Dickins, Marguerite

Along Shore with a Man-of-War

Boston, MA: Arena Publishing Co. 1893.

First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Good in a No Dust Jacket dust jacket. Withdrawn library copy, with the expected markings. Green cloth stamped in gilt. 242 pp plus ads. Front board lightly soiled, and rubbed at the corners, with some loss of cloth. Binding solid, pages clean and without foxing. Dickins was a naval officer's wife, and spent two years sailing up and down the coast of South America. The book includes her experiences and reflections on Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay. (Smith, American Travellers Abroad, D50).