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• Authorized US edition Two volumes 19 cm
• HathiTrust Digital Library provides full views of copies from Ohio State U and U Virginia respectively: [1] volume 1 only, apparently complete (except perhaps the original cover): -- title page, vol 1 -- v1 text spans p5-216; as chapters 1-19 [2] vols 1 and 2, except vol 1 title page (and perhaps original cover): -- title page, vol 2 -- v2 text spans p5-192; as chapters 1-22 Chapter divisions and numbers depart from the original at original chapters 19 (divided between the two volumes here) and 28-30. The text is complete apparently.
• Found in December 2018 search of 1839 US newspapers and magazines: • news and comment on the lawsuits, April to June • reviews and notices that specify this edition • retailer advertisements, May to September (numerous) Not found • publisher advertisement or other notice • price quotation from any source May publication is inferred the general coverage, and from retailer advertisements that specify 2 vols if not the publisher, this one stated available as early as 1839-05-23.

Transcriptions from the title leaf (verso) and next page, of interest in relation to the composition, publication, and copyright history: "Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1838, by F. Marryat, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania." Philadelphia: King and Baird, Printers. No. 9, George Street. "To Catharine P. Ingraham, of Philadelphia, this work is dedicated by her affectionate cousin, the author."