Marryatt Captain Frederick (11 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Two volumes, complete. Brown leather with gilt spine titling and decoration; leather has heavy shelf-wear, spines rubbed to the point the titling is gone or obscured, with frayed corners and minor loss to spine ends at both volumes. Front outer hinge of volume two cracked; front hinge of volume one cracked through with exposed threads, although the threads appear strong and the front board's connection to the book, while delicate, is holding. Pages foxed. Interior else unmarked.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 427 p. 21 cm. Square binding with cloth covered spine and paper-covered, illustrated boards. Endpapers are split along front hinge but binding is still holding well. Worn through along the edges and spine ends. Spine faded. Darkening to edges of lower board. Text block edges are somewhat grimy. Shelf rubbed overall. Previous owner's name and a couple of tiny stamps on the front endpapers. Inside pages are clean and unmarked, with some toning mostly along edges. Presents better than it sounds. A Swedish edition of Frederick Marryatt's 1840 novel Poor Jack. Illustrated with black and white engravings. No. 69 of the publisher's Ungdomens Bibliotek. Illustrated by Anton Blomberg (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 176 p. 20.5 cm. Sound and square binding with cloth-covered spine and paper-covered, illustrated boards. Front free endpaper is missing and rear hinge is split, but is still holding fairly well. Worn through along the edges, and at the corners and spine ends. Spine titles and decoration is dulled. Lower board shows soil. Shelf rubbed overall. Previous owner's name on the front endpaper. Inside pages have occasional staining and soil and toning to the edges. A Swedish edition of Frederick Marryatt's 1836 novel The Pirate. Illustrated with black and white engravings. No. 80 of the publisher's Ungdomens Bibliotek. Illustrated by J. Granlund (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Limited. London/Boston: J.M. Dent and Co./Little, Brown and Co., 1896. A late children's novel by [Frederick] Marryat (1792-1848), famed for his nautical fiction, that was first published in 1841. This is Volume Nineteen of "The Novels of Captain Marryat. Edited by R. Brimley Johnson," a Very Good copy of the First Edition Thus.Dark blue cloth binding, with titling in gilt on the spine. Clean tex; x, 269 pages, top-edge gilt, with others rough-cut. "This Edition, printed upon Hand-made Paper, is Limited to 750 copies for America." [This copy out of series] Frontis etching, and five others within, by D. Murray-Smith. Bumped corners, general rubbing around the margins. Spine is a bit faded, but the gilt remains brigh. Limited. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by D. murray-Smith. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. D. murray-Smith (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Two volumes bound together in original publisher's cloth, 6.25" x 4.25", 179 and 198pp plus a bookseller's catalogue. Each volume has a title page and frontis illustration. The hinges have been inexpertly repaired following the endpapers; there are some pencil notes inside the covers and on a few blank leaves.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Limited/Numbered. London/Boston: J.M. Dent and Co./Little, Brown and Co., 1896. One of the late children's novels by [Frederick] Marryat (1792-1848), famed for his nautical fiction. This is Volume Twenty-Third of "The Novels of Captain Marryat. Edited by R. Brimley Johnson." This title was first published in 1848, having been completed by Marryat's son. A Very Good copy of the First Edition Thus. Dark blue cloth binding, with titling in gilt on the spine. Clean tex; x, 269 pages, top-edge gilt, with others rough-cut. "This Edition, printed upon Hand-made Paper, is Limited to 750 copies for America." [Here #542.] Frontis etching, and five others within, by W.G. Tennick. Bumped corners, general rubbing around the margins. Gilt on spine is dulled, but quite readable. Limited/Numbered. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by W.G. Tennick. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. W.G. Tennick (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Early edition. 8vo. Two volumes bound as one. Old 3/4 red morocco over marbled boards, from the Book Binding Shop of Becher & Eitel, Hartford, Connecticut; marbled edges. Very good. Heraldic engraved bookplate of C.L.F. Robinson by E.D, French, 1900. Pencil signature of Robinson, December 14th, 1871 on the page before title. 399 pages + 407 pages. Charles Leonard Frost Robinson was President of The Colt Patent Firearms Co., he died in 1916. Small book blinders label on the verso of the front free endpaper.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. No Jacket. Hartford: Silas Andrus and Son, 1846. Captain Frederick Marryat (1792-1848), of the Royal Navy, became a popular novelist of (what else?) sea stories, the progenitor of Conrad, O'Brien, and Forester. Although often reprinted, his period works are scarce today. "The King's Own" was his second novel, originally published in 1830. This is a Very Good copy of what Quercus believes is the First American Editionor possibly a pirate. Not in WorldCat or LoC; most often seen are is the edition from Appleton, some three decades later. Brown cloth binding, decoratively stamped; with gilt decorations and lettering on the spine. Clean text; 243 pages. Minimal foxing/spotting; paper quite bright (somewhat stiff to turn, but still firmly attached). There is a penciled signature on the second free endpaper; on the Title Page another owner has signed twice, in pencil and ink. Signatories have the same surname; Quercus postulates that the two owners were related, perhaps father and son. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/No Jacket.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Later Printing. Sandbornton, N.H.: Charles Lane, 1838. Captain Frederick Marryat (1792-1848) of the Royal Navy is noted as an early practicioner of sea-stories. Although he has been reprinted, his period works are uncommon today.This is a lovely set of his sixth novel, in a full-leather binding. Very Good (Plus) to Near Fine condition. Smooth calf with gilt lettering on the spine. Originally published in London in 1835 (although LoC claims an edition by Carey & Hart dated 1834), these were Issued as part of "Lane's Uniform Edition." Clean, bright text; 227 pages and 209 pages. Faint penciled notes on the front endpapers, and a contemporary inked inscription on the rear paste-down. Later Printing. Full-Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.…

EA. Lane, Sandhorton, 1837. 209/225 S., orig. Leder. (etwas bst./Rücken einger./1 Rücken mit Fehlstelle.)---Lane s Uniform Edition, Maryatt s Novels Bde. 8/9 750 Gramm.

Lane, Sandhornton, 1837. 237 S., orig. Leder., Duodez. (berieben u. bst./Rücken fehlt/Papier teils gebräunt.)--- 750 Gramm.