Description: A Diary in America, with Remarks on its Institutions, Captain Frederick Marryat, Longman, Orme, Brown, Green and Longmans, London, 1839, six volumes, two folding maps modern cloth binding, 8vo. In good condition, poorly bound modern binding. Textblocks are in excellent condition with little wear or foxing. Bookplate of previous owner on pastedown. Two folding maps are in good, working order. Please see photos. Captain Frederick Marryat was a Royal Navy Officer, a novelist and an acquaintance of Charles Dickens. He is noted today as an early pioneer of the sea story. Marryat’s Code is still a widely used system of maritime flag signalling. Marryat was named a Fellow of the Royal Society in recognition of his invention and other achievements. Marryat’s novels are characteristic of their time, with concerns of family connections and social status often overshadowing the naval action, but they are interesting as fictional renditions of the author’s twenty-five years at sea. Mark Twain, Joseph Conrad and Ernest Hemingway admired his work greatly. They were among the first nautical novels, serving as models for later works by C.S. Forester and Patrick O’Brian. RARES1839DKMB.
Price: 400 USD
Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
End Time: 2024-11-09T18:05:02.000Z
Shipping Cost: 0 USD
Product Images
Item Specifics
All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Year Printed: 1839
Topic: Sets
Binding: Cloth
Author: Captain Marryat
Subject: History
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Publisher: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans
Place of Publication: London
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
