Masterman Ready; or, The Wreck of the Pacific. Written for Young People.
London. Longman, Brown, Green, & Congmans. 1841-42. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo, 17cm, First Edition, in 3 volumes, viii,287,[xvi] & [xxx],269 & 223,[`],32pp., (publisher's ads.; - Dec, 1842, April, 1842/ Jan, 1843); frontis engraving in each volume & numerous attractive text illustrations throughout, ads precede in volume 2, in the original dark green cloth, expertly restored (earlier), new endpapers, gilt spine titles, 6 blind stamped vignette cover illustrations (just visible), very good to fine. (cgc) Sadleir 1583. Later issue of the first volume has Vol. 1 on the spine. Frederick Marryat, was an English sailor and novelist. His stories, based on his able and adenturoous service career, show a gift for circumstantial narrative and a power of creating characters which make them classics of their kind. Item #40259
Price: $600.00 save 25% $450.00