Japhet In Search Of a Father

Macmillan and Co. Ltd. London. 1895. FIRST BROCK EDITION. 8vo. Fully illustrated throughout with 40 fine drawings by Brock, most full page. A very good copy in the publishers delux binding of highly decorative dark blue cloth binding with gilt lettering and illustration by Albert Angus Turbayne to front board and spine. Yellow peacock design on white endpapers. All edges… Read more about this item

London : Macmillan , 1895 . . VG . 8VO . Black and white illustrations by H M Brock. Bound in florally blindstamped red cloth with gilt titling on front cover and spine. Spine a little dulled. A solid and attractive book.

London: MacMillan and Co., Limited, 1903. Hardcover in decoratively embossed red cloth sans dust-jacet [as issued?]. 401pp. Second impression in the Illustrated Standard Novels series. Illustrated by Henry M. Brock with full page and vignette engravings. . Introduction by David Hannay. Endpapers toned, light wear to cloth and name stamped inside front cover.… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan and Co. 1895. 8vo.Illustrated. xl, 401, 2 pp. Original maroon blind-stamped cloth with gilt lettering to front board & spine. Small mark to front board. Internally clean. Full-page and in-text illustrations by H. M. Brock. . Very Good. Cloth. 1895.

Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1843. 1st edition, thus. Leather. Very Good. 1st edition, thus, Copyright edition (1st Continental Edition). A Very Good copy. 12mo., 382 pp. Bound in quarter red leather and marbled paper boards, with title and volume on the five compartment spine in gilt. All edges marbled. Yellow end papers. Moderate shelf wear, mostly at the tips.… Read more about this item

London: George Routledge & Sons, c1875. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 6.5" by 4". None. A smart new edition of this novel by Royal Navy Officer, Frederick Marryat. A new edition. A novel following the efforts of a child deserted by unknown parents, known as a "foundling," to find his father. Through his many… Read more about this item

R. E. King & Co. Ltd, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. 364 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Front endpaper has been removed. Pages are heavily tanned and thumbed at the edges. Heavy foxing throughout. Hinges are cracked, with some exposed netting and a loose binding. Boards have been moderately rub worn. Noticeable shelf wear to corners, spine and edges.… Read more about this item

George Routledge, and Sons. VG-/na. Hardback. Some rubbing & edgewear; small bumps on edges/corners; some yellowing/discoloration; duststaining on edges; previous owner's name/stamp/marks on endpages; text otherwise overall clean & sound. 364 pages.

Dent, 1929. Hardcover. Good. 1929. 418 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Inscriptions to front pastedown and endpaper. Inscription to front pastedown. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a… Read more about this item

R. E. King & Co., 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Remarks. 364 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping.… Read more about this item

Baudry, Paris, 1836. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Half Leather). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Spine has worked loose at edges and been re-glued in position. Heavy foxing throughout. Edges foxed and browned. Cover edges are rubbed and worn. Quantity… Read more about this item

New York: D. Appleton & Co, 1878. Embossed green cloth, printed in gilt and black. Light wear to top and foot of spine; hinges weak. Light tanning to page edges due to age. Former owner's name in pencil. Very good. 421pp.+ads. Frontispiece by J.C. Buttre. Captain Frederick Marryat was an naval officer and English novelist, a pioneer of… Read more about this item

1862. Routledge, Warne and Routledge, London. 1862. Half tan leather over marbled boards. Gilt decoration and type to spine, with raised bands. B&w frontis and illustration to title page. 401pp. Marbled endpapers and outer edges. Foxing and browning to prelims, and also to rear pages. A little foxing through the text. Edges of spine a little… Read more about this item

George Routledge and Sons, London. Very Good. George Routledge & Sons N.D., London. Hardcover. Book Condition: Fair. No copyright date found. Royal blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine and black decoration on spine and front board. Pages age-yellowed. Boards worn. Corners bumped. Spine ends frayed and chipped. Free of any markings.

London: George Routledge and Sons, no date. unknown. Hardcover. Good/None. 364 pages, with illustrations, violet cloth board with black pictorial cover and gilt title on spine. Worn corners and edge, yellowed page edges, otherwise, clean and tight copy. Record # 854067

London: Routledge, Warne, & Routledge . Good/No DJ. 1861. New Edition. Hard Cover. 12mo Embosed green cloth with gilt titling and decoration. Small name plate on f. paste down. Foxing to mainly to prelims, frontis & title. Frontis plate , illustrated title page. 401 pages (Plus advertising pages) .

New York: Macmillan and Co., 1895 Original publisher's gray-green cloth with repeating decorative pattern including the letter "M," which is visible when viewed at certain angles. With an Introduction by David Hannay. Frontispiece and text drawings by Brock. The author's seventh adventure novel, first published in Great Britain in 1836. Light rubbing to cover extremities. Prior owner name and date… Read more about this item

London: Richard Edward King. Cloth Bound Boards. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Size 7" x 5", 364 pages. Not dated. Maroon cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the front cover and spine, top page edge gilt. Condition good, corners, edges and spine edges rubbed, spine a little faded, pages brown with age but… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1836. "Captain Frederick Marryat was born July 10 1792, and died August 8 1848. He retired from the British navy in 1828 in order to devote himself to writing. In the following 20 years he wrote 26 books, many of which are among the very best of English literature, and some of which are still… Read more about this item

London: J.M. Dent and Co., 1896 One of the many novels of Captain Frederick Marryat. "Japhet was reared in a foundling hospital, and apprenticed to a Smithfield apothecary, his good looks, impulsive self-confidence, and unbounded talent for lying, carried him with éclat through the professions of quack doctor, juggler, and mountebank, gentleman about town, tramp, and quaker to emerge triumphantly… Read more about this item