Ship Of the Line

A genuine and VERY RARE single volume first edition of the second book in Forester's famed Hornblower series published in April 1938, well before the bundled volume: Ship of the Line/Flying Colours. The front title page of the dust jacket has been cut and glued onto the inside (page 2) of the hardcover. Binding is tight, slightly slanted, with cream-coloured inside… Read more about this item

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1938. First US Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo., 323 pages; VG/VG-; spine tan and blue with blue and tan lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut '$2.50'; mild chipping and wear to dust jacket, including small chips missing to head of spine; top edge of text block red; interior clean; Two… Read more about this item

Michael Joseph, 1955. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1955. First Thus. 189 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial paper covered boards. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some… Read more about this item

Michael Joseph, 1949. Hardcover. Used - Very Good. This book is in good condition and will be shipped by the working day after ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. There may be a previous owner's inscription. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked… Read more about this item

Michael Joseph Ltd, 1952. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1952. Eighth Impression. 192 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Mild brown staining to pages on occasion. Minimal tanning to endpapers and page edges. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing, staining and marking to boards. Heavy sunning to spine. Book has a forward lean.

Penguin Books, 1962. Paperback. Good. 1962. Reprint. 233 pages. Pictorial paper cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and sunning.

Michael Joseph, 1949. Hardcover. Good. 1949. First Edition Thus. 235 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth covered boards. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping.… Read more about this item

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo; 1st edition; G-/Fair; Ex-library; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, cream and blue with cream and blue print; DJ has small tears at spine ends with heavy wear to hinges, tear to rear hinge at top and front hinge at bottom, wear to flap folds, rubbing, toning to spine, peripheral… Read more about this item

Michael Joseph, 1949. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1949. First Edition Thus. 235 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown. Brown staining to pages throughout. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. visible tanning to… Read more about this item

Michael Joseph, 1949. Hardcover. Good. 1949. First Edition Thus. 235 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Visible creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Visible sunning to spine and… Read more about this item

Paperback. Acceptable.

England: Penguin, 1980. Book. Good+. Mass Market Paperback. Spine is creased, water mark near heel of spine. Where possible small books will have postage reduced.

London: Michael Joseph, 1938 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 7.5" by 5.5". None. The scarce first edition of this Horatio Hornblower novel by C. S. Forester. Chronologically this is the seventh Hornblower title, although it was the second the author completed. The scarce first standalone edition of this work. In the same year, it was also published… Read more about this item

Little Brown & Company, 1985. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Penguin, 1969. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Back Bay Books, 1985. Paperback. Acceptable. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Back Bay Books, 1985. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Little Brown & Company. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Little Brown & Company. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Michael Joseph, 1949. Hardcover. Good. 1949. First Edition Thus. 235 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light… Read more about this item