A children's novel about a family shipwrecked on an island. Captain Frederick Marryat (1792-1848) was an English Royal Navy officer, novelist, and a contemporary and acquaintance of Charles Dickens, noted today as an early pioneer of the sea story. He is now known particularly for the semi-autobiographical novel Mr. Midshipman Easy, and for a widely used system of maritime flag signaling, known as Marryat's Code.
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A children's novel about a family shipwrecked on an island. Captain Frederick Marryat (1792-1848) was an English Royal Navy officer, novelist, and a contemporary and acquaintance of Charles Dickens, noted today as an early pioneer of the sea story. He is now known particularly for the semi-autobiographical novel Mr. Midshipman Easy, and for a widely used system of maritime flag signaling, known as Marryat's Code.
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Seller's Description:
Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Damaged cover. The cover of is slightly damaged for instance a torn or bent corner. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading. Grubby book may have mild dirt or some staining, mostly on the edges of pages.
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Good/Fair. No Jacket. 1920 Reprint. Light blue cloth boards with pictorial end papers. Spine a little crushed and discoloured and titles and full length design faded, otherwise a good copy with no inscriptions. Pages clean and tight without foxing. No jacket.
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Good in dw jacket. War economy edition. Writing on front endpaper. Dustwrapper badly chipped, price-clipped 3 cm. loss at base of spine strip. Covers clean, but corners bowed. Contents clean and unmarked.
