Paul Periwinkle; or, The Pressgang. In Three Books (1841) by Neale, William Johnson - 1860

Willoughby, 1855. ~TITLE CONTINUES: Embellished by Forty Etchings. Drawn and Engraved by Phiz. ~Date estimated. Original half green calf, marbled paper to boards. Browning to some illus, usually margins. Endpapers uncracked at gutters. Front hinge externally cracking from top (10cm). No ownership marks. Text block sound and unmarked. ~Robust packaging. Overseas tracking available on request.. Hardcover. Good+. viii,3-640.

London: Printed for Thomas Tegg, 1841. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. 8vo. [5], vi-vii, [4], 4-640, [2] pp. Later half brown morocco over brown cloth with the boards ruled in gilt and the spine in six compartments with gilt decorations and lettering; all edges marbled. Lovely marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated with forty plates engraved by Hablot K. Browne (Phiz). Muir 19. NCBEL III 953. A sharp copy of a Victorian novel featuring naval battles and scenes of battle during the Haitian Revolution. Minor rubbing to the corners and front joint; a bookplate and an ink inscription with the typical toning to the plates (the plates were printed on poor-quality paper).