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Ask a question or Order this book Browse our books Search our books Book dealer info | Author: MARRYAT, FREDERICK (1792-1848) Title: Poor Jack Description: London : Longman. Orme. Brown. Green and Longmans 1840. First Edition. Finely bound in modern leather-backed. marbled boards. Very impressively finished. Gilt-blocked leather label to spine. Raised bands with decorative gilt tooling to spine compartments. Scattered foxing. mainly around the plate margins. Previous owner's signature to the title page. The plate facing page 110. and pp.353/354 are somewhat edge torn. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight. bright. clean and strong.; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 384 pages; Physical description: x. 384p. plates. illus. ; 23cm. Genre: English fiction -- Novel -- 19th century -- Adventure fiction. Illustrations: wood-engravings. some signed R. Branston. H. R. Vizetelly. E. Landells. Sadleir states that at some stage the illustrations were re-engraved on metal. Referenced by: Sadleir. M. 1595. by Captain Marryat. With illustrations by Clarkson Stanfield.Weight in Kg appr.: Keywords: Price: EUR 195.00 = appr. US$ 211.94 Seller: MW Books - Book number: 216629 |