Published by Michael Joseph, London, 1994
ISBN 10: 0718138449 ISBN 13: 9780718138448
Seller: Gil's Book Loft, Binghamton, NY, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good+. William Anderson cover (illustrator). 1st Edition thus. Larger trade paperback, pictorial blue/white covers.Age-toned paper, a bit of handling. No names, clean text. Solid reading copy. English sailor fighting French at start of 19th Century. 21400 shelf 275 p. Book.
Published by NY Doubleday 1953., 1953
Seller: Crabtree's Collection Old Books, Sebago, ME, U.S.A.
First Edition
VG. Wetherell was first a ship's carpenter and then was impressed into the Royal Navy on the HMS Hussar which went aground in France where he was captured and became a prisoner of war. Forester used Wetherell's diary to report his life. Rust colored cloth with ship design and title square in brown with gilt lettering. Illustrated by Illus. 1st ed.
Published by Doubleday, 1953
Seller: D. Richards, Bookman, Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. 379pp. Illustrations. A tight, VG copy in a VG dust jacket but for a small chip at the crown of the spine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by Doubleday, 1953
Seller: Nightshade Booksellers, IOBA member, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition stated. A near fine copy in a good DJ that has general wear and a chip missing on the front cover. Not price clipped. See my photos. Book will ship in a cardboard box. #8.
Published by Doubleday, Garden City, 1953
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Stated First Edition. Price clipped DJ has insect damage (book unaffected), some soiling, chipped head if spine ; Sepia plates of drawings by Wetherell, illustrated endpapers, DJ in Mylar, hinges intact; 379 pages; Autobiography of John Wetherell. Born in Whitby in 1780, Wetherell first joined the British merchant navy serving and trained and qualified as a ships's carpenter, before being impressed into the Royal Navy. He saw service on HMS Hussar, but after she went aground on the coast of France he was captured and made a prisoner-of-war and spent most of the next eleven years at Charlemont Givet Prison.
Published by Michael Joseph, London, 1954
Seller: Alexander's Books, Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition first printing octavo hardback. 276 pp illustrated Very Good condition in Near Very Good unclipped dust jacket (couple of small closed tears at corners) Previous owner's inscription on first blank page.
Publication Date: 1953
Seller: The Book Abyss, St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Please see any and all photos connected with this listing. Cover and spine are good with only mild shelf/rub wear. No dog-eared corners. Solid Binding. All pages intact and legible. Clean. No store stamps. --- --- The Authentic Diary of a 19th Century British Seaman - Edited and with an introduction by C. S. Forester. . .
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Edited and with an Introduction by C.S. Forester. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped (18s. net), generally toned, a few small closed tears. Magenta buckram, bumped at the top corners, with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Wetherell's diary during his time fighting for the British during the Napoleonic Wars.
Published by Doubleday & Co, NY, 1953
Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Sepia Tone Illus (illustrator). 1st. 1st American edition; dj w/lite war, unclipped price, in mylar; rusr c w/browngilt titles; illustrated end papers; 379 clean, unmarked pages.
Published by Michael Joseph; London., 1954
Seller: Sapience Bookstore, Hexham, United Kingdom
Hard with Dust Jacket. Condition: Very good in good+ dust jacket. With 7 plates illustrating drawings by the author. (illustrator). First impression. Very good in good+ dust jacket. DJ a little chipped to head and tail of spine. Rear panel a little marked. Bookplate to front pastedown. 275pp.
Published by Doubleday & Company, 1953
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Plate Illustrations (illustrator). First Edition. The diary of a 19th Century British seaman in the Napoleonic Wars at sea. Book is fine and unmarked. Jacket has a small horizontal spine chip and is prize clipped, but otherwise whole, bright and clean, and protected by a plastic Brodart cover. As is, an attractive copy.
Published by Doubleday, Garden City, 1953
Seller: Aladdin Books, Fullerton, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Thus. Immaculate copy. Fine in near fine dust jacket. No previous owner markings or bookplates. No jacket chips and not price-clipped. Jacket is very slightly darkened along spine and has a few tiny edgetears along spine ends. Book.
Published by Michael Joseph, London, 1954
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First English edition (U.S. edition precedes). Owner's stamp on the half-title, else about fine in very good dustwrapper with a creased tear on the front panel and a little ink remnant on the rear panel.
Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, 1953
Seller: Old Editions Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, North Tonawanda, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. VG+/VG- (minus) , book front board lightly scraped, two small dark smudges top rear board, front/spine/rear board top edges lightly faded, previous ownerÕs name & address fep. DJ spine darkened, some mild cornerwear, head/foot of spine slightly creased and worn, rear panel rubbed, small light spot front panel, small piece missing top corner rear inside flap. Overall a tight solid sound copy with DJ protected in mylar. ; 8vo, brown cloth, dec. Eps, unclipped DJ, 379pp. Illustrated.
Published by Michael Joseph, London, 1954
Seller: Amazing Book Company, Liphook, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. John Wetherell (illustrator). First Edition. THE ADVENTURES OF JOHN WETHERELL Edited with an Introduction by C. S. Forester. Michael joseph, London 1954 First edition. 276pp Illustrated Hardback. This copy is in very good condition bound in red cloth with bright gilt titling to the spine and decorative cartouche to the front. The price clipped dust wrapper has a little edge wear but is other wise fine. First published in 1954, The Adventures of John Wetherell, is part of a much larger manuscript professing to be a diary kept by seaman John Porritt Wetherell, a native of Whitby, England who was born in 1780 and died sometime after 1834. John Wetherell's records of his nautical life have been long sought after by readers interested in this period of history, and fortunately C. S. Forester acquired the manuscript and selected the most well-written and unforgettable passages for publication in this book. The Adventures of John Wetherell focuses on the period when he was pressed into service on the HMS Hussar and was held captive as a prisoner of war in Givet, France after the Hussar was shipwrecked. For many, life on board ship during the early 19th century was almost unendurable, and although John Wetherell served under a particularly brutal captain, his situation was not atypical. In contrast, life as a prisoner of war, though no picnic, had it's advantages. Though prisoners in Givet often suffered from lack of exercise, most had enough to eat and a place to sleep and were able practice, their trades (or learn new ones) and do business with townspeople, learn subjects like French, navigation, and music, form bands, and even marry. Over 2300 British seamen survived over 10 years of imprisonment in Givet and were marched back through France with their divisions, billeted in small towns ? the prison band often performing wherever they stayed ? before eventually returning to England and the homes and lives they treasured so dearly. An observant and sensitive account, John Wetherell's diary is a tribute to the fortitude and spirit of those courageous seamen. Ref BB3.
Published by Doubleday, Garden City / New York, 1953
Seller: Dan Pope Books, West Hartford, CT, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Doubleday, Garden City/New York, 1953. First edition. First printing. A fine copy in a near-fine jacket. A clean copy in a price-clipped jacket (not book club edition). Comes with archival-quality jacket protector. Note: Jacket has a couple short closed tears at extremities, and a darkened spine (as pictured). Dust jacket designed by Edward Gorey. Illustrations by the author, Wetherell. F3000A.
Published by Michael Joseph., London, 1954
Seller: EmJay Books, Bradford., United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. 275pp, illustrated. Wetherell was a 19C seaman born in Whitby, with a life at sea and he was impressed into the navy against Bonaparte. Clean and tight in unclipped wrapper. 800g.