The Works of Captain Frederick Marryat, including:
The Children of the New Forest, Mr Midshipman Easy, Jacob Faithful, Monsieur Violet, Poor Jack, Olla Podrida, The Pirate, Joseph Rushbrook, The Phantom Ship, The King's Own, Japhet, In Search of a Father, Frank Mildmay, Masterman Ready, The Privateers Man, Valerie, Peter Simple, The Settlers in Canada, Snarleyyow, Percival Keene, The Mission, The Little Savage.
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A beautifully bound set with each volume signed Bickers & Son to the head of the ffep verso, uniformly bound in blue half calf with fitting nautical designs in gilt to the spine compartments.
These volumes were published by J.M. Dent and edited by Reginald Johnson, here uniformly bound contemporaneously. There are some illustrations throughout the volumes, almost all protected with tissue guards, as well as a foldout map in Monsieur Violet. The set is not numbered externally but the half titles do provide the volume numbering, from which we can determine that from the complete set we lack volumes three and five here, but it is otherwise complete, i.e. twenty volumes of twenty-two are present.
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Size: 127 x 188 mm (approx., each)
Condition:
Contemporary uniform half blue calf over marbled paper backed boards. Spines uniformly sunned but the set presents very attractively indeed on the shelf with uniform heights and gilt to the spines. The gilt remains bright to all volumes. Spines a little rubbed, mostly to raised bands and extremities as typical. Joints occasionally a little rubbed but with all boards securely attached, the bindings secure and without shelf lean. Top page edges uniformly dulled as typical with others bright, all edges marbled. Attached bookplate to front pastedowns of 'E. W. Becher' with the armorial motto 'Bis vivit qui bene', also attached at the rear pastedown in some (but only a few) volumes, occasionally inverted. Endpapers foxed else generally very clean throughout the text blocks of each title, verso pages of illustrations often offset, the same with the tissue guards where present. Front board of Mr Midshipman Easy warped with some dampstaining throughout, the text without loss of sense. Foldout map in Monsieur Violet foxed but without tears etc. All volumes collate as complete including the half titles.
A very attractive set.
