Commodore by Forester, First Edition (103 results)

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Library markings, etc. At one time was part of a library collection. Has tape on front hinge of spine and black library tape on bottom of spine and onto the front and back covers. Has spotting and discoloration all over covers. Rubbing and shelf wear along boards and corners. Stamp on bottom text block. Article glued inside of front cover. Light musty odor. First Edition - Published May 1945.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. FADING OF SPINE DJ HAS WEAR ON EDGES BINDING-TIGHT - FAMOUS NAUTICAL AUTHOR.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Hornblower series -famous author. Book in good condition Dust Jacket has wear and small missing pieces on edges Whited out name on front end page.

HARDCOVER. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. We're always buying collectible book collections. Contact us for details. We're happy to provide pictures of all books, please just ask! Canadian first edition, first printing. Stated first edition on copyright page. Published in 1945. Jacket is in Very Good + condition. Spine ends and edges of jacket are worn. Jacket has a few small 1/4 inch tears. Jacket is faded. Jacket is unpriced. Covers are clean and bright. Edges are sharp. No tears or creases. The book itself is in Near Fine condition. The binding is straight and tight. Previous owners name and date written on front end page. NO remainder mark.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. NAU 037071LOC First Penguin edition, 1956. Solid and clean soft cover, pages tanning slightly, very slight bend in the book. 272pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition; First Printing. Missing DJ, sunned spine, corners bumped and rubbed, ink stamp plus original owner name and date 1945 to front endpaper, light foxing to endpapers and edges of reading block. ; Light brown cloth boards with silver gilt lettering to spine. Nice tight copy. War economy standard with usual poor paper quality. ; The Hornblower Series; 272 pages; 1812 and the Admiralty put Hornblower in command of a squadron and send him on a diplomatic and military mission to the Baltic to protect trade and stop Napoleon's expansion into Sweden and Russia.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First Australian edition, first printing. Octavo hardback. 265 pp. Owner's inscription on front free end paper. Slight rubbing at edges, otherwise near Very Good condition. Dust jacket in Good condition (has slight chipping at top and bottom and a couple of repaired tears on spine).

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: NO DUST JACKET. First Edition. First Edition. Pages are crisp and clean, no marking. Cover is good. Binding is tight/good.

Condition: Good. 1955. First Edition Thus. 224 pages. No dust jacket. Illustrated paper covered board with lettering. 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 marking and sunning.

Condition: Good. 1949. First Edition Thus. 271 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 marking and sunning.

Condition: Good. 1949. First Edition. 271 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth boards with lettering. 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 marking and sunning.

Hardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. No Dust Jacket, orange cloth hardback with blue lettering on front and (lightly marked) spine, Lightly sunned endpapers and foxing on page edges, otherwise clean tight copy in good condition, 271pp First published in this edition 1949 by Michael Joseph Book#101231.

Hardcover. Condition: fair. Dust Jacket Condition: poor. N. C. Wyeth (illustrator). First edition. It is 1812, and the thunderous boom of Napoleonic terror echoes across the Baltic. With the fate of Europe hanging on the outcome of his mission, the indefatigable Horatio Hornblower returns to sea with the rank of commodore. Aided by a small but powerful squadron, he sails to the bloody vortex of a nightmare to sway alliances and save Britain. First American printing, with original N.C. Wyeth illustrated dust-jacket that is in poor condition, preserved in Brodart. Chips, stains and tears to the dust jacket, that is backed with some old tape. book.

Hardback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Navy cloth hardback with silver lettering on spine, marks on top and bottom of spine. Lightly foxed and sunned endpaper, and side page edges, otherwise clean tight copy in good condition, 431pp Black illustrated Dust Jacket ( as image shown on ABE) by Biro, tears on edges, small piece missing on top of spine. Sunned and foxed on inside of Jacket, good/acceptable condition, price unclipped (10s 6d net) This omnibus volume first published by Michael Joseph 1952 Book#101803.

1st edition. Book is in near fine condition. Jacket in Poor.

Condition: Good. 1954. First Edition. 431 pages. Black pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Prize plate to front endpaper. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Boards are slightly bowed. Slight forward lean to text block. The unclipped dust jacket has heavy edge wear, tears and chips. Light tanning to spine and edges. Moderate loss to jacket edges and corners.

C.S. Forester Commodore Hornblower 1st Bantam Printing, 1965, small spot to the cover, Very Good condition.

First Printing. H3035. Very Good to Near Fine condition.

Condition: Good. 1945. First Edition. 271 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth with silver lettering. Minor dog-earring, foxing and noticeable tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, slightly lighter to pastedowns and free endpapers. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Light cracking and creasing to gutters but binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with moderate sunning and scuffing overall. Spine has visible tanning with soft splitting, fraying and crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. This is a Very Good Copy of this book in Publisher's orange cloth with blue title lettering to spine and upper cover.No dust-jacket.Darkened spine.This copy has one previous inscription present to the ffep.Book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness.There is one number 4 written to spine,8vo 271pp First Edition Thus.

Condition: Fair. First edition copy. . Book Good. No dust jacket. Slightly dampstained. Bookplate inside. (war stories, sea stories, naval history).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. 1st Edition. First UK edition. Octavo hardback. 271 pp. Very Good + condition. Dust jacket in Near very Good condition (tiny nibbles and nicks along some edges, rear panel slightly stained. No inscriptions Nice copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. 172pp. Mustard cloth binding, gilt lettering on spine. 12mo. Covers are worn, unevenly faded, rubbed and rounded at corners and ends of a sunned spine. Text block edges spotted with traces of dust. Gift inscription, dated 1945, inked on the front paste down. A little spotted on endpapers and faintly so on a few following pages else internally neat and clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Very GOOD. Dust Jacket Condition: FAIR. First edition. Unmarked hardcover in unclipped jacket. Cloth boards are turquoise-blue. Title page is dated 1945. Presumed first Edition. Dust jacket has chipped at each end of spine and mid-spine. Short tears. DJ has both yellowing tape and non-yellowing tape repairs.

N. C. Wyeth (illustrator). Book is an apparent first edition (1945) in Near Fine condition. Slight rub on corners and top and bottom of spine. Title script is now a darkened gold, but plainly readable. Dust Jacket is in Good condition and has two areas of triangular paper loss on the spine. One (1/2" x 3/8") is at the top, impacting two letters in "Commodore", and the second (3/4" x 1 1/4") is at the bottom. There is a thin line of stain across part of the top of the front of the DJ. The back of the DJ has a 2" closed tear from the top and a crushed area at the bottom with the paper intact.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Little, Brown & Company, 1945. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good with light shelf wear. No dust jacket.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

HARDCOVER. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Illustrated by WYETH, N. C. DJ COVER ART (illustrator). first edition,4pt; Fourth Printing. VERY GOOD CONDITION IN FAIR CLIPT(NOPR ICE) DUST JACKET.dj has several lengthy cover edgetears, and 2 1"CHIP cover & base spine of dj. Not soiled,but torn up.; Blue cloth hardcovers. DJ shows blue coated HORNBLOWER WITH SPYGLASS. with RED FLAG & wooden ship background., back panel dj shows 2X3" author photo AND List of 9 of his titles including AFRICAN QUEEN. ; Shipboard Art Dj; 314ps pages; "One of Grandest stories ever told. Thrilling Period of naval sailing ships, Napoleonic Era.".

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First US edition, first impression (published two months earlier under the title The Commodore in the UK). 384pp. Emerald cloth binding, gilt titles on the spine. 12mo. Covers are worn, rubbed and soiled at edges, bruised at ends of a sunned spine, obscuring titles. Text block edges toned with traces of dust. Bookplate on the front free endpaper indicating that the volume was donated by the Book of the Month Club to the Armed Forces. Previous owner's name neatly inked on the title page. A little toning internally else neat and clean.