Captain Frederick Marryat; Michael Sadleir; John Simpson — Peter Simple in Two Volumes

London, Constable & Co. Ltd, 1929. First edition. Cloth. An illustrated and limited edition pair of Marryat's longest and most accomplished novel. A complete pair of the limited edition. One of 750 copies printed for sale in America and England. First published in 1834 as a serial in The Metropolitan Magazine, this is Marryat's longest and most celebrated novel. It follows a young gentleman in a period of British naval dominance. Illustrated with collotype plates of the etchings and drawings of Victorian artist and illustrator Robert William Buss. Both volumes feature a monochrome frontispiece, with volume one featuring fourteen additional monochrome plates.  Volume two features six additional monochrome plates. Collated, complete. With an introductory biographical essay on Marryat by Michael Sadlier. Bound in the original embossed cloth with gilt top text block edges. Bound in original red cloth. Externally, very smart. Mild bumping to extremities. Slight fading to spines. Small bookseller stickers to front paste downs. Mild age toning and the odd spot to endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean, with occasional spotting. The odd spot to text block edges. Very Good . Ill.: R. W. Buss. Very Good .