Admiralty who made many ocean voyages by steam yacht to test this new technology. Anna Brassey's description of these travels led to her becoming a best-selling author. In 1874 and 1878 the Brasseys sailed around the Mediterranean and as far as Constantinople in the Sunbeam. Her account of the voyages, with many delightful illustrations, is vividly written in considerable detail. It mixes exotic descriptions of people and places with lively accounts of domestic life on board. Inconveniences are made light of, and she relishes new experiences and acquaintances, showing none of the condescension towards foreigners often exhibited by Victorian travellers.

The couple had five children together before they traveled aboard their luxury yacht Sunbeam. The yacht was said to have been named after their daughter - Constance Alberta - who was nicknamed Sunbeam; she died of scarlet fever aged four, on 24 January 1873. The golden figurehead of the yacht depicting her is at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, UK. A Voyage in the Sunbeam, describes their journey round the world in 1876-77 with a complement of 43, including family, friends and crew, ran through many English editions and was translated into at least five other languages.

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