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Auction archive: Lot number 160

MARRYAT, Captain FREDERICK. Peter Simple, 1834, 3 vols., drab boards, uncut, paper spine label on vol. 3, remnants of labels on vols. 1 & 2, portions of spines of vols. 1 & 2 renewed , FIRST (ENGLISH) EDITION, half-title in vol. 2 (all required), err...

Auction 08.10.1991
8 Oct 1991
Estimate
US$500 - US$700
Price realised:
US$1,100
Auction archive: Lot number 160

MARRYAT, Captain FREDERICK. Peter Simple, 1834, 3 vols., drab boards, uncut, paper spine label on vol. 3, remnants of labels on vols. 1 & 2, portions of spines of vols. 1 & 2 renewed , FIRST (ENGLISH) EDITION, half-title in vol. 2 (all required), err...

Auction 08.10.1991
8 Oct 1991
Estimate
US$500 - US$700
Price realised:
US$1,100
Beschreibung:

MARRYAT, Captain FREDERICK. Peter Simple, 1834, 3 vols., drab boards, uncut, paper spine label on vol. 3, remnants of labels on vols. 1 & 2, portions of spines of vols. 1 & 2 renewed , FIRST (ENGLISH) EDITION, half-title in vol. 2 (all required), errata slip and 2 advertisement leaves in vol. 3, Sadleir 1592a: Wolff 4531. The American edition preceded the English so far as vol. 1 and possibly vol. 2, are concerned; Mr. Midshipman Easy, Philadelphia, 1836, cloth-backed boards, uncut, paper spine label (chipped), edges worn, a bit shaken , First American Edition; Masterman Ready, 1841-2, 3 vols., dark blue cloth, vol. 1 recased, vols. 2 & 3 shaken, all with wear at ends of spines and corners , First Issue of vol. 1 without volume number on spine, illustrated, 3 inserted publisher's catalogues with various dates, Sadleir 1583, Wolff 4522; The Privateer's-Man, 1846, 2 vols., purple-gray cloth, tear in title-page of vol. 1, faded, shaken, rubbed , Sadleir 1596, Wolff 4535; The Little Savage, 1848-49, 2 vols., green cloth, spines faded, light wear at ends of spines and corners , 12 engraved plates (some foxed), 14 March 1849 gift inscription in each vol., Sadleir 1582, Wolff 4521 -- [HOWARD, EDWARD]. Rattlin, the Reefer. Edited by the Author of "Peter Simple" [Capt. Frederick Marryat], 1836, 3vols., drab boards, uncut, rebacked, a side stained , 9 engraved plates by A. Hervieu, 12-page publisher's catalogue dated June 1836 at front of vol. 1, Sadleir 1227, Wolff 3308 -- [SCOTT, MICHAEL] Tom Cringle's Log, Edinburgh, 1833, 2 vols., dark green cloth, uncut, recased with new endpapers, small tear in half-title of vol. 1 repaired , Carter's A Binding, Sadleir 3040, Wolff 6228B; The Cruise of the Midge, Edinburgh, 1836, 2 vols., purple-brown diaper grain cloth, uncut, recased, repairs to spines, faded, a variant of Carter's A Binding ("dark blue morocco cloth"), Sadleir 3039, Wolff 6228A; London, except as noted. together 18 vols., small 8vo-8vo, original bindings, all in half morocco cases , half morocco cases, FIRST EDITIONS, unless otherwise indicated. All seafaring novels. (18)

Auction archive: Lot number 160
Auction:
Datum:
8 Oct 1991
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, Park Avenue
Beschreibung:

MARRYAT, Captain FREDERICK. Peter Simple, 1834, 3 vols., drab boards, uncut, paper spine label on vol. 3, remnants of labels on vols. 1 & 2, portions of spines of vols. 1 & 2 renewed , FIRST (ENGLISH) EDITION, half-title in vol. 2 (all required), errata slip and 2 advertisement leaves in vol. 3, Sadleir 1592a: Wolff 4531. The American edition preceded the English so far as vol. 1 and possibly vol. 2, are concerned; Mr. Midshipman Easy, Philadelphia, 1836, cloth-backed boards, uncut, paper spine label (chipped), edges worn, a bit shaken , First American Edition; Masterman Ready, 1841-2, 3 vols., dark blue cloth, vol. 1 recased, vols. 2 & 3 shaken, all with wear at ends of spines and corners , First Issue of vol. 1 without volume number on spine, illustrated, 3 inserted publisher's catalogues with various dates, Sadleir 1583, Wolff 4522; The Privateer's-Man, 1846, 2 vols., purple-gray cloth, tear in title-page of vol. 1, faded, shaken, rubbed , Sadleir 1596, Wolff 4535; The Little Savage, 1848-49, 2 vols., green cloth, spines faded, light wear at ends of spines and corners , 12 engraved plates (some foxed), 14 March 1849 gift inscription in each vol., Sadleir 1582, Wolff 4521 -- [HOWARD, EDWARD]. Rattlin, the Reefer. Edited by the Author of "Peter Simple" [Capt. Frederick Marryat], 1836, 3vols., drab boards, uncut, rebacked, a side stained , 9 engraved plates by A. Hervieu, 12-page publisher's catalogue dated June 1836 at front of vol. 1, Sadleir 1227, Wolff 3308 -- [SCOTT, MICHAEL] Tom Cringle's Log, Edinburgh, 1833, 2 vols., dark green cloth, uncut, recased with new endpapers, small tear in half-title of vol. 1 repaired , Carter's A Binding, Sadleir 3040, Wolff 6228B; The Cruise of the Midge, Edinburgh, 1836, 2 vols., purple-brown diaper grain cloth, uncut, recased, repairs to spines, faded, a variant of Carter's A Binding ("dark blue morocco cloth"), Sadleir 3039, Wolff 6228A; London, except as noted. together 18 vols., small 8vo-8vo, original bindings, all in half morocco cases , half morocco cases, FIRST EDITIONS, unless otherwise indicated. All seafaring novels. (18)

Auction archive: Lot number 160
Auction:
Datum:
8 Oct 1991
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, Park Avenue
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