MARRYAT, Frederick. Narrative of the Travels and Adventures of Monsieur Violet, in California, Sonora and Western Texas. FIRST EDITION. 3 vols. 12mo. Longmans. 1843
Half titles, folding map vol. I. Uncut in later red morocco, red cloth boards, spine gilt in compartments; hinges sl. rubbed. A nice copy.
¶Sadleir 1586; Wolff 4525. Fifteenth on Sadleir's list of comparative Marryat scarcities. This tale of an exiled French aristocrat in the southern states of America shows great knowledge of the landscape.
Stock #70101
£450
46, Great Russell Street - (opp. British Museum) - Bloomsbury, London WC1B 3PA
