MASTERMAN READY; Or, The Wreck of the Pacific. Written for young people
by MARRYAT. CAPTAIN FREDERICK
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans. London. 1841 - 2. FIRST EDITION. 3 vols. Illustrated throughout each volume with frontis and vignette wood engravings by the Author. Sadleir writes in his bibliography of 19th Century fiction that Taffrail, the writer of sea stories, informed him that Marryat himself drew the illustrations for this book, or at least supplied the sketches from which the drawings were finally prepared. A very good copy in the publishers original bindings of dark grey cloth with blindstamped illustration, possibly Captain Osborne, to each board, surrounded by a double ruled border. Spines with blind ruling and gilt lettering. This set has the later issue of volume one with the lettering stating Vol 1. on the first volume. Coated yellow endpapers, nice and tight without any of the cracking usually found. Bound by Westleys & Clark and with their printed label at the back of volumes 1 & 2. Adverts to volumes one and two dated 1842 & 3. Some chipping and bumping to the spines but still overall a very good attractive copy of Marryat's uncommon first book for children.
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- Bookseller
- Paul Foster Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4262
- Title
- MASTERMAN READY; Or, The Wreck of the Pacific. Written for young people
- Author
- MARRYAT. CAPTAIN FREDERICK
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans. London. 1841 - 2
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's and Illustrated books;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Glossary
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- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...