1890's Rare Victorian Book - MASTERMAN READY by Captain Frederick Marryat.
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Author : Captain Frederick Marryat.
Title : Masterman Ready of The Wreck of the Pacific. written for young people.
Publisher : London, George Routledge and Sons, no date (circa 1890's).
Language : Text in English.
Size : 7 " X 5 ".
Pages : xiii-320 pages.
Binding : Attractive and very good original cloth binding with a decorative paneling (hinges fine, slightly worn and scuffed) under a protective removable mylar cover.
Content : Very good content (bright, tight and clean, rare foxing or staining, name of a previous -1892- owner on blank page at the back of the frontispiece).
Illustrations : Profusely illustrated.
The book : Rare and very attractive edition of Masterman Ready of The Wreck of the Pacific. by Captain Marryat.
The Author : Captain Frederick Marryat (10 July 1792 – 9 August 1848) was a British Royal Navy officer, a novelist, and an acquaintance of Charles Dickens. He is noted today as an early pioneer of the sea story, particularly for his semi-autobiographical novel Mr Midshipman Easy (1836), for his children's novel The Children of the New Forest (1847), and for a widely used system of maritime flag signalling, known as Marryat's Code.