Marryat Capt C B Captain (2 results)

Leather Binding. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st. First Edition, Thus; This pirated edition is the direct result of the Marryat's attempt to protect his American copyrights. The first English author to do so, Marryat copyrighted his work in the U. S. with the Philadelphia publication, but as a foreign author it had no effect. . 263 pp.; rebacked in tan leather and with a page added at the front from H.E. Barker "Lincolniana".with Marryat's quote by Lincoln on the Presidency. Size: 12 vo.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Three volumes bound as two, published successively in 1839 and 1840. Original cloth hard covers, with paper spine title-labels. Moderate toning and handling to covers; mild toning & foxing to edges. Front free endpaper lacking in first volume (though there remains a blank fly-leaf); old owner's bookplate in each volume, with additional early name to endpaper of second volume. Otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat with bright text -- a sound and handsome set. [vol. I]242+228[vol. II]ii,300pp. Marryat's strident impressions of his tour in Canada and the US were not very well received. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Book.…