JACOB FAITHFUL.
by Marryat, Captain. Introduction by R. Brimley Johnson
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good-/No Jacket
- Seller
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Oakville, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London / New York: J.M. Dent & Sons / E.P. Dutton 429 pp, 7" H. Deep red cloth with blind stamped emblem on front board, gilt lettering/decoration on spine, top edge brown. Pictorial endpapers, decorated title page. No date. Originally published in 1834. Born on the River Thames and never having set foot on land until the age of eleven, Jacob Faithful is left an orphan. Having obtained an education and an apprenticeship to Old Tom, a waterman, he makes his way through a variety of adventures, including being 'pressed' into the Royal Navy. Very light browning to pages - mainly in margins, small label from bookseller on rear pastedown with some colour offset on free rear endpaper, moderate browning to fore-edge and bottom of text block, minor lean to spine, minor soiling on bottom of text block, minor rubbing.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good-/No Jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Capricorn Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30413
- Title
- JACOB FAITHFUL.
- Author
- Marryat, Captain. Introduction by R. Brimley Johnson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- J.M. Dent & Sons / E.P. Dutton
- Place of Publication
- London / New York
- Keywords
- Jacob Faithful, Captain Marryat, 19th Century English Literature, English Novels, River Thames, Port of London, Ports, London, Watermen, Wherrymen, Bargemen, Orphans, Education, Royal Navy, Press Gangs, Pressed Men, Sailing, Age of Sail, Sea Adventure, Lo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Childrens; Literature; Historical Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Capricorn Books
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About the Seller
Capricorn Books
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Oakville, Ontario
About Capricorn Books
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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