8vo. In three volumes. vi, 310; [4], 362;[4], 332pp. 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, foxed.

The first edition of a collection of essays and original prose fiction, selected from numerous near contemporary periodicals, by naval officer and novelist Frederick Marryat (1792-1848). The essays include; 'How to write a Fashionable Novel', 'How to write a Book of Travels', and 'How to write a Romance'.