8vo. viii, 446pp. With an engraved frontispiece and a further seven engraved plates. Bound by Mundie in contemporary calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled edges. A trifle rubbed and marked. Marbled endpapers, later inked ownership inscription to verso of FFEP, very occasional light spotting.

A handsomely bound copy of a single-volume edition of Frederick Marryat's (1792-1848) adventure novel for children centred around a young man's voyage to Africa in search of a missing relative.