RECOLLECTIONS OF WEST-END LIFE; WITH SKETCHES OF SOCIETY IN PARIS, INDIA, &c. &c.
Chambre, Alan Major:
London. 1858. Two volumes. [8],304,[2]; [6],288,[24]pp. Frontispiece portrait in first volume. Original green blindstamped cloth. Corners bit worn. Slight separations starting along inner hinges, but still holding tightly. Bookplates. 19th-century ownership inscription on titlepage of each volume. Else quite clean and very good. The author, a member of the 17th Lancers, writes of his travels to various points on the globe. Most of the second volume relates to the West Indies, with anecdotes of slavery, customs, sugar plantations, scenery, etc. Chambre was stationed in Jamaica, so there is much information respecting that island, where he arrived in 1836. He provides an excellent account of life there at the time of emancipation. There is also some material on Toussant L'Ouverture, Brazil, and aerostation, including an account of a fatal air accident, and the origin of Montgolfier's balloon. Not in Sabin or Borba de Moraes. CUNDALL 933.
(Item ID: WRCAM27541) $750.00