9780575001947 - Peter Simple de Marryat, Captain (4 resultados)

Condición: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Ex library copy with usual stamps & stickers.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Series: Gollancz Classics. 512p hardback with blue dustjacket, a fresh and clean copy, introduction by Oliver Warner, no names or stamps Language: English.

Hardback. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. Reprint. PETER SIMPLE Captain Frederick Marryat. Gollancz Classics, London 1969 First Thus ISBN 0575001941 512pp Hardback. This copy is in FINE condition in a FINE unclipped dustwrapper. One of the most well-read and most enjoyed of Marryat's works, this tells the story of a young boy, the son of a North Country parson, who is sent to sea, to fulfil a family tradition. All sorts of amusing incidents occur, and there is a Captain in command at one point, who simply cannot tell the truth, or at least cannot help embellishing the truth with very fanciful and sometimes contradictory details. Very probably Marryat had someone in mind when he invented this character. Our hero ends the story having succeeded to the family peerage, which most of the time during the story seemed pretty unlikely to happen. Frederick Marryat was born in Great George Street, Westminster, London on 10th July 1792. His father, Joseph Marryat, was descended from Huguenots who had taken refuge in England following the St. Bartholemew's Day massacres in 1572, two centuries previously, and his mother was an American from Boston, with the maiden name of Geyer. Frederick's grandfather was Dr. Thomas Marryat, an extremely eccentric physician, who had died, impoverished, in Bristol just before Frederick's birth. Ref O5.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Ex-library book, Hardback/Hardcover, usual stamps and marking. Clean text, sound binding. Quick dispatch from UK seller.