NEWTON FORSTER; OR, THE MERCHANT SERVICE By the Author of "The King's Own" (Three Volumes bound in one)

(MARRYAT, Frederick) (1792-1848)

Verlag: James Cochrane, London, 1831

Beschreibung

FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (21cm) (ii), 270, 295, 252 pp. Half tan calf over marbled boards; green morocco title label lettered in gilt. Raised bands. Marbled end-papers and edges. Armorial bookplate of Henry Liggins to front paste-down. Spine very slightly chipped at head. Boards a touch scratched. A couple of leaves with light foxing otherwise text largely clean. A tight very good copy. "Although dated 1832, this book was actually published in December 1831" - Sadleir, Excursions in Victorian Bibliography. In this book the nautical component is provided by the Merchant Navy. The hero is the sole survivor of a wreck, being rescued and brought ashore by a Newfoundland dog. He is adopted and brought up by an absent-minded old watchmaker, whose dog found him, and whose brother is an eminent and well-to-do lawyer in London. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 8090

Bibliografische Details

Titel: NEWTON FORSTER; OR, THE MERCHANT SERVICE By ...

Verlag: James Cochrane, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1831

Einband: Hardcover

Auflage: 1. Auflage

Art des Buches: Book