Frederick Marryat — Peter Simple

London, J.M. Dent and Co. 1903. Cloth. The third edition of Marryat's celebrated nautical novel following the rise of a young midshipman, with beautiful colour plates. A lovely illustrated edition of Peter Simple, the classic nautical novel written by pioneer of the genre Captain Frederick Marryat. Published in 1903, first published in serialised form between 1832-1833. In the publisher's decorative original cloth. Contains a colour frontispiece, and all eleven other beautiful colour plates by English illustrator James Ayton Symington. Collated complete. Serving both in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812, Marrayt was inspired to write fiction based on his own experiences with great success. Peter Simple, perhaps the most celebrated fictional work during his lifetime, follows the service of a young midshipman as he grows out of being the 'fool of the family&apos. In the publisher's decorative original cloth. Externally, mostly smart, with a couple of small marks to the rear board and faint fading to spine. Slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine, and to the extremities. Faint scattered spotting to end papers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with faint spots to extremities of pp.346-359. Very Good . Ill.: J.A. Symington. Very Good .