8vo. In two volumes. [4], 379, [1], 32; [4], 361pp, [1]. With publisher's advertisement catalogue to the end of Vol. I. Bound by Bowyer & Co. of Harrow Road, London, in near contemporary gilt-tooled red half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting black and brown morocco lettering-pieces, T.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Marbled endpapers, recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FEP of Vol. I, original publisher's cloth spine panels pasted to REPs, foxed.

The first edition of Frederick Marryat's (1792-1848) maritime adventure novel, the final work to be published in his lifetime. The book was later reissued in one volume with the addition of engraved illustrations.