0002224062 - Surgeon's Mate by O'brian, Patrick, First Edition

Ex library with library marks and is in a blue library binding. No missing pages, including the end pages. There is some spine lean. The jacket is not price clipped and is now in a removable protective cover. Professional seller. All pictures are of the actual book that is for sale. Books are dispatched in cardboard packaging. Harper Collins, 1980. Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition.

Reading copy, an ex library hardback with the usual stamps & stickers, library binding, front endpaper excised, no inscriptions. 316 pages. Collins, 1980. Hardcover. Condition: Poor. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition.

Reading copy, an ex library hardback with the usual stamps & stickers, spine cocked, no inscriptions. 316 pages. Collins, 1980. Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition.

Ex-Library, with usual stamps and marks.States on reverse of title page ' First Published 1980 '.D/W shelf-worn,not price-clipped,repaired on reverse with sellotape top of spine,several stains on flaps,top of spine frayed,some creases along edges.Book maroon boards,gilt lettering top of spine,right-half of fep missing,endpapers repaired by previous owner with white paper,first 3 pages loose but present,page edges tanned,contents clean. Collins, London, 1980. Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition.

Reading copy, an ex library hardback with the usual stamps & stickers, spine cocked, page edges stained, tape marks on endpapers, no inscriptions in unclipped dustjacket which is sunned and creased at the spine. 316 pages. Collins, 1980. Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition.

"Good" ex-library copy with typical attachments of the Maidstone Library to the Free Front Endpaper, and a red "remainder" mark to top page edges near spine, but in a NEAR FINE original jacket which has NOT BEEN PRICE-CLIPPED. Thus, we figure the bulk of the value here lies in the nearly pristine dust jacket. Cloak-and-dagger work in the Baltic, also featuring some action at sea, as usual. "First published 1980." The seventh and hardest-to-find hardcover first printing of the Aubrey/Maturin series. 315 pp. Collins, London, 1980. Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Jacket painting of H.M. sloop Sparrowhawk by W. Smyth (illustrator). 1st Edition.

Price-clipped to bottom of front flap (it's British.) Very-good-plus in near-fine; a handsome copy. Cloak-and-dagger work in the Baltic, also featuring some action at sea, as usual. "First published 1980." The seventh and hardest-to-find hardcover first printing of the Aubrey/Maturin series. 315 pp. Reduced from $1,200. Collins, London, 1980. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Jacket painting of H.M. sloop Sparrowhawk by W. Smyth (illustrator). 1st Edition.

Maroon cloth first edition hardcover. Spine head mildly bumped, slight spine ridge, slightly cocked. Trace of foxing to top textblock edge. The DJ in mylar with 5.95 net price intact is in fine condition. A tight, unmarked, sharp-cornered copy. ; 8.50 X 5.43 X 1.57 inches. Wm Collins & Sons & Co, London, 1980. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition.

VG+/F-. 8vo. original burgundy boards gilt (prev. owner's name and notes to front pastedown, else clean & bright throughout) in dustwrapper priced £5.95 (trifling sunning to spine, barely perceptible); pp. 316 (last blank). A near fine copy. The seventh Aubrey-Maturin novel. Collins, London, 1980. Hard Cover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: F-. First Edition.

220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). 315pp. With marked and chipped dust jacket. VG: in very good condition in a clear protective wrapper. Abrasion to fep. Minor blemishes, such as creasing to corners and rippling, sporadically within. Collins, London, 1980. Red hardback cloth cover. First Edition.

First edition, first impression. Near Fine: tight and square binding in sharp red cloth; bright gilt; pushed to the heel of the spine; small dint to the top-edge of the upper board; very crisp and clean, presenting as unread. The unclipped dust wrapper (£5.95 net stated) is Very Good+: bright and vibrant; some wrinkling to the top corners and head of the spine; small repaired chip to the top-edge of the front panel, mirroring the aforementioned dint to the board below; presented in a removable, archival-quality Brodart protective cover. All orders are sent very carefully wrapped in bubble wrap and sturdy cardboard. Collins, 1980. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition.

Book, binding and d/j are in very good condition. with little appreciable wear. On the fore edge margin of ten pages, there is a minor - yet discernable - waving to ten pages half way down the fore edge and approximately one inch in length. There are no stains/folds or the like accompanying these ten 'wavy' edges but they can be detected unless the book is closed tightly, at which point they disappear. The d/j is not price clipped. This is the rarest of the Aubrey/Maturin books: The Fortunes of War, which preceded this book, was remaindered and Collins decided to cut back on its run of this book as a precaution. Collins, 1980. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition.

1st Edition. Fine/Fine. A superb copy of the most Elusive Book in the Jack Aubrey Series. Not price clipped with no inscriptions or tears. Appears unread. Scarce in this condition! SIGNED BOOKPLATE without dedication laid into book. Collins, London and New York, 1980. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Signed by Author.

1st UK Edition. 315pp. Octavo. Original deep red cloth with gilt lettering on spine; light bumping to extremities. Small stain on each of the boards. Previous owners name on front free endpaper. Clean, tight text block with only a small stain to long outer edge and some light wear to some places on the outer edges. In dust jacket, price clipped. The jacket has some light wear and yellowing to outer edges, else is very nice. A lovely copy. very good The 7th book in the Aubrey?aturin series of novels, written by O'Brian, a celebrated English Author. The novels are set in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars and centred on the friendship of English naval captain Jack Aubrey and the Irish?atalan physician Stephen Maturin. The 20-novel series is known for its well-researched and highly detailed portrayal of early 19th-century life, as well as its authentic and evocative language. ST Jame's Place, London William Collins Sons & Co. 1980, 1980. Condition: very good.

Book is a tight, clean, square, crisp copy. Appears to be an unread copy. Slight sun fading to the red in O'Brian's name on spine. On the inside flap some of the lettering has small parts missing, looks like a printing flaw and not damage. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. William Collins Sons & Co Ltd,, London, 1980. Cloth Red. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine in Mylar Cover. First Edition First Printing. A Trade Book Not Price Clipped.