MARRYAT, Frederick. The Phantom Ship. (FIRST UK EDITION - 3 VOLUMES - 1839)
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AUTHOR: MARRYAT, Frederick.
TITLE: The Phantom Ship.
PUBLISHER: London: Henry Colburn, 1839.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST UK EDITION. 3 vols., 7-5/8" x 4-7/8", without the half-title in volume 1. Bound in contemporary 1/2 tan calf, ribbed gilt decorated spines, gilt lettered red and black morocco spine labels, marbled edges, bound by P. Blair of Morpeth with his label.
CONDITION: Largely clean and bright throughout, upper front hinge of volume one just starting others otherwise fine, head and foot of spines fine.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: A Gothic novel.
"An excellent Romantic tale, the first significant werewolf tale in English, and still one of the best. It marks the first appearance of many of the standard werewolf motifs." - Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1110.
