"Summer Cruising in the South Seas" 1873, Charles Warren Stoddard 1st ed RARE - $525 - (San Clemente, CA)
"Summer Cruising in the South Seas" by Charles Warren StoddardSurfer, Surfing, Hawaii 1873, 1st Edition-RARE! Chat and Windus, London, First EditionIllustrated by Wallis MacKay5.5"W - 7.75"H Condition: Good, owner's signature inside. Hinge broken with spine mull exposed on first page and front cover only. All other pages are intact. Can be professional glued. Book cover vibrant green. Text-block nearly detached from boards. Front free endpaper detached. Some foxing. Tears to cloth along ends of spine. 1/4" and 1/2" loss of cloth along edges of corners of boards. Spine cloth rubbed and with some fading. Front board clean and bright. Text block in good condition. 319 pages + frontis + plates + 48 pages advertisements. Green cloth boards. Gilt illustration of women surfing on front board. Frontispiece also has a different illustration of people surfing. Page dimensions: 4 11/16" X 7 7/16". Please see my photo close up photos as they are part of the description as well. Passage from the book: "The third and mightiest of the waves was gathering its strength for a charge upon the shore. Having reached it's outer ripple, again Kahele dived and reappeared on the other side of the watery hill, balanced for a moment in the glassy hollow, turned suddenly, and, mounting the towering monster, he lay at full length on his fragile raft, using his arms as a bird it's pinions, - in fact, soaring for a moment with the wave under him. As it rose he climbed to the top of it, and there, in the midst of foam seething like champagne, on the crest of a rushing sea-avalanche about to crumble and dissolve beneath him, his surf-board hidden in spume, on the very top bubble of all, Kahele danced like a shadow. from pages 234-235. "CLICK HERE TO SEE MY OTHER ITEMS FOR SALE" This book ships Priority mail service and includes tracking. If you have any questions, please ask Our policy is no returns on books or magazinesEverything we sell is packed securely SHIPPING COST REFLECTS ADDED INSURANCE…
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