[Michael Scott] — Tom Cringle&Apos;S Log

Edinburgh, William Blackwood , 1833. First edition. Cloth. The complete first edition of this nautical novel published anonymously by Michael Scott. First edition. Complete in two volumes. In the original cloth binding.Credited to Scottish author Michael Scott, this novel follows the life of young midshipman Tom Cringle: his imprisonment in occupied Germany by Napoleon's forces, his West Indian cruise on the Torch, a British man-of-war, his daring escape from West Indian pirates, and his ultimate promotion to the officer ranks.Some of the book is based on his post at a business firm in Kingston, Jamaica, and the story was first serialised in Blackwood's Magazine in 1829. In the original cloth binding. Externally, rear hinge to Vol II failed. Hinges to Vol I held by cords only. Minor fading and rubbing to the spines. Bookplate of one John J. Carnegie to the front paste downs. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with heaviest scattered spotting to the first and last couple leaves. Good Only . Ill.: None. Good Only .