Excursions in Victorian Bibliography
Part XI./XII. contains four, of which one is a picture title-page.
NOTE—The novel was published in volume form in April, 1870.
THE VICAR OF BULLHAMPTON: PART ISSUE.
The following advertisement pages, etc., should be found in a complete set. The advertisements at the front of Parts I. to III. are headed “The Vicar of Bullhampton Advertiser.” All wrappers, except front covers, are printed with advertisements.
_Part I: Front_—12 pp., dated July, 1869. _Back_—4 pp., printed in colours and unnumbered.
_Part II: Front_—4 pp., dated August, 1869. _Back_—Nil.
_Part III: Front_—4 pp., dated September, 1869. _Back_—Nil.
_Parts IV to X_ inclusive contain no advertisement pages.
_Part XI_ (double number): _Front_ (or back)—10 pp., publishers' advertisements, unnumbered and undated. [_Note_—This part contains half-title, title, preface, contents, list of illustrations and frontispiece to the complete novel. This preliminary matter is paged (i)-xvi, despite the fact that frontispiece and title-page (4 pp.) are printed separately.]
1870
AN EDITOR'S TALES. By ANTHONY TROLLOPE. Strahan and Co., Publishers, 56 Ludgate Hill, London. 1870. 1 vol. Sq. Ex. Cr. 8vo (5⅛ × 7¾). Pp. (viii) + 375 + (1). Publishers' advertisement occupies p. (376). Brown cloth, gilt, blocked in black. Chocolate end-papers.
_Contents_: The Turkish Bath—Mary Gresley—Josephine de Montmorenci—The Panjandrum—The Spotted Dog—Mrs. Brumby.
NOTE—This book was published in July, 1870. The stories had appeared in “St. Paul's Magazine.”
1870
THE STRUGGLES OF BROWN, JONES AND ROBINSON: BY ONE OF THE FIRM. Edited by ANTHONY TROLLOPE, author of _Framley Parsonage_, _The Last Chronicle of Barset_ etc. etc. Reprinted from the “Cornhill Magazine.” With four illustrations. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 15 Waterloo Place. 1870. 1 vol. Cr. 8vo (4⅞ × 7½). Pp. iv + 254 + (2). Advertisements of works by the same author occupy pp. (255) and (256). No half-title. Frontispiece and illustrated title-page, in line engraving and printed separately, precede the printed title. Brown cloth, blocked in black and gold. Pale yellow end-papers.
NOTE—This book was published in November, 1870. The story had appeared serially in the “Cornhill” in the years 1861 and 1862. Its unpopularity as a serial accounts for the delay in its book publication.
1870
THE COMMENTARIES OF CÆSAR. By ANTHONY TROLLOPE. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. MDCCCLXX. 1 vol. Fcap. 8vo (4¼ × 6¾). Pp. (x) [paged as vi] + 182. Publishers' advertisements occupy pp. (i) to (iv), and a list of volumes in the Series “Ancient Classics for English Readers” occupies p. (vi), facing title-page. Brown cloth, gilt, blocked in black. Chocolate end-papers.
1871
SIR HARRY HOTSPUR OF HUMBLETHWAITE. By ANTHONY TROLLOPE, author of _Framley Parsonage_ etc. London: Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13 Great Marlborough Street. 1871. 1 vol. Cr. 8vo (5 × 7½). Pp. vii + (1) + 323 + (1). Publishers' catalogue, 16 pp., undated but paged, bound in at end. Scarlet cloth, gilt, blocked in black. Black end-papers.
NOTE—Although dated 1871, this book was actually published in November, 1870. The story appeared serially in “Macmillan's Magazine.”
1871
RALPH THE HEIR. By ANTHONY TROLLOPE, author of _Framley Parsonage_, _Sir Harry Hotspur_ etc., etc. London: Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13 Great Marlborough Street. 1871. 3 vols. Cr. 8vo (4⅞ × 7⅜).
Vol I. pp. (iv) + 342. Advertisement of _Sir Harry Hotspur_ occupies p. (ii) facing title.
Vol. II. pp. (iv) + 338.
Vol. III. pp. (iv) + 347 + (1).
Publishers' advertisements, 16 pp., printed on text paper and paged, bound in at end. Brown cloth, gilt, blocked in black. Blue-black end-papers.
This story originally appeared in parts, which were issued as supplements to “St. Paul's Magazine.” The instalments were paged continuously, but separately from the rest of the magazine.
Parts I. to XI. were enclosed in fawn paper wrappers printed in black and red and dated January, 1870, to November, 1870. Parts XII. to XVIII. were not wrappered at all, but merely stitched in at the end of the numbers of the magazine with their own pagination. The series contained eleven full-page line-engraved illustrations by F. A. Fraser, the last of which appeared in Part XI.
Apart from that printed on the back wrappers of Parts I. to XI., no advertisement material was included with the part issue. Title-page and contents (4 pp.) for the one-volume edition were supplied with the eighteenth and last instalment.
Although the real first book edition of the novel (published in April, 1870) was in three volumes cr. 8vo. as described above, the type and illustrations of the “St. Paul's” issue were used in a one-volume demy 8vo (5⅝ × 7⅞) edition (pp. iv + 434—no half-title or list of illustrations) issued by Strahan and Co. in 1871, after the story's serial completion. This one-volume edition is bound in green cloth, gilt, blocked in blind, and has dark yellow or terra-cotta end-papers.
NOTE—The three-volume edition was published on April 6, 1871. I have failed to establish the exact publishing date of the one-volume edition, but it was in June or July of the same year. Oddly enough the later issue is rarer than the earlier, for the sheets were quickly taken over by Routledge and issued in a different binding in 1872.
1872
THE GOLDEN LION OF GRANPERE. By ANTHONY TROLLOPE, author of _Ralph the Heir_, _Can you Forgive Her?_ etc. London: Tinsley Bros., 18 Catherine Street, Strand. 1872. 1 vol. Ex. Cr. 8vo (5⅛ × 7¾). Pp. (iv) + 353 + (9). Publishers' advertisements, paged 1 to 6 and dated May, 1872, occupy pp. 355 to 363. Red-brown cloth, gilt, blocked in black. Pale yellow end-papers.
NOTES—(i) This book was published in May, 1872. The story appeared serially in “Good Words.” It had been written in 1867 for “Blackwood's,” but had proved unacceptable.
(ii) Copies are sometimes found in dark brown cloth, lettered and blocked less heavily and with lighter boards. These are probably later in issue.
1873
THE EUSTACE DIAMONDS. By ANTHONY TROLLOPE. London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1873. 3 vols. Cr. 8vo (5 × 7¼).
Vol. I. pp. viii + 354.
Vol. II. pp. viii + 363 + (1).
Vol. III. pp. viii + 354.
Brown salmon cloth, gilt, blocked in black. Yellow end-papers.
NOTE—Although dated 1873, this book was actually published in December, 1872. The story appeared serially in the “Fortnightly Review.”
1873
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND. By ANTHONY TROLLOPE. London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1873. 2 vols. Demy 8vo (5½ × 8½).
Vol. I. pp. (viii) [paged as vi] + 533 + (1).
Vol. II. pp. (viii) + 516.
Vol. I. contains a coloured map as frontispiece printed on text paper, and two folding coloured maps mounted on linen at end. Vol. II. contains folding coloured map mounted on linen facing p. 1; four folding coloured maps mounted on linen at end. Orange brown cloth, gilt, blocked in black. Dark green end-papers.
NOTES—(i) This book was published in March, 1873.
(ii) The text was later split up and issued in four small volumes, each dealing with a definite province or provinces of Australia and New Zealand. These little books have no importance as “editions,” for they contain no matter not include in the original two-volume issue.
1874
PHINEAS REDUX. By ANTHONY TROLLOPE, author of _Phineas Finn_. With illustrations engraved on wood. London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1874. 2 vols. Demy 8vo (5½ × 8⅛).
Vol. I. pp. vi + (ii) + 339 + (1).
Vol. II. pp. vi + (ii) + 329 + (3).
Each volume contains twelve illustrations printed separately. Blue cloth, gilt, blocked in black and gold. Yellow end-papers.
NOTE—Although dated 1874, this book was actually published in December, 1873. The story appeared serially in “The Graphic.”
1874
LADY ANNA. By ANTHONY TROLLOPE. London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1874. 2 vols. Cr. 8vo (5 × 7¼).
Vol. I. pp. viii + 317 + (1).
Vol. II. pp. viii + 314.
Red-brown cloth, blocked in black and gold. Yellow end-papers.
NOTE—This book was published in May, 1874. The story appeared serially in the “Fortnightly Review.”
1874
HARRY HEATHCOTE OF GANGOIL: A Tale of Australian Bush Life. By ANTHONY TROLLOPE. London: Sampson, Low, Marston, Low and Searle, Crown Buildings, 188 Fleet Street. 1874. 1 vol. Cr. 8vo (5 × 7½). Pp. (iv) + 313 + (3). Publishers' catalogue, 48 pp., dated October, 1873, bound in at end. No half-title. Bright blue cloth, gilt, blocked in blind. Cream end-papers.
NOTES—(i) This book was published in October, 1874. The story appeared serially in “The Graphic.”
(ii) The sheets of this edition were, in the year of publication, cut down and issued in a volume measuring 4½ × 6¾, together with six full-page line-engraved illustrations, printed separately. This later issue is bound in green or in violet cloth, blocked in gold and black, and contains at the end a 40 pp. publishers' catalogue dated October, 1874.
1875
THE WAY WE LIVE NOW. By ANTHONY TROLLOPE. With forty illustrations. London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1875. 2 vols. Demy 8vo (5½ × 8½).
Vol. I. pp. (viii) + 320.
Vol. II. pp. (viii) + 319 + (1).
Each volume contains twenty illustrations printed separately. Bright green cloth, blocked in gold and black. Dark brown end-papers.
This story originally appeared in twenty one-shilling demy 8vo parts, dated February, 1874, to September, 1875, bound in greenish-blue wrappers printed in black and containing the illustrations afterwards included in the two-volume edition. Each part contains two full-page illustrations.
NOTE—The novel appeared in book form in July, 1875.
THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: PART ISSUE.
The following advertisement pages, etc., should be found in a complete set. The advertisements at the front of each number are headed: “The Way We Live Now Advertiser.” All wrappers, except front covers, are printed with advertisements.
_Part I: Front_—8 pp. _Back_—16 pp., paged in fours, of which the last eight publishers' lists.
_Parts II to VIII: Front_—4 pp. _Back_—Nil.
_Part IX: Front_—4 pp. _Back_—4 pp.
_Parts X to XV: Front_—4 pp. _Back_—Nil.
_Part XVI: Front_—4 pp. _Back_—Publishers' catalogue, 20 pp., dated April 10, 1875.
_Parts XVII to XIX: Front_—4 pp. _Back_—Nil.
_Part XX: Front_—4 pp. _Back_—Nil. [_Note_—This part contains half-titles, titles, contents and lists of illustrations (in all 16 pp.) to both volumes of the novel.]
1876
THE PRIME MINISTER. By ANTHONY TROLLOPE. London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1876. 4 vols. Cr. 8vo (5 × 7½).
Vol. I. pp. (iv) [paged as vi] + 337 + (1).
Vol. II. pp. iv + 342.
Vol. III. pp. (iv) [paged as vi] + 346.
Vol. IV. pp. (iv) [paged as vi] + 347 + (1).
No half-titles. Red-brown cloth, gilt, blocked in black. Cream end-papers.
This story originally appeared in eight cr. 8vo five-shilling parts, dated 1876 (no title-pages in Parts I., III., V., and VII.), bound in grey paper wrappers, printed in black. Part I. appeared in November, 1875, and subsequent numbers at intervals of one month.
NOTES—(i) The novel was published in volume form in May, 1876.
(ii) Sets of the parts are sometimes met with, bound separately in red-brown cloth and lettered on spine only with the title of the book and the number of the part. I cannot establish the relative dates of the regular four-volume cloth issue and of the eight clothbound parts.
THE PRIME MINISTER: PART ISSUE.
Apart from that printed on the wrappers, no advertisement material was included with the parts of this novel, save that at front of Part VI was inserted a 4 pp. leaflet (4 × 6⅜) of Chapman and Hall's Popular Two Shilling novels. Note should, however, be taken of the incidence of preliminary matter.
_Part I_: (iv) + 1-162. The preliminary matter consists of: Section half-title, reading: PART I., Vol. I. Verso blank. Title, reading: _The Prime Minister_. By Anthony Trollope. London: Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. 1876. Verso blank. _No_ list of contents.
_Part II_: (ii) + 163-337 + (1). Preliminary matter: Section half-title: PART II., Vol. I. Verso blank.
_Part III_: (vi) [paged as iv] + 1-170. Preliminary matter consists of: Section half-title, reading: PART III., Vol. II. Verso blank. Title, as in Part I. Verso blank. Contents of Vol. II. (2 pp.).
_Part IV_: (iv) + 171-342. Preliminary matter: 2 pp. blank. Section half-title: PART IV., Vol. II. Verso blank.
_Part V_: vi + 1-174. Preliminary matter consists of: Section half-title, reading: PART V., Vol. III. Verso blank. Title, as in Parts I. and III. Verso blank. Contents of Vol. III. (2 pp.).
_Part VI_: (iv) + 175-346. Preliminary matter: 2 pp. blank. Section half-title: PART VI. Verso blank.
_Part VII_: vi + 1-168. Preliminary matter consists of: Section half-title reading: PART VII., Vol. IV. Verso blank. Title, as in Parts I., III., and V. Verso blank. Contents of Vol. IV. (2 pp.).
_Part VIII_: (ii) + 169-347 + (1). Preliminary matter. Section half-title: PART VIII. Verso blank.
It is evident, from a comparison between the foregoing details and the collation of the four-volume edition previously described, that the publishers were compelled, to complete the latter, to print a contents list to Vol. 1. and to add the words “In four volumes, Vol. 1.,” etc., to the title-pages. It will be seen that they had so mismanaged the pagination of the preliminary matter during part issue, that only one of the four final volumes was correctly paged throughout.
1877
THE AMERICAN SENATOR. By ANTHONY TROLLOPE. London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1877. 3 vols. Cr. 8vo (5 × 7⅜).
Vol. I. pp. viii + 293 + (1).
Vol. II. pp. viii + 293 + (1).
Vol. III. pp. viii + 284.
Yellow-ochre cloth, gilt, blocked in black. Yellow end-papers.
NOTES—(i) This book was published in July, 1877. The story appeared serially in the “Temple Bar Magazine.”
(ii) There is a remainder binding for this book, but the blocking is lighter and the sheets are cut to a smaller size.
1878
SOUTH AFRICA. By ANTHONY TROLLOPE. London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1878. 2 vols. Sq. Ex. Cr. 8vo (5¼ × 7⅞).
Vol. I. pp. vii + (1) + 352.
Vol. II. pp. vii + (1) + 352.
Folding map in colours faces p. 1 of Vol. I. Red cloth, gilt, blocked in blind. Black end-papers.
NOTE—This book was published in March, 1878.
1878
IS HE POPENJOY?: A Novel. By ANTHONY TROLLOPE. London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1878. 3 vols. Cr. 8vo (5 × 7½).
Vol. I. pp. vii + (i) + 301 + (3). Publishers' advertisements occupy pp. (303) and (304).
Vol. II. pp. vii + (i) + 297 + (3). Publishers' advertisements occupy pp. (299) and (300).
Vol. III. pp. vii + (i) + 319 + (1).
Red-brown cloth, gilt, blocked in black. Yellow end-papers.
NOTE—This book was published in April, 1878. The story appeared serially in “All the Year Round.”
1878
HOW THE 'MASTIFFS' WENT TO ICELAND. By ANTHONY TROLLOPE. With illustrations by Mrs. Hugh Blackburn. London: Virtue and Co. Limited. 1878. 1 vol. Demy 4to (8⅝ × 11⅛). Pp. (vi) + 46. Bright blue cloth, blocked in gold. Dark grey end-papers. Coloured map as frontispiece in lithography; fourteen pencil drawings in lithography, and two silver print photographs, mounted, throughout the text. All illustrations printed separately.
1879
AN EYE FOR AN EYE. By ANTHONY TROLLOPE. London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1879. 2 vols. Small Cr. 8vo (4⅝ × 7⅛).
Vol. I. pp. (viii) [paged as vi] + 215 + (1). Publishers' catalogue, 32 pp., dated December, 1878, printed on text paper, bound in at end.
Vol. II. pp. (viii) [paged as vi] + 288.
Greenish-ochre cloth, blocked in gold and black. Yellow end-papers.
NOTE—This book was published in January, 1879. It was, however, written in 1871.
1879
THACKERAY. By ANTHONY TROLLOPE. London: Macmillan and Co. 1879. 1 vol. Cr. 8vo (5 × 7½). Pp. vi + (ii) + 210 + (2). List of volumes in the “English Men of Letters” Series occupies pp. (211) and (212). A volume in the “English Men of Letters” Series edited by John Morley. Buff cloth, paper label. White end-papers.
NOTES—(i) This book was published in May, 1879.
(ii) The first issue was bound as described above. Later issues of the first edition sheets were bound in scarlet or in yellow-ochre cloth, blocked in black with the Series design, and had black end-papers. These later copies were slightly cut, the pages measuring 4⅞ × 7⅛.
1879
JOHN CALDIGATE. By ANTHONY TROLLOPE. London: Chapman and Hall. 193 Piccadilly. 1879. 3 vols. Cr. 8vo (5 × 7⅜).
Vol. I. pp. vi + 290.
Vol. II. pp. vi + 296.
Vol. III. pp. vi + 302 + (2).
Grey cloth, gilt, blocked in black. Yellow end-papers.
NOTES—(i) This book was published in June, 1879. The story appeared serially in “Blackwood's Magazine.”
(ii) There are two varieties in the lettering and blocking of the volumes of this novel. In one the words “Vol. I.,” “Vol. II.,” “Vol. III.” on the spines of the volumes are in thicker roman capitals than in the other. There are also slight differences of decorative blocking. Which style is the earlier I do not know.
1879
COUSIN HENRY: A Novel. By ANTHONY TROLLOPE. London: Chapman and Hall, 193 Piccadilly. 1879. 2 vols. Cr. 8vo (4⅝ × 7⅛).
Vol. I. pp. viii + 219 + (5). Publishers' advertisements occupy pp. (221) to (223).
Vol. II. pp. viii + 222 + (2).
Light blue cloth, blocked uniform with “An Eye for An Eye” in black and gold. Pale yellow end-papers.
NOTE—This book was published in November, 1879.
1880
THE DUKE'S CHILDREN: A Novel. By ANTHONY TROLLOPE. London: Chapman and Hall, Limited 193 Piccadilly. 1880. 3 vols. Cr. 8vo (5 × 7½).
Vol. I. pp. viii + 320.
Vol. II. pp. viii + 327 + (1).
Vol. III. pp. viii + 312.
Publishers' catalogue, 24 pp., undated but paged, bound in at end. Dark blue-green cloth, gilt, blocked in black. Pink-cream end-papers.
NOTE—This book was published in May, 1880.
1880
THE LIFE OF CICERO. By ANTHONY TROLLOPE. London: Chapman and Hall Limited 193 Piccadilly. 1880. 2 vols. Sq. Ex. Cr. 8vo (5⅛ × 7⅞).
Vol. I. pp. vii + (i) + 419 + (1).
Vol. II. pp. vii + (i) + 424 + (1).
Dark red cloth, gilt. Black end-papers.
1881
DOCTOR WORTLE'S SCHOOL: A Novel. By ANTHONY TROLLOPE. London: Chapman and Hall Limited, 193 Piccadilly. 1881. 2 vols. Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7¼).
Vol. I. pp. (viii) [paged as vi] + 237 + (3).
Vol. II. pp. (viii) + 246 + (2).
Publishers' catalogue, 28 pp., dated November, 1880, printed on text paper, bound in at end. Grey cloth, blocked in gold and black. Pale yellow end-papers.
NOTE—This novel was published in February, 1881.
1881
AYALA'S ANGEL. By ANTHONY TROLLOPE, author of _Doctor Thorne_, _The Prime Minister_, _Orley Farm_ etc. etc. London: Chapman and Hall (Limited) 11 Henrietta Street Covent Garden. 1881. 3 vols. Cr. 8vo (4⅞ × 7⅜).
Vol. I. pp. iv + 280.
Vol. II. pp. iv + 272.
Vol. III. pp. iv + 277 + (3).
No half-titles. Orange cloth, gilt, blocked in black. Blue-black end-papers.
NOTE—This novel was published in June, 1881.
1882
WHY FRAU FROHMANN RAISED HER PRICES: AND OTHER STORIES. By ANTHONY TROLLOPE, author of _Framley Parsonage_, _The Small House at Allington_ etc. etc. London: William Isbister Limited 56 Ludgate Hill. 1882. 1 vol. Large Cr. 8vo (5¼ × 7¾). Pp. vi + (ii) + 416. Pale olive-green cloth, gilt, blocked in black. Dark chocolate end-papers.
_Contents_: Why Frau Frohmann Raised Her Prices—The Lady of Launay—Christmas at Thompson Hall—The Telegraph Girl—Alice Dugdale.
NOTES—(i) Copies of this book were also issued in two volumes, but with the same pagination and composed of the same sheets as the more usual one-volume issue. A new edition, with a frontispiece, was issued in November, 1882.
(ii) In 1885, under the title _Thompson Hall_, the third story in this volume was issued separately by Messrs. Sampson Low. In some quarters the little book is regarded as a first edition and highly valued accordingly, but in truth it is not bibliographically an item of any importance, being a textual reprint of _Christmas at Thompson Hall_, under a slightly different title and with the addition of a few second-rate illustrations. For the benefit of those interested, the description and collation of the book is as follows:
THOMPSON HALL. By ANTHONY TROLLOPE, author of _The Prime Minister_, _Orley Farm_ etc. etc. With illustrations. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington. Crown Buildings, 188 Fleet Street. 1885. 1 vol. Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7). Pp. 127 + (1). Publishers' advertisements occupy pp. (iv) and (128). Eight line-engraved illustrations printed on text paper. Grey paper boards, printed in dark blue and brown. White end-papers.
1882
LORD PALMERSTON (English Political Leaders). By ANTHONY TROLLOPE. London: Wm. Isbister Limited 56 Ludgate Hill, 1882. 1 vol. Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7¼). Pp. (iv) + 220. No half-title. Smooth red-brown cloth, lettered in black. Black end-papers.
NOTE—This book was reissued the following year with title-page dated 1883 but without any indication of there having been a previous edition. The later issue is bound in _grained_ cloth of the same colour as that originally used and has _white_ end-papers.
1882
KEPT IN THE DARK: A Novel. By ANTHONY TROLLOPE. With a frontispiece by J. E. Millais R.A. London: Chatto and Windus, Piccadilly. 1882. 2 vols. Short Cr. 8vo (5 × 7).
Vol. I. pp. (viii) + 253 + (3).
Vol. II. pp. (viii) + 239 + (1).
Publishers' catalogue, 32 pp., dated July, 1882, bound in at end. Grey-green cloth, gilt, blocked in black and red-brown. Blue and white decorated end-papers. Line-engraved frontispiece to Vol. I. printed separately.
NOTE—This book was published in October, 1882.
1882
MARION FAY: A Novel. By ANTHONY TROLLOPE, author of _Framley Parsonage_, _Orley Farm_, _The Way We Live Now_ etc. etc. London: Chapman and Hall Limited, 11 Henrietta Street. 1882. 3 vols. Cr. 8vo (4⅞ × 7½).
Vol. I. pp. viii + 303 + (1).
Vol. II. pp. viii + 282 + (2).
Vol. III. pp. viii + 271 + (1).
Yellow-ochre cloth, gilt, blocked in black. Dark brown or yellow end-papers.
1882
THE FIXED PERIOD: A Novel. By ANTHONY TROLLOPE. Wm. Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London, MDCCCLXXXII. 2 vols. Small Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7).
Vol. I. pp. (vi) + 200.
Vol. II. pp. (vi) + 203 + (1).
The words “Originally published in 'Blackwood's Magazine'” occupy verso of half-title in each volume. Dark red cloth, gilt. Dark green end-papers.
1883
MR. SCARBOROUGH'S FAMILY. By ANTHONY TROLLOPE. London: Chatto and Windus, Piccadilly. 1883. 3 vols. Cr. 8vo (4⅞ × 7¼).
Vol. I. pp. vii + (i) + 308. Publishers' catalogue, 32 pp., dated March, 1883, bound in at end.
Vol. II. pp. vii + (i) + 326 + (2).
Vol. III. pp. vii + (i) + 325 + (3).
Greenish-blue cloth, gilt, blocked in red-brown. White end-papers.
NOTE—This novel was published in May, 1883. The story appeared serially in “All the Year Round.”
1883
THE LANDLEAGUERS. By ANTHONY TROLLOPE. London: Chatto and Windus, Piccadilly. 1883. 3 vols. Cr. 8vo (4⅞ × 7¼).
Vol. I. pp. vii + (iii) + 280. Note by Henry M. Trollope occupies p. (ix).
Vol. II. pp. vii + (i) + 296.
Vol. III. pp. vii + (i) + 291 + (1).
Publishers' catalogue, 32 pp., dated October, 1883, bound in at end. Dark green cloth, gilt, blocked in yellow. White end-papers.
NOTE—This book was published in October, 1883.
1883
AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY. By ANTHONY TROLLOPE. Wm. Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. MDCCCLXXXIII. 2 vols. Sq. Ex. Cr. 8vo (5⅛ × 7⅝).
Vol. I. pp. xi + (iii) + 259 + (1).
Vol. II. pp. vi + 227 + (5). Publishers' advertisements paged 1 to 4 occupy pp. (229) to (232).
Publishers' catalogue, 24 pp., undated but paged and printed on text paper, bound in at end. Portrait in photogravure as frontispiece to Vol. I. Dark red cloth, gilt, blocked and lettered on side in black. Dark green end-papers.
NOTE—This book was published in November, 1883.
1884
AN OLD MAN'S LOVE. By ANTHONY TROLLOPE. Wm. Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. MDCCCLXXXIV. 2 vols. Sm. Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7).
Vol. I. pp. (viii) + 226.
Vol. II. pp. (vi) + 219 + (1).
Publishers' advertisements, 4 pp., numbered 1-4, and printed on text paper, bound in at end. Red cloth, gilt, uniform with _The Fixed Period_. Dark brown end-papers.
II.—BOOKS PARTIALLY WRITTEN BY ANTHONY TROLLOPE
1861
THE VICTORIA REGIA: A VOLUME OF ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS IN POETRY AND PROSE. Edited by Adelaide A. Procter. London: Printed and Published by Emily Faithfull and Co., Victoria Press (for the Employment of Women), Great Coram Street, W.C. 1861. 1 vol. Royal 8vo (6¼ × 9⅜). Pp. x + 349 + (1). No half-title. Red-brown embossed cloth, all edges gilt, blocked in gold and blind. Red chocolate end-papers.
1863
A WELCOME: ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS IN POETRY AND PROSE. London: Emily Faithfull, Printer and Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty, Princes Street, Hanover Square, and 183A Farringdon Street. 1863. 1 vol. Imp. 16mo (5½ × 7¾). Pp. vi + (ii) + 291 + (1). Green cloth, full gilt, blocked in gold. Pale pink end-papers. A story by Anthony Trollope entitled _Miss Ophelia Gledd_ occupies pp. 239 to 283. This is the first appearance of a story later included in _Lotta Schmidt and other Stories_.
NOTE.--Pp. 187 to 214 are occupied by a story by Anthony Trollope entitled _The Journey to Panama_. This is the first appearance in book form of a tale afterwards published in _Lotta Schmidt and other Stories_.
1868
BRITISH SPORTS AND PASTIMES 1868. Edited by ANTHONY TROLLOPE. London: Virtue and Co., 26 Ivy Lane. New York: Virtue and Yorston. 1868. 1 vol. Ex. Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7¾). Pp. (vi) + 322. Bright green embossed cloth, gilt, with title printed both on spine and side. Pale yellow end-papers.
_Contents_: On Horse-Racing—On Hunting—On Shooting—On Fishing—On Yachting—On Rowing—On Alpine Climbing—On Cricket. Trollope was responsible for the preface (pp. 1-7) and the Essay “On Hunting” (pp. 70-129).
NOTES—(i) This book was published in November, 1868. The contents had appeared in “St. Paul's Magazine.”
(ii) The sheets of the first edition were later issued without change of date in a slightly different green binding, without the title in gold on the side, and bearing as imprint on spine, Daldy, Isbister and Co. The reissue was cut down to cr. 8vo, and the end-papers were chocolate instead of yellow.
(iii) A still later issue of the book in its reduced format was bound in bright blue cloth, blocked in gold and black. This binding bears no imprint on spine, and was probably carried out by W. H. Smith and Son for a balance of edition purchased by them. George Eliot's novel _Felix Holt_ was treated in this way by Smiths some twelve years after publication, and the binding is very similar to that now under consideration.
_NOTE_
It is stated by Margaret Lavington in her appendix to Escott's book that Trollope “printed but never published” several of his lectures. I have been unable to trace any privately printed lectures, but feel sure that Trollope's first bibliographer would not speak of them as she does without certain knowledge of their existence. The titles mentioned are:
THE CIVIL SERVICE AS A PROFESSION, THE WAR IN AMERICA, ENGLISH PROSE FICTION AS A NATIONAL AMUSEMENT, THE HIGHER EDUCATION OF WOMEN.
No dates or other details are given.
From the same source I borrow a statement that a study of Thackeray by Trollope, originally printed in the “Cornhill,” was republished as part of Theodore Taylor's book _Thackeray: The Humourist and Man of Letters_, which was issued in 1864. It is noticeable that Margaret Lavington speaks of the publisher of this book as Appleton of New York. A book of the same title by the same author was issued in the same year by Hotten of Piccadilly, and it is a fair presumption that the volumes are identical, but, although I have been carefully through the volume issued by Hotten, I cannot identify any section as contributed by Trollope.
FREDERICK MARRYAT 1792-1849
FREDERICK MARRYAT
The reputation of Captain Marryat has suffered at the hands of time somewhat differently from that of many of his contemporaries. Superficially he has fared better than they, for, if little read except by boys, he is at least acknowledged as a classic, and there are few adult novel readers who could not from their own childhood gather sufficient memories to characterize in summary some of his best known books.
Nevertheless, it is arguable that the forgotten author is happier than he who is accepted but unread. A revival of interest in the books of a man not already docketed and filed in the appreciation of his age may develop a new perspective. The body of his work may be exhumed and permanently lodged in its proper niche of the catacombs of literature. More hardly shall this befall such a one as Marryat, who is “placed” already as a writer of sea stories for boys and as an instructor in adventure for young people.
Who shall deny that he is all of this? His fame as a novelist of naval escapade, of risk and makeshift among pirates and barbarians, is fame deserved. The difficulty for one concerned to reappraise his work lies in the fact that there is more to him than is here implied. He is the only writer in the tradition of Fielding and Smollett who can claim consideration on the same plane as these famous authors. That he is overtopped by _Tom Jones_ no one will dispute, but that he ranks with and not after Smollett is a contention that permits of argument.
The first result of an attempt to classify the books of Captain Marryat is a realization that two of his finest works are—the one wholly, the other mainly—unconcerned with ships or seafarers. _Japhet in Search of a Father_ (1836) is a picturesque tale of vagabondage and social escapade. _The Pacha of Many Tales_ (1835) is an adaptation of “The Arabian Nights,” a series of narratives held together by a framework of Oriental despotism.
_Japhet_ is partnered by two later novels—_Joseph Rushbrook; or, The Poacher_ (1841) and _Valerie_ (1849). All three are land as opposed to sea novels, and the first two show the fertile invention of the author, his power of describing rogues and fashionable grotesques. But whereas _Japhet_ is the best book Marryat ever wrote, _The Poacher_ is a little weary, for it dates from the last period of the writer's life, when ill-health and money troubles were pressing hardly on a man already exhausted by a reckless youth; while _Valerie_, the autobiography of a French girl cast on her own resources in Paris and in London, had better have been left, as Marryat left it, a fragment cut short by sickness and by death.
_The Pacha of Many Tales_ stands quite alone and stands proudly. Marryat's humour is in this book congenial to the modern reader, while of fantastic happening few works of fiction can show so rich a store. It is hard to understand why this admirable parody of the “Thousand and One Nights” is to-day so little read. Perhaps some enterprising publisher will extract the story of Huckaback and issue it, grotesquely illustrated. It should find its market.
The sea stories proper need little comment. They are eleven in number:
THE NAVAL OFFICER; or, FRANK MILDMAY (1829), THE KING'S OWN (1830), NEWTON FORSTER; or, THE MERCHANT SERVICE (1832), PETER SIMPLE (1834), JACOB FAITHFUL (1834), MR. MIDSHIPMAN EASY (1836), THE PIRATE. THE THREE CUTTERS (1836), POOR JACK (1840), PERCIVAL KEENE (1842), THE PRIVATEER'S-MAN (1846).
The first of these titles is pure autobiography and, as the author himself admitted, lacks most of the essentials of fiction. The story is of the slightest and most perfunctory, the book being little more than an account of Marryat's own early adventures at sea. David Hannay, in his excellent little _Life of Marryat_, remarks acutely on the peculiar meanness of the hero's character—a meanness that makes an even more repellant appearance in the last but one of the sea stories—_Percival Keene_. Seeing that Marryat was writing of himself and that the events in the life of Frank Mildmay must have been easily recognizable by naval contemporaries, it is remarkable that he should present his central figure so unsympathetically, _unless he failed to realize the young man's shortcomings_. Perhaps in part he saw his mistake, for in the five novels that followed _The Naval Officer_ he offers the reader more respectable but more colourless heroes. When the time came for writing _Percival Keene_, either he had forgotten the warnings of twelve years before or else he was tired of erecting dummy humanity to placate the idealism of his readers.
The constructional weakness of _The Naval Officer_ Marryat took pains to correct in his succeeding books. _Peter Simple_, _Jacob Faithful_ and the rest may depend for their vitality and attraction on the excitements encountered by their heroes while voyaging the seas or fighting in the wars. Certainly the by-plots are unimportant and conventional. But the author was careful in them all to give to the _course_ of the heroes' adventures a real prominence and coherence, so that we read with an anxiety to know what happens next and are not, as in _The Naval Officer_, continually brought up by naval “shop” or invited to feel indignant sympathy with the members of a noble but scurvily treated service.
_The Pirate_ and _The Privateer's-Man_ are exciting tales of ocean brigandage, the latter having in addition an antiquarian interest, for the first portion of the story is based on the actual life-record of an old time sea-rover. _Poor Jack_, although told in the first person and comprising scenes on shipboard and adventurous happenings at sea of a kind to suggest comparison with _Mr. Midshipman Easy_, has an historical interest apart from its value as fiction, because it is an account of Greenwich Hospital, in those days a retreat for wounded seamen.
Two groups remain among the stories of Frederick Marryat. _Snarleyow_ (1837) and _The Phantom Ship_ (1839) stand definitely apart from the rest of the novels. Both tell of Dutch seafaring in the old days and both introduce a strong element of the weird and the mysterious. That Marryat should in these books have come under the influence of the “terror” motive in fiction is surprising and interesting. After reading _Japhet_ or _Mr. Midshipman Easy_ one would declare that nothing was farther from the talent of their author than an excursion into the “horrid.” And yet both _Snarleyow_ and _The Phantom Ship_ are excellent books, which rank high among Marryat's novels for liveliness and for characterization and, in addition, merit notice for their fearsomeness. Of their value as historical documents I am unqualified to speak, but it may be presumed that before writing them the author studied the lives and methods of seventeenth and eighteenth century Dutch mariners, for both books are circumstantially staged and show no desire to shirk description of contemporary fact.
Of the stories written definitely for children the best known (and rightly) is _Masterman Ready_ (1841-1842). It was followed by _The Travels and Adventures of Monsieur Violet_ (1843); _The Settlers in Canada_ (1844); _The Mission; or, Scenes in Africa_ (1845); _The Children of the New Forest_ (1847); and _The Little Savage_ (1848-1849).
_Monsieur Violet_ is an improbable and tedious tale of Red Indians and Mormons. The rest—with the exception of _The Children of the New Forest_, which is a story of Cavaliers and Roundheads—tell in one form or another the eternal tale of young adventurers in wild countries.
Marryat loved children and knew how to tell stories that they could like and understand. This to-day is undisputed. But that he is equally a novelist for the critical sorely needs reaffirmation. His juvenile public has been more faithful to him than that of maturer years, and one can only hope that time will restore him to the affection of the adult. _Masterman Ready_ is as fresh to-day as when, eighty years ago, it first appeared; but the freshness is due as much to Marryat as to his youthful admirers, and that same freshness is no less present in the best of his other books than it is in this children's classic. Let the modern novel reader have no fear. In taking up _Japhet_, or _Peter Simple_, or _A Pacha of Many Tales_, he will take up a fine book and good literature, and not merely a poker with which to rake among the ashes of his own vanished childhood.
_BIOGRAPHY_
Two books have appeared dealing with the life and work of Frederick Marryat:
LIFE AND LETTERS OF CAPTAIN MARRYAT. By FLORENCE MARRYAT. 2 vols. London: Bentley, 1872.
Like so many loyal and affectionate biographers, Mrs. Ross Church is too casual a user of dates and too summary an adherent to chronology to allow to her book great reference value.
LIFE OF FREDERICK MARRYAT. By DAVID HANNAY. London: Walter Scott. 1889.
This is an admirable little book so far as the main text is concerned. Its bibliography, however, although valuable for the list given of biographical and critical articles devoted to Marryat, as well as for facts regarding subsequent editions of Marryat's works, is very unreliable as an authority on first editions.
I.—EDITIONES PRINCIPES FICTION, ESSAYS, NAVAL TECHNICAL BOOKS
1817
A CODE OF SIGNALS FOR THE USE OF VESSELS EMPLOYED IN THE MERCHANT SERVICE. By CAPTAIN MARRYAT, R.N. Dedicated to the Committee of the Association of Shipowners of the Port of London. London: J. M. Richardson, 23 Cornhill. 1817. 1 vol. Royal 8vo (6⅛ × 9¾). No pagination, the book consisting wholly of tabulated code. Frontispiece, folding plate, and one full-page plate in colours. Paper boards, paper label on side only, printed in black. White end-papers.
NOTE—I have only been able to consult the sixth edition of this book as issued revised in 1837 and a seventh edition, further revised, as issued in 1840; but that it appeared originally in the same form and over the same imprint is proved by the retention in the later edition of the author's original prefatory letter, dedicating his work to the Association of Shipowners.
1822
SUGGESTION FOR THE ABOLITION OF THE PRESENT SYSTEM OF IMPRESSMENT IN THE NAVAL SERVICE. By CAPTAIN MARRYAT, R.N. (Quotation.) London: Printed by W. Hughes, Maiden Lane, Covent Garden. Published by J. M. Richardson, Cornhill and sold by all booksellers. 1822. 1 vol. Demy 8vo (5½ × 8¾). Pp. (iv) + 64. The half-title serves as front wrapper and bears the words “Price 2/6d.” No back wrapper, p. 64 being the outside back page of the pamphlet.
1829
THE NAVAL OFFICER: Or SCENES AND ADVENTURES IN THE LIFE OF FRANK MILDMAY. (Quotation from Don Juan.) London: Henry Colburn, New Burlington Street. 1829. 3 vols. Ex. Cr. 8vo (4⅞ × 7⅞).
Vol. I. pp. (iv) + 297 + (3). Publisher's advertisements occupy pp. (299) (300).
Vol. II. pp. (iv) + 310 + (2). Publisher's advertisements occupy pp. (311) (312).
Vol. III. pp. (iv) + 270 + (2).
Paper boards, paper label. White end-papers.
NOTE—This book was published on March 14, 1829.
1830
THE KING'S OWN. By the author of _The Naval Officer_. (Quotation from Shakespeare's _Pericles_.) London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street. 1830. 3 vols. Ex. Cr. 8vo (4⅞ × 7⅞).
Vol. I. pp. (iv) + 324. Note of erratum occupies verso of half-title.
Vol. II. pp. (iv) + 325 + (1). Note of errata occupies verso of half-title.
Vol. III. pp. (iv) + 327 + (5). Note of errata occupies verso of half-title. Publishers' advertisements, paged (1), 2, 3, (4), occupy pp. (329) to (332).
Paper boards, paper label. White end-papers.
NOTE—This book was published on April 15, 1830.
1832
NEWTON FORSTER: Or THE MERCHANT SERVICE. By the author of _The King's Own_. “Honesty is the best policy.” London: James Cochrane and Co., 11 Waterloo Place, Pall Mall. 1832. 3 vols. Ex. Cr. 8vo (4⅞ × 7⅞).
Vol. I. pp. (iv) + 270 + (2). Publishers' advertisements occupy pp. (271) (272).
Vol. II. pp. (iv) + 295 + (1).
Vol. III. pp. (iv) + 260. Publishers' advertisements occupy pp. (253) to (260).
Paper boards, paper label. White end-papers.
NOTE—Although dated 1832, this book was actually published in December, 1831.
1834
PETER SIMPLE. By the author of _Newton Forster_, _The King's Own_ etc. London: Saunders and Otley, Conduit Street. 1834. 3 vols. Ex. Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7⅞).
Vol. I. pp. vii + (i) + 328. No half-title.
Vol. II. pp. viii + 343 + (1). Half-title to this volume.
Vol. III. pp. viii + 380 + (4). Publishers' advertisements dated November, 1833, occupy pp. (381) to (384). No half-title. Inserted in Vol. III. should be a list of errata.
Paper boards, paper label. White end-papers.
NOTES—(i) Although dated 1834, this book was actually published in December, 1833. The story ran serially in the “Metropolitan Magazine” from June, 1832, to December, 1833. Marryat edited this magazine from 1832 to 1836.
(ii) An edition of the book, illustrated by R. W. Buss, was published by Saunders and Otley, in 1837, in three volumes. Extra cr. 8vo. Dark green embossed cloth, gilt. Yellow end-papers.
1834
JACOB FAITHFUL. By the author of _Peter Simple_, _The King's Own_ etc. London: Saunders and Otley, Conduit Street. 1834. 3 vols. Ex. Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7¾).
Vol. I. pp. viii + 304. Advertisement of _Peter Simple_ occupies p. (ii). No half-title.
Vol. II. pp. vii + (i) + 301 + (3). Publishers' advertisements occupy pp. (303) (304). No half-title.
Vol. III. pp. vii + (i) + 307 + (1). No half-title.
Paper boards (half cloth), paper label. White end-papers.
NOTES—(i) This book was published in November or December, 1834. The story ran serially in the “Metropolitan Magazine” from September, 1833, to December, 1834.
(ii) An edition of the book, illustrated by R. W. Buss, was published by Saunders and Otley in 1837 in three volumes. Ex. cr. 8vo. Maroon embossed cloth, gilt. Yellow end-papers.
(iii) It was the intention of the publishers to bring out an illustrated edition of all Marryat's novels, one novel to appear each month, beginning on April 1, 1837; but only _Jacob Faithful_ and _Peter Simple_ were issued, and the series was abandoned, doubtless because in that year Marryat quarrelled with Saunders and Otley and found a different publisher.
1835
THE PACHA OF MANY TALES. By the author of _Peter Simple_, _Jacob Faithful_ etc. London: Saunders and Otley, Conduit Street. 1835. 3 vols. Ex. Cr. 8vo (4⅞ × 7¾).
Vol. I. pp. (iv) + 308 + (4). Publishers' advertisements occupy pp. (309) to (312). Advertisement of books by the same author occupies p. (ii) facing title.
Vol. II. pp. (iv) + 300.
Vol. III. pp. (iv) + 312.
Paper boards (half cloth), paper label. White end-papers.
NOTE—This book was published in May, 1835. The stories appeared intermittently in the “Metropolitan Magazine” between June, 1831, and May, 1835.
1836
THE PIRATE, AND THE THREE CUTTERS. By CAPTAIN MARRYAT, R.N. Illustrated with twenty splendid engravings from drawings by Clarkson Stanfield Esq., R.A. London: Published for the Proprietor by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and Longman. 1836. Large Med. 8vo (5⅞ × 9⅛). Pp. (viii) + 315 + (1). The book contains twenty full-page illustrations in steel engraving, of which two—an engraved portrait frontispiece and picture title-page—precede printed title. Cream paper boards, gilt, lettered on spine in gold THE PIRATE BY CAPT^{N.} MARRYAT. Yellow end-papers.
NOTES—(i) Although dated 1836, this book was actually published in December, 1835.
(ii) Copies are more frequently met with in maroon cloth, blocked in gold and lettered on spine MARRYATS PIRATE AND THE THREE CUTTERS. This cloth binding (of which two styles at least are extant) is probably not so early in date as the paper-board binding described above. Definite information is impossible to obtain, but the evidence of similar illustrated books of the period (_e.g._, Lytton's _Pilgrims of the Rhine_) supports the theory here laid down.
(iii) A large paper edition, imperial 8vo (11 × 7½), was issued simultaneously, with plates printed on India paper and bound in green paper boards, half dark-green figured cloth, cream paper label, the last being lettered in gold: THE PIRATE BY CAPT^{N.} MARRYAT. White end-papers. Copies of the large paper edition also exist in maroon cloth, blocked in gold and blind and lettered on the spine: MARRYATS PIRATE AND THE THREE CUTTERS. As with the ordinary edition, these full cloth copies are of later issue than those in boards.
(iv) In all Longman's first editions the plates bear the following legend: 'Published Dec^r. 1, 1835 for the proprietor by Longman and Co., Paternoster Row.' The book was, however, never issued with a _printed_ title of that year. That the actual plates were published prior to the Longman book edition is proved by the fact that I have myself a set, both before and after “letters,” bearing the legend: 'London. Published Oct^r. 1835 for the proprietor by Charles Tilt, 86 Fleet Street.' In every other respect, even down to the page references, the wording on these early dated plates is identical with that used for Longman's book edition.
(v) A curious feature of this book's publishing history is its issue in parts, nine years after its appearance in book form. In 1845 there appeared over the imprint A. Fullarton and Co., 106 Newgate Street, London; 67 Abbey street, Dublin; Steads Place, Leith Walk, and 5 Nicholson Street, Edinburgh, fifteen shilling parts (6 × 9½), bound in buff paper wrappers printed in red-brown, and illustrated with steel engravings after Clarkson Stanfield. These engravings are twenty in number and identical with those in the first book edition, except that the Longmans imprint has been substituted on the plates by that of Fullarton, and the printer's name and the date of issue have been expunged. The distribution of plates among the fifteen parts is as follows: Parts I. IV. VI. VIII. X. contain two plates each; Parts II. III. V. VII. IX. XI. XII. XIII. XIV. and XV. contain one plate each. Publishers' advertisements occupy outside back wrappers. No date appears on the parts, but a title-page (with other preliminary matter) enclosed in Part XV. is dated MDCCCXLV.
The text of the book was clearly reset for this part issue, so there can be no question of a refurbishing of Longman sheets. It may be noted that, according to the wrappers, the plates were “engraved under the superintendence of Mr. Charles Heath.” (This person was responsible for the principal Books of Beauty, Keepsakes, and similar gift publications issued in large numbers toward Christmas time between 1840 and 1850 and distinguished by their beautiful steel engravings.)
There being no indication that the plates were re-engraved for the Fullarton edition, it may be presumed either that Heath superintended their original production in 1835 but had not at that time the “selling name” that by 1845 was his, or that Fullarton, anxious to give to their reissue something of novelty, paid Heath for a supervisory activity of a nominal kind in order to have the use of his name on their wrappers.
1836
JAPHET IN SEARCH OF A FATHER. By the author of _Peter Simple_, _Jacob Faithful_, etc. London: Saunders and Otley, Conduit Street. 1836. 3 vols. Ex. Cr. 8vo (4⅞ × 7⅞).
Vol. I. pp. viii + 304. Advertisement of other works by same author occupies verso of half-title.
Vol. II. pp. viii + 299 + (1). No half-title.
Vol. III. pp. viii + 319 + (5). Publishers' advertisements occupy pp. (321) to (324). No half-title.
Paper boards (half cloth), paper label. White end-papers.
NOTE—This book was published early in January, 1836. The story ran serially in the “Metropolitan Magazine” from October, 1834, to January, 1836.
1836
STORIES OF THE SEA. By CAPTAIN MARRYAT, R.N. author of _Peter Simple_, _Japhet in Search of a Father_ etc. New York: Published by Harper and Brothers, No. 82 Cliff Street. 1836. 1 vol. Sm. Cr. 8vo (4½ × 7¼). Pp. (236) [paged as 232 + (2)]. No printed half-title, but 2 pp. blank precede title and form part of the book, although omitted from page reckoning. Advertisement to the American edition, dated January, 1836, occupies p. (3). Figured maroon cloth, paper label. White end-papers.
NOTE—This book is the American edition of _The Pirate and the Three Cutters_. It also contains Marryat's story _Moonshine_, which originally appeared in _The Keepsake_ and was not published in book form in England until its inclusion in _Olla Podrida_ in 1840.
1836
MR. MIDSHIPMAN EASY. By the author of _Japhet in Search of a Father_, _Peter Simple_, _Jacob Faithful_ etc. Saunders and Otley, Conduit Street. 1836. 3 vols. Ex. Cr. 8vo (4⅞ × 7⅞).
Vol. I. pp. vii + (i) + 291 +(1). Advertisement of author's previous works occupies verso of half-title.
Vol. II. pp. vii + (i) + 306 + (2). Publishers' advertisement occupies verso of half-title, and 2 pp. publishers' advertisements, dated July, 1836, occupy pp. (307) (308).
Vol. III. pp. viii + 314 + (2). Publishers' advertisement occupies verso of half-title and pp. (315) (316).
Paper boards (half cloth), paper label. White end-papers.
NOTE—This book was published in September, 1836. One instalment was printed in the “Metropolitan Magazine” in July, 1836, but serialization was never completed.
1836
THE DIARY OF A BLASÉ. By the author of _Jacob Faithful_, _Peter Simple_ etc. Philadelphia: E. L. Carey and A. Hart. 1836. 1 vol. Ex. Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7¾). Pp. 197 + (1). Paper boards, paper label. White end-papers.
NOTE—I cannot establish the month of publication of this book, but twenty-eight chapters of a work entitled _The Diary of a Blasé_ appeared serially in the “Metropolitan Magazine” to July, 1836, at which point the narrative was left incomplete. It made no separate appearance in book form in England, being included under the title _Diary on the Continent_ in _Olla Podrida_ (see below—1840).
1837
SNARLEYOW or THE DOG FIEND. By the author of _Peter Simple_, _Frank Mildmay_ etc. London: Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13 Great Marlborough Street. 1837. 3 vols. Ex. Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7⅞).
Vol I. pp. viii + 307 + (5). Publisher's advertisements occupy pp. (309) to (312).
Vol. II. pp. vii + (i) + 299 + (1).
Vol. III. pp. viii + 307 + (1).
Paper boards (half cloth), paper label. White end-papers.
NOTE—This book was published in June, 1837. The story ran serially in the “Metropolitan Magazine” from February, 1836, to July, 1837. Marryat changed his publisher with this novel, because Saunders and Otley refused to pay an advance on royalties.
1839
THE PHANTOM SHIP. By CAPT. MARRYAT, R.N. Author of _Peter Simple_, _Jacob Faithful_, _Frank Mildmay_ etc. London: Henry Colburn, Publisher, Great Marlborough Street. 1839. 3 vols. Ex. Cr. 8vo (4¾ × 7¾).
Vol. I. pp. (iv) + 300.
Vol. II. pp. (ii) + 289 + (1). No half-title.
Vol. III. pp. (ii) + 266. No half-title.
Paper boards (half cloth), paper label. White end-papers.
NOTE—This book was published in April, 1839. The story appeared serially in the “New Monthly Magazine” during 1837.
1839
A DIARY IN AMERICA: WITH REMARKS ON ITS INSTITUTIONS. By CAPTAIN MARRYAT, C.B. Author of _Peter Simple_, _Jacob Faithful_, _Frank Mildmay_ etc. London: Printed for Longman, Orme, Brown, Green and Longmans, Paternoster Row. 1839. 3 vols. Ex. Cr. 8vo (4⅞ × 7¾).
Vol. I. pp. (iv) + 321 + (3).
Vol. II. pp. (iv) + 319 + (1).
Vol. III. pp. (iv) + 311 + (1). Note of errata to Vol. I. occupies p. (312) of Vol. III.
Paper boards (half cloth), paper label. Also full green grained cloth, paper label. White end-papers.
NOTE—This book was published in October, 1839.
1839
A DIARY IN AMERICA ETC. PART SECOND. By CAPT. MARRYAT, C.B. Printed for Longman, Orme, Brown, Green and Longmans, Paternoster Row. 1839. 3 vols. Ex. Cr. 8vo (4⅞ × 7¾).
Vol. I. pp. (iv) + 304.
Vol. II. pp. (iv) + 293 + (1).
Vol. III. pp. (iv) + 362.
Vol. II. contains two folding maps, which precede p. 1. Paper boards (half cloth), paper label. White end-papers.
NOTE—This book was published in December, 1839.
1840
POOR JACK. By CAPTAIN MARRYAT, C.B. With illustrations by Clarkson Stanfield, R.A. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green and Longmans, Paternoster Row. 1840. 1 vol. Large Med. 8vo (5⅞ × ¼). Pp. x + 384. Because the volume is composed of bound-up parts, the half-title is p. 1 of the story itself and does not precede frontispiece. The book contains forty-seven wood engravings after Clarkson Stanfield, of which thirty-six printed separately and eleven in the text. Dark green cloth, blocked in gold. Yellow end-papers.
NOTES—(i) This book was published on December 1, 1840.
(ii) _Poor Jack_ first appeared in twelve monthly shilling parts (5⅞ × 9), bound in buff paper wrappers, printed in black. The first was published at the beginning of January, and the last at the beginning of December, 1840. Each part (subject to the variations stated below) contained three full-page wood engravings after Clarkson Stanfield, printed separately. Eleven small engravings appear throughout the text.
Included in Part XII. were title-page and preliminary matter (x pp.).
Parts I. to III. were undated; Part IV. was dated April 1; and each succeeding part was dated similarly with the month of its appearance.