Captain Frederick Marryat; Michael Sadleir — Peter Simple

London, Constable & Co. 1929 . Cloth. A two volume Limited Edition of Marryat's Napoleonic War novel, illustrated with collotype plates after R. W. Buss. An illustrated two volume edition of Frederick Marryat's 1834 novel about a young British midshipman during the Napoleonic wars. A Limited Edition of this work, with 750 unnumbered copies printed.Illustrated with twenty-one collotype plates of the etchings and drawings of Victorian artist and illustrator Robert William Buss. Collated, complete.With an introductory biographical essay on Marryat by Michael Sadlier. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Shelf wear to back strip head and tail, with light fading to volume II back strip. Minor marks to boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages exceptionally clean and bright. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: R. W. Buss. Very Good Indeed .