Boothby Commander (5 results)

Octavo hardcover (VG-) frontispiece loose, front hinge cracked, sound reading copy; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs. All online listings are held in Dunedin.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. 1st Edition. A shabby copy without dustjacket BUT signed with an inscription to Harold Marshall and dated July 20th 1935. 250 pages. Marked age-dulled dark blue hardback binding with heavy wear to boards' corners, edges and spine-ends. Preliminary pages feel tight at binding as if they've been reglued. Pages are however clean. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 250 pages, b/w illustrations. Diagonal crease damage to front board. Externally a split to cloth at rear board/spine line, but text block is still firm and well-held. Loosely laid-in publisher's bookmark advertising 4 books.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. BOUND IN GREEN CLOTH HARDCOVERS, WITH BRIGHT, GILT TITLES TO SPINE, THIS 1920 HARDCOVER FIRST EDITION IS VG. 250pp WITHFOREWORD AND 13 CHAPTERS. THE AUTHOR ATTEMPS TO GIVE THE READER AND IDEA ABOUT LIES AT SEA IN THE R.N.R., WHICH FOR HIM BEGAN AT THE AGE OF 15 AT LIVERPOOL IN 1878. DRAWINGS OF SHIPS TO ENDPAPERS, SIGNED TWICE BY THE AUTHOR. CONDITION VG. Signed by Author(s).

No Binding. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. First Edition. Green cloth titled in gilt on spine, pictorial endpapers, monochrome frontis portrait. Undated but ownership name in front is dated 1936. Tight bindings, slightly tilted, wear to spine and edges, small store stamp on title page, second name on dedication page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.