Valerie by Marryat, Captain - 1929

J.M.Dent & Sons Ltd., 1929. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1929. Reprinted. 278 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrated frontispiece. Ex-Library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pencil markings to front free endpaper. Top textblock edge dyed grey. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Minor wear marks to boards.

J. M. Dent and Co.. Collectible - Acceptable. Collectible - Acceptable. No Dust Jacket Limited edition, number 399 out of 750 copies. Heavily soiled. Bookplate inside. (historical fiction, sea stories, adventure)

J. M. Dent & Sons Limited, 1929. Hardcover. Good. 1929. 278 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Inscription to front endpaper. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Water marks to boards and spine.

London/New York/Boston: J.M. Dent and Co., Croscup and Co. & Little, Brown and Co., 1896. This children's novel was the last work by [Frederick] Marryat (1792-1848), famed for his nautical fiction. It was published posthumously in 1848. This is Volume Twenty-Four of "The Novels of Captain Marryat. Edited by R. Brimley Johnson," a Very Good copy of the First Edition Thus, an edition that is LIMITED to 750 copies. Blue cloth binding with titling in gilt on the spine. Clean text; viii, 278 pages; handmade paper. Frontis etching, and five others within, drawn by D.Downing and etched by W. Wright-North. This is the American edition, with the logo of Little, Brown & Co. at the foot of the spine.Light wear at the tips; spine faded to brown but gilt still bright; paper toned at the edges.. Limited. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by D. Downing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: J. M. Dent, 1896. Limited edition - No. 148 of 750. Hardback. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 278 pages; Physical desc.: 278 p. tissue guard ; 21 cm. Subject: English fiction -- 19th century. Children's literature.

George Routledge & Co., 1852. Book. Fair. Hardcover. Splits, chipping and fading to spine. Marks to covers. Corners bumped. 245 pages. Slight cracks to hinge. Pages are shaken. Binding looks weak. Light foxing to some pages..