Weppner, Margaretha The North Star and The Southern Cross. Being the Personal Experiences, Impressions and Observations of Margarethe Weppner, In a Two Year's Journey Around the World. (2 vols). Published by Sampson Low, Marston, Low and Searle, London, 1882. Signed by author Fourth American Edition
Fourth American Edition. Hard cover, in blue decorated cloth gilt, pp x + 505; vii + 504 + ads. Inscribed by Weppner to front free endpaper: "To Mr & Mrs Henry Bush, with the kindly wishes from Margaretha Weppner. Port Townsend, December 5th, 1884". Weppner was a German language teacher who sailed from France to the US in 1869, thence to Japan, China, Saigon, Singapore, Java and Batavia, then back to Singapore, Calcutta, Delhi, Bombay, Suez, Cairo, Alexandria and finally back to Munich, Germany. Henry Bush, to whom the book is inscribed, was the United States Shipping Commissioner at Port Townsend. Condition: almost Fine, with light shelfwear to the covers, and light rubbing to the spine gilt.

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