Mr Midshipman Hornblower

Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1950. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (21cm). Original teal cloth, titled in gilt, with original dust jacket; plain endpapers; [viii],310pp; list of Forester titles opposite half-title and on rear jacket flap. Straight and tight, very lightly rubbed at extremities, with small pencil erasure to f.f.e.p.: Near Fine. Jacket unclipped (priced $3.00), spine faded, rubbed… Read more about this item

London, UK: Penguin Books, 1958. Soft cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 254pp. No. 1115 in the Penguin Orange series. In printed card covers (covers are a little worn at edges, slightly chipped at spine ends and folds). Internally a little page tanning and slightly fragile. One of the series of adventures… Read more about this item

London: Michael Joseph LTD, 1950. First Edition. Very good+ in dark green cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine which has a minor crease up its center and a prior owner's name and date on the first free end paper. In a good, unclipped dust jacket with a squareish 1 1/4 inch deep chip… Read more about this item

London: Michael Joseph, 1950. A first edition, first printing published by Michael Joseph in 1950. A very good book with heavy spotting to the page edges. In a very good unclipped wrapper which has a little bit of rubbing to the corners. Complete with the rare wrap-around band (Daily Mail Book of the Month Book Society Recommendation) with a… Read more about this item

Middlesex, England: Penguin Books, 1986. Book. Fair. Hardcover. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Softcover, reprint edition, 140gms, 253 pages. Book is in fair condition with moderate to heavy general wear and tear and moderate page discolouration/spotting throughout, small pen mark on the inside back page, some minor water damage, some external wear and tearing to spine, otherwise… Read more about this item

Little, Brown & Company. Stated FIrst Edition. DJ in archival cover, edge wear, small chips. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1950.

Middlesex, England: Penguin Books, 1975. Book. Illus. by Richard Westall;. Very Good. Paperback. Later Printing. 253 pp. Light edge and corner wear with some creasing on the spine; no interior markings. The cover features a detail from Nelson's Encounter with the Spanish Launch by Richard Westall, courtesy of the National Maritime Museum..

Bantam Books. PAPERBACK. 8/1/1958. A1815 :Bantam A1815 3rd printing (new edition) August 1958 with spine creases, edge wear, age spots, and binding visible at pg 126-127 . Used - Acceptable.

Michael Joseph, 1952. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1952. First Edition Thus. 208 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial paper covered boards. Binding remains firm. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Water staining to top edge of text block. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges.

Little Brown & Co, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 5x0x8. Stated First Edition. Bound in publisher's cloth. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Pieces of jacket taped inside. Spine sunned. Pages unmarked.

Boston: Little Brown, 1950. The First Edition was published in March 1950, this edition was reprinted March 1950 - it is the second printing of the First Edition 8vo size green clothbound hardcover with gilt titles on spine; 310 pages This is the second novel of Hornblower series, published in 1950. This volume was written as a… Read more about this item

England: The Reprint Society, 1951. Book. Good+/Vg-. Cloth. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Front free endpaper has been replaced, dustjacket is tatty. Where possible small books will have postage reduced.

Middlesex, England: Penguin Books, 1972. Book. Illus. by Richard Westall;. Very Good. Paperback. Later Printing. 253 pp. Light edge and corner wear with some creasing on the spine; no interior markings. The cover features a detail from Nelson's Encounter with the Spanish Launch by Richard Westall, courtesy of the National Maritime Museum. This is the first book… Read more about this item

LONDON: Michael Joseph(Mermaid Books Imprint). First published in 1950. This is the second Mermaid Books printing. Illustrated laminated card covers(A cross between a hard cover and a paperback. Sometimes called a limpback). Slight wear/peeling on cover edges. Original price is printed on the pastedown(on the reverse of the front cover). Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. A Horatio Hornblower… Read more about this item

NY: Pinnacle, 1974. 1st printing, Aug. 1974. Cover art is uncredited. Pages re-glued; tanning; creasing; edge nicks and minor tears. Reading copy.. Mass Market Paperback. Reading Copy.

Penguin Books Ltd, 1956-01-16. paperback. Good. 17 to 19 cm tall (12mo). First Penguin with Orange 1115 Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.

London: Penguin Books. Very Good. 1977. Reprint; Twelfth Printing. Paperback. Mass Market PB . Light reading and cover creases, sunned spine. ; Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. Cover artwork detail from 'Nelson's Encounter with the Spanish Launch' by Richard Westall. ; 256 pages; The first adventures of the young Hornblower, as he joins his… Read more about this item

Back Bay Books, 1998-01-01. Paperback. Good. 80x12x84.

The Reprint Society, London, 1951. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. 1793, the eve of the Napoleonic Wars, and Midshipman Horatio Hornblower receives his first command. As a seventeen-year-old with a touch of sea sickness, young Horatio Hornblower hardly cuts a dash in His Majesty's navy. Yet from the moment he is ordered to board a French merchant… Read more about this item

Michael Joseph, 1950. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1950. Sixth Impression. 277 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout, heavier to endpapers. Occasional thumb-marking present. Minor pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Damp staining to hinges, pastedowns and text-block edges. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing… Read more about this item