Wallis & Newell, Publishers, 1835. Good. Marryat, Frederick. Japhet in Search of a Father. New York: Wallis & Newell, Publishers, 1835. 223pp. 12mo. 3/4 leather with brown cloth. Book condition: Good. Covers scuffed and soiled, but binding is tight. Pages are foxed and occasionally dog-eared. Bookbinder's label on front paste-down and former owner's name written faintly on the front free endsheet. Instructions to bookbinder on title page. Rear free endsheet has been torn out. All standard bibliographic references state the 1st edition of this book was 1836, however, the imprint has the publication date as 1835. The serialization of this book in the U.S. was commenced in 1835, but not complete until 1836. Nonetheless, the publisher retained the earlier date. The title of this novel is briefly alluded to in James Joyce's Ulysses as a reference to a question of uncertain parentage..

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Title: Japhet in Search of a Father
Author: Marryat, Frederick
Book Condition: Used - Good
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Wallis & Newell, Publishers
Date Published: 1835

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Soiled: Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
New: A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
Paste-down: The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
Title Page: A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
12mo: A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...