Perils of Beauty.

London: Henry Colburn, 1843.

Price: $500.00


About the item

First edition. [ii], 314; [ii], 296; [ii], 318 pp., no half-titles. 3 vols. 8vo. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards, black morocco spine labels. Light scuffing and wear to bindings, bookplates removed from front pastedowns, one title label chipped, sporadic foxing. Signed "Edmd H. Turton" on each title-page. Block, p. 38; OCLC: 2520527 (12 copies); not in Wolff or Sadleir.

Item #311733

First edition of this uncommon novel by Frederick Chamier (1796-1870), author and naval captain who achieved some success with his sea novels in the style of Marryat. His autobiography, The Life of a Sailor (1827), is notable for its eyewitness account of Bryon's famed swim across the Hellespont in 1810.