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Privately Printed, 1909. Full morocco, 10.5 inches tall. A rather extraordinary binding with elaborate gilt tooling to the spine and boards. Gilt dentelles and watered silk doublures and endpapers. Slight rubbing, abrasions to the boards. 27 full page illustrations. Privately printed to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company in 1840.

London: Casell & Co., 1911. Quarter pale blue morocco. 9.5 inches tall. Gilt raised bands, fine floral gilt panels and top edge. From the Cannes library of Mme Vagliano. Colour frontispiece and 80 full page monochrome plates. Some foxing. Splendid copy slightly faded by the Provencal sun.