London: Ward and Lock, 1855. Book. Good. Hardcover. First British Edition.. First British Edition. Mid C19th black leather and grey marbled boards. Boards grazed, extremities rubbed, some soiling and brown spotting throughout; bookplate of Cooper's West End Circulating Library, Reading, on front pastedown and Cooper's Library in gilt at foot of spine, good. Tales of naval derring-do told by a Lieutenant to his young nephew. First published in Boston, Mass. in 1855. This edition was issued as a yellowback : see Sadleir [3639]..

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Bookseller: Richard Beaton (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: RE2044
Title: Tales for the Marines (1855)
Author: Gringo, Harry [ie Lieutenant Henry Augustus Wise]
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Edition: First British Edition.
Publisher: Ward and Lock
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1855
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Richard Beaton

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In addition to listing on bookselling websites, I issue quarterly catalogues, available free of charge on request. I offer a select stock of nineteenth and early twentieth century fiction -- novels, short story collections, literary journals, annuals etc, with a strong emphasis on lesser-known novelists.

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