London: Saunders and Otley. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1835. First Edition. Hardcover. Brown 1/4 calf, edges a little rubbed, marbled boards, paper peeled on Vol I, gilt titles and line decoration, contents very good, clean and tight. A very scarce edition, lacks Vol II.; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

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Bookseller: Luis Porretta Fine Arts (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 17433
Title: THE PACHA OF MANY TALES - 1ST ED. VOL I & III
Author: Marryat, Captain
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Saunders and Otley
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1835
Keywords: First Edition
Bookseller catalogs: Antiquarian;

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Marbled boards: ...
First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
12mo: A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
Calf: Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.