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"To Caroline - with love from Desmond" inscribed across the top of the titlepage
in two volumes (as published)
Mario Sorrenti
Presentation copy from the author to fellow travel writer Eric Newby
Hard covers
État Général de la Marine et des Colonies, au 1er Janvier 1840 fiji "To Caroline - with loveParis: L'Imprimerie Royale, 1840. Finely bound in polished crimson morocco with elaborate coronet and wreath decoration to front and back, gilt spine with decoration and title lettering. All edges coated in gold leaf. Pale blue, watered silk endpapers, 8vo. pp v + 258. Tiny surface chip at the cap of the spine with some minimal loss to the gilt tooling. With the crowned monogram of the Duc de Nemours, better known as Louis d'Orleans (second son of