Search Results: paul periwinkle or the pressgang in by neale william johnson

Willoughby, 1855. ~TITLE CONTINUES: Embellished by Forty Etchings. Drawn and Engraved by Phiz. ~Date estimated. Original half green calf, marbled paper to boards. Browning to some illus, usually margins. Endpapers uncracked at gutters. Front hinge externally cracking from top (10cm). No ownership marks. Text block sound and unmarked. ~Robust packaging. Overseas tracking available on request.. Hardcover. Good+. viii,3-640.

London: Henry Lea, 1860. Book. Good. Hardcover. Undated (c1860?). "With embellishments on steel drawn and engraved by Phiz". Mid-C19th dark green leather over marbled boards; raised bands and gilt decorations on spine; marbled endpapers; all edges marbled. Corners rubbed, some small scratches on boards, light foxing, good. Paul Periwinkle is a lively naval adventure novel in the Marryat mould. Issued anonymously as "by the author of Cavendish". The dating of the Lea edition is uncertain (no copies in COPAC)..

London: Printed for Thomas Tegg, 1841. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. 8vo. [5], vi-vii, [4], 4-640, [2] pp. Later half brown morocco over brown cloth with the boards ruled in gilt and the spine in six compartments with gilt decorations and lettering; all edges marbled. Lovely marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated with forty plates engraved by Hablot K. Browne (Phiz). Muir 19. NCBEL III 953. A sharp copy of a Victorian novel featuring naval battles and scenes of battle during the Haitian Revolution. Minor rubbing to the corners and front joint; a bookplate and an ink inscription with the typical toning to the plates (the plates were printed on poor-quality paper).