Captain Marryat Ed (7 results)

Condition: Very Good. VG condition book without dust jacket. Boards are clean with little wear, spine mildly faded. Book has clean and bright contents with no markings, front endpaper removed, 352pp with B&W illustrations and 4 colour plates.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 12mo, half leather with marbled paper covered boards, raised bands and gilt titles & decoration on spine, all edges marbled. 284pp. Shelf wear & some foxing to front & rear, generally very good and clean inside. Edited by Captain Marryat for his friend Edward Howard; only Marryat's name appears on the title page of this edition. This follows the protagonist's life from his birth, early schooling to his life in the navy. Possibly autobiographical, though this was never confirmed. An entertaining read from an author who deserves more recognition.

Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Dust jacket: Paper browned. Wear and slight loss to ends of spine and corners. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Very Good Minus. Book: First Everyman's Library edition. Blue cloth binding. A little light foxing to page edges. Good solid binding. Very clean text throughout. Previous owner's name to front free endpaper. A very scarce Everyman's Library title with sales figures in the bottom 10 of the 1000 published titles. Complete with the rare jacket. Overall book condition is Very Good Plus. Size: 4.25 x 6.75 inches (11 x 17.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: xviii, 377, 4.

Cloth. Condition: Good Only. Unamed (illustrator). A copy of the popular 'Rattlin the Reefer' by Edward Howard, edited by Captain Frederick Marryat. Author's Edition. Bound in blue covered cloth boards with gilt lettering. Captain Frederick Marryat (July 10, 1792 August 9, 1848) was an English novelist, a contemporary and acquaintance of Charles Dickens, noted today as an early pioneer of the sea story. He is now known particularly for the semi-autobiographical novel Mr Midshipman Easy and his children's novel The Children of the New Forest. 'Rattlin, the Reefer' was edited by Frederick Marryat for his friend and fellow captain Edward Howard. For several generations, however, people thought it was actually written by Marryat. From the main character's early schooling, to his life as a midshipman, to his experiences aboard ship, this work offers an accurate insight into the life as a naval man during the period, inevitably drawing heavily on both Marryat and Howard"s own experiences in the navy. Like many of Marryat's books, this book is thought to be autobiographical although this was never specifically confirmed by Captain Howard himself. While almost unknown to modern audiences, Edward Howard's writing has been favourably compared to that of Tobias Smollett and Herman Melville. The binding is generally firm. There is wear to the extremities including bumping, some marking and a 2.5" tear to the spine. The spine is cocked. The rear inner hinge is strained and the frontispiece and tissue guard are loose but present. Internally the pages are slightly browned to the edges with the odd handling mark. There is a small ink inscription to the front free end paper. Good Only. book.

Leather Spine w/marblized Cvrs. Condition: G-G+. No Jacket. None Stated. 407 pp, frontis, spine has 6 leather bands, covers and spine have some wear, otherwise a solid copy.

Half Calf. Condition: Very Good. [ii], 407 pp. Engraved frontis and illustrated half title. Brown half calf over marbled boards, with red and green leather labels to spine and gilt decoration; all edges and endpapers marbled. Minor rubbing to binding. Previous owner's name, George Lindsay, to title page, otherwise internally clean. This work was edited by Marryat for his shipmate and colleague at The Metropolitan Magazine, Edward Howard, though only Marryat's name appears here on the tile page, as editor. Small 8vo.

Condition: Acceptable. 18 Volume Set (Volumes 1-18 of what was originally a larger set). Limited Edition of 750 copies on printed on Hand-made Paper for America. Octavo. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt spine titles on faded spines. Top edges gilt, other edges are uncut. .