Nautical Captain Marryat The Pirate and the Three Cutters 1836 1st UK VG

Description: Nautical Captain Marryat The Pirate and the Three Cutters 1836 1st UK VG First UK edition First issue with 1836 on title page and no fruther publication dates. Publisher: London Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1836. [ii blank] [xii], 1-315pp, [i blank] Original light tan leather binding. Spine with gilt lettering. All edges untrimmed. An engraved frontispiece, an additional engraved title page, and a further 18 engraved plates illustrated by Clarkson Stanfield. Each illustration is proteced by tissue paper. Book Condition: VG Covers rubbed with bumped edgSpine faded with lightly rubbed edges. Binding tight, not cocked but beginning to crack. Previous owners signature on half title page and dated "March 8, 1836." The text is very clean with no foxing. Overall, the text is bright. An amazing copy for a book published in 1836. The first edition of two maritime adventure novels by Frederick Marryat (1792-1848), derived from his experiences serving in the British Royal Navy. The Pirate is the story of two brothers separated at birth, one joins the navy; the other is thought lost and adopted by a pirate, but not a pirate himself. They are reunited when the navy brother hunts down the pirate. The Three Cutters is the story of a smuggler, a pleasure yacht, and a revenue schooner and what happens when they all cross paths. Marryat is an author whose work helped create the naval adventure literature. In real life, Marryat led four barges from the Newcastle on a raid against Orleans, Massachusetts on 19 December 1814, the last combat in New England during the war. The affair had mixed results. Initially, Marryat cut out an American schooner and three sloops, but he managed to escape with just one sloop. It is unusual to find this book in such fine condition.

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Location: Arlington, Texas

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