Marryat, Frederick

Snarleyyow, or The Dog Fiend. London: Henry Colburn, 1837, 8vo (200 x 119mm.), 3 volumes, first edition, half-titles, 4pp. publisher’s catalogue at end of volume one, contemporary boards with paper labels on spines, collector’s cloth chemises and green morocco-backed slipcase, [Sadleir 1598; Wolff 4537], contemporary ownership signature on title-pages dated March 1839, some spotting and browning, volumes skilfully rebacked, loss to one corner; Peter Simple… illustrated edition. London: Saunders and Otley, 1837, 8vo (200 x 120mm.), 3 volumes, first illustrated edition, 12 plates after R.W. Buss, the Sadleir copy, preliminary advertisement leaf in volume one, 2pp. publisher’s advertisements at end of volume one and two, publisher’s advertisement slip in volume three, original dark blue cloth with title in gilt on spines and design of ship in blind on covers, collector’s cloth chemises and blue cloth slipcase, [Sadleir 1592c (this copy); Wolff 4531a], bookplates, bumped at extremities; Poor Jack. London: Longman, Orne, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1840, 8vo (231 x 150mm.), original issue in twelve monthly parts, 36 plates after Clarkson Stanfield, numerous additional slips and catalogues, original cream paper wrappers, collector’s cloth slipcase, [Sadleir 1595; Wolff 4534], some soiling and fraying to extremities

[Peter Simple] H.C. Embleton – Michael Sadleir – H. Bradley Martin (bookplates)