Peter Simple

Marryat, Captain (Frederick)

Published by D. Appleton & Co., New York, 1883

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New York: Appleton, 1883. Possible First American Edition. Complete in one volume. Green silk decoratively blindstamped with black in a rope pattern and with elaborate gold decoration on front board and spine. Frontispiece engraving by J. C. Buttre. Floral endpapers. 513 pp., 2 pp. advertising. Antique ex-library with hand-numbered and hand-dated (1883) bookplate purchased directly from library started by another Captain, William Sturgis. Spine cloth torn along edges, needing to be set down, front hinge cracked, book shaken, old waterstain to first signature (which is loose) and part of frontispiece, discoloration to rear board. Light foxing. Still uncommon title in earliest American edition noted. Fair.

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Title
Peter Simple
Author
Marryat, Captain (Frederick)
Publisher
D. Appleton & Co., New York
Publication year
1883
Condition
Fair
Binding
Hardcover
Illustrator
Buttre, J. C.
Edition
First American Edition
Dimensions
12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Seller catalogs
Rare Literature and Fiction, Sturgis Library

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