Cecil Pseud (120 results)

First Edition. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges very slightly dust-toned as with age. Minor, scattered marginal foxing. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Previous owner's inscription to ffep.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 310 pages; Description: 310p. 19cm. Subjects: English fiction -- English novels -- 20th century. Romances -- Social fiction. Summary: Rich, handsome, leisured, sophisticated, Berry, Jonah and co are an unforgettable group of individuals who get mixed up in a series of extraordinary adventures and romance. Series: Berry books. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust jacket included. Boston: Little Brown, 1950. First Edition. Fine cloth, in worn/soiled dustwrapper. Bookplate on front paste-down. It is interesting to see what the creator of Horatio Hornblower could do with a more modern story. This is a tale of the life of a young inventor and soldier in the first World War and immediately after.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 286 pages; Physical description.: 286 p. 21 cm. Subject: Fiction in English -- Fictional Characters -- English. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Good copy in the original publisher's gilt-blocked and blind-bordered cloth, edges very slightly toned. Some wear and tear as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Physical description; 4 p.l., 218 p. : col. front., 4 col. pl. ; 18 cm. Notes; Added t.-p., illus. Subjects; Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Roch Yves Gilbert de Motier marquis de (1757-1834). 3 Kg.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges very slightly dust-toned as with age. Minor, scattered marginal foxing. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Previous owner's inscription to ffep.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 310 pages; Description: 310p. 19cm. Subjects: English fiction -- English novels -- 20th century. Romances -- Social fiction. Summary: Rich, handsome, leisured, sophisticated, Berry, Jonah and co are an unforgettable group of individuals who get mixed up in a series of extraordinary adventures and romance. Series: Berry books. 1 Kg.

Hard covers. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Reprint of 1922 edition. No inscription. Weight: 1 Language: English.

Hard covers. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Reprint of 1921 edition. Donor's inscription. Weight: 1 Language: English.

Hard covers. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Reprint of 1927 edition. Donor's inscription. Weight: 1 Language: English.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 1st edition, so stated. . Near fine copy in dust jacket, tape ghosts to flaps, not price clipped, $2.50 intact, very light wear at extremeties. Nigel Strangeways was employed to investigate a minor mystery in the offices of the publishing house of Wenham and Geraldine. Someone had maliciously tinkered with the proofs of an autobiography in which a retired and outspoken General had savagely attacked one of his colleagues. Consequently the firm was threatened with a disastrous libel suit. Strangeways had not made much headway before somebody's throat was cut on the actual premises of that discreet and reputable firm. Book.

Hard covers. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st edition. Owner's inscription. Weight: 1 Language: English.

8vo 192pp. Original cloth. A good ex-library copy. Upper panel and blurb from dustwrapper attached to prelims. First edition.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 286 pages; Physical description.: 286 p. 21 cm. Subject: Fiction in English -- Fictional Characters -- English. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Good copy in the original publisher's gilt-blocked and blind-bordered cloth, edges very slightly toned. Some wear and tear as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Physical description; 4 p.l., 218 p. : col. front., 4 col. pl. ; 18 cm. Notes; Added t.-p., illus. Subjects; Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Roch Yves Gilbert de Motier marquis de (1757-1834). 1 Kg.

Soft Cover. Condition: VG+. First Paperback. 12mo. original printed paper wraps (a trifle rubbed & creased); pp. 118, [2 (pubs. advts.)], with 6 maps. A very good copy. A fictionalised account of the sinking of the German battleship, Bismarck.

Soft Cover. Condition: VG-. Reprint. 12mo. original printed paper wraps (slightly rubbed & creased, first leaf excised, occasional annotation); pp. 3-238 (last blank), [2 (pubs. advts.)]. A very good copy. The first Horatio Hornblower novel, sixth chronologically, set in Central America in 1808.

Soft Cover. Condition: VG+. Reprint. 12mo. original printed paper wraps (a little rubbed & creased, slightly toned, a few marks); pp. 254 (last blank), [2 (pubs. cat.)]. A very good copy. The sixth Horatio Hornblower novel, but first chronologically, recounting his early career.

Hard Cover. Condition: VG. No Jacket. Reprint. 12mo. original printed paper wraps (a little rubbed & creased); pp. 238 (last blank), [2 (pubs. advts.)]. A very good copy. The fifth Horatio Hornblower novel, tenth chronologically, set on the north coast of France in 1814.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Jacket by A. E. Barlow (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Some edge wear, chipping and small loss to top and bottom of largely dark green jacket and spine, top of page block dyed red as issued, some slight yellowing to back jacket, some faint spotting and browning to page fore edges, some offsetting to endpapers, not price clipped (8s 6d), small previous owner's name to front pastedown, internally clean and tight, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 219pp. The brutal story of the Belgian occupation of central Africa, by naval novelist, historian and travel writer C. S. Forester (1899-1966). Loa was not just king of his Central African tribe, he was a god to his people. He controlled life and death in his village. Then he turned outward and conquered his neighbors. He felt very fierce. But this was not to last. Europe was on the march in Africa, and destiny in the form of King Leopold's agents trod on Loa. They sacked his kingdom with an avarice unimaginable to the natives. Soon nothing was the same, nor would it ever be again. Quite scarce in this first edition.

Hard Cover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG-. Reprint. Undated, but c. 1954. VG/VG-. 12mo. original blue cloth gilt (a little rubbed & marked, slight offsetting to endpapers) in dustwrapper priced 8/6 (creased & frayed with some chipping); pp. 288 (last colophon). A good copy.

Soft Cover. Condition: VG+. First Thus. 12mo. original pictorial laminated card (a trifle rubbed & nicked, occ. faint marking & speckling); pp. 224. A very good copy. A standalone naval novel set in the Caribbean at the end of the Napoleonic wars and the War of 1812.

Hard Cover. Condition: VG-. No Jacket. First Thus. 12mo. original navy cloth (rubbed & sunned, some marking, two leaves one-time removed, now re-attached with tape; lacks dustwrapper); pp. 432 (last blank). A good copy.

Hard Cover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. First Thus. VG+/VG. 12mo. original burgundy cloth, gilt spine label (a trifle rubbed & bumped, occ. spotting & toning, prev. owner's name to FFE, else clean and bright throughout) in dustwrapper (a little rubbed and nicked, slightly toned & marked); pp. 254. A very good copy. The sixth Horatio Hornblower novel, but first chronologically, recounting his early career.

Soft Cover. Condition: F-. First Thus. 12mo. original pictorial laminated card (a trifle rubbed & toned); pp. 192 (last blank). A near fine copy. The third Horatio Hornblower novel, eighth chronologically, set in Napoleonic France.

Hard Cover. Condition: VG+. No Jacket. Fourth Impression. 12mo. original brown cloth (a trifle rubbed & marked, prev. owner's addrress RSM to FFE, occ. light spotting; lacks dustwrapper); pp. 192. A very good copy.

Soft Cover. Condition: VG+. First Thus. 12mo. original pictorial laminated card (a trifle rubbed & nicked, faint leaf edge speckling); pp. 224 (last blank). A very good copy. The seventh Horatio Hornblower novel, but second chronologically, set in 1802-1803.

Soft Cover. Condition: VG. Second Impression. 12mo. original pictorial laminated card (a trifle rubbed & frayed, slight toning & marking, prev. owner's details to title page, a little leaf edge spotting); pp. 192. A very good copy.

Soft Cover. Condition: VG. Second Impression. 12mo. original pictorial laminated card (a little rubbed & creased, some spotting & toning); pp. 184. A very good copy. Famous adventure set in East Africa during the First World War.

Hard Cover. Condition: VG. No Jacket. First Edition. 12mo. original red cloth (a little rubbed & sunned, some toning & spotting; lacks dustwrapper); pp. 220 (last blank). A very good copy.

Soft Cover. Condition: VG+. First Penguin. 12mo. original printed paper wraps (a little rubbed & creased, slightly toned, prev. ownership details to first page, neat tape strips to front cover); pp. vi (last blank)], 190, [2 (pubs. cat.)]. A very good copy. The third Horatio Hornblower novel, but eighth chronologically, set in Napoleonic France around 1810-11.

Hard Cover. Condition: VG. No Jacket. First Thus. 16mo. original blue cloth boards gilt (rubbed & sunned, prev. owner's name to upper pastedown, else internally clean; lacks dustwrapper); pp. vi (last blank)], 282. A very good copy. The sixth Horatio Hornblower novel, but first chronologically, recounting his early career.