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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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. 12th book in Classic Library series. Octavo. Light green paper-covered boards. Black lettering on spine. 256 pages. Dustwrapper and covers VG. Front endpaper missing. Prize label on half title Contents clean but tanned.
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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.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Dust Jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 350grams, ISBN: