A voyage in the "Sunbeam" our home on the Ocean for Eleven months. By Mrs. Brassey. Chicago: Belford, Clarke & Co. 1881.

Quarto (18.9 cm x 13.3 cm / 7.44 x 5.23 in.), xvi pp., 1 h., 511 pp., With illustrations inserted in the text. Publisher's binding on cloth, with embossing and gilding on the front cover and on the spine. Good copy. Borba de Moraes, p. 123. Santos Gómez, n. 580.

Annie Brassey (1839 - 1887), an intrepid woman, ahead of her time, traveled the world with her family on the Sunbeam. As a result of those experiences lived in the years 1876-1877, she published several books with real publishing success already in her time. In A Voyage in the Sunbeam, the first of the edited titles, he dealt with detailed notes on the voyage and the episodes lived aboard the ship; the expedition was made up of about forty crew members, including sailors, family, friends and a number of domestic staff.

S. On. 4. L37