Valerie
by Marryat, Captain [Frederick]
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
London/New York/Boston: J.M. Dent and Co., Croscup and Co. & Little, Brown and Co., 1896. This children's novel was the last work by [Frederick] Marryat (1792-1848), famed for his nautical fiction. It was published posthumously in 1848. This is Volume Twenty-Four of "The Novels of Captain Marryat. Edited by R. Brimley Johnson," a Very Good copy of the First Edition Thus, an edition that is LIMITED to 750 copies. Blue cloth binding with titling in gilt on the spine. Clean text; viii, 278 pages; handmade paper. Frontis etching, and five others within, drawn by D.Downing and etched by W. Wright-North. This is the American edition, with the logo of Little, Brown & Co. at the foot of the spine.Light wear at the tips; spine faded to brown but gilt still bright; paper toned at the edges.. Limited. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by D. Downing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006129
- Title
- Valerie
- Author
- Marryat, Captain [Frederick]
- Illustrator
- D. Downing
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Limited
- Publisher
- J.M. Dent and Co., Croscup and Co. & Little, Brown and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London/New York/Boston
- Date Published
- 1896
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Literature;
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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