Count Luckner Sea Devil, First Edition (20 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. from photographs (illustrator). 1st Edition. bright blue linen-like cover (plain) with fading at the top edge, spine also faded but has the title, author and publisher in gold lettering, back cover plain. Back cover damaged by liquid but does not affect the inside pages, covers slightly scuffed, very light shelf wear. Written by famous radio news man, Lowell Thomas.30 chapters, 52 illustrations--photos on coated paper, top page edges are red but faded, pages are rough cut and moderately soiled. End pages are maps of the world featuring the paths of travel for the author.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Quite a bit of wear to boards including bumping, rubbing and discoloration Spine is loose and hinge is loose a couple places inside A few pages are coming loose at the bottom Writing on front end paper.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition Thus. Lowell Thomas Adventure Library Edition. Published by Collier by special arrangement with Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. Frontis, with bw photographs and illustrastions. Backstrip bumped at head. Hinge break at Title page and at page 10. Spine straight, no marks. 308p.

Hardcover. first edition hardcover. no dust jacket , very good , soiling, name inside,

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, Later Printing (1928). Published by Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1927. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good with shelfwear and spine lean . No dustjacket.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: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Count Luckner, The Sea Devil was written by Lowell Thomas and is illustrated with many old black-and-white photographs. The book was published by Doubleday, Page, and Company in 1927 and appears to be a First Edition though it's not specifically stated as such. This is an ex-library copy and the book is in good condition with library markings, yellowing pages, and wear. It is 5 5/8" by 8" and has 308 pages with a Table of Contents and old black-and-white photographs scattered throughout the book. Thank you!

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. DJ heavy wear at top with some loss in a circular spot, possible former price tag? Moderate to heavy soil, mostly to spine. Internally book covers very nice, body of book clean and sound.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Plates (illustrator). First Edition. Octavo; x, 308 pages, blue cloth, snag at spine Signed by Count Luckner across the title-page. Luckner was a German sea marauder during WWI.

Papered Boards. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 27cm, 17 6pp, map, b&w photo illus, colour photo plates, d/w. a lovely copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Hardback in dustwrapper. 24 × 15.5cm, 250pp. In 1916, a three-masted windjammer bearing Norwegian colours sailed out of a quiet anchorage in Germany, loaded with cargo and apparently bound for Australia. Her true mission was quite different. The ship was, in fact, the SMS Seeadler, commanded by swashbuckling German aristocrat Felix von Luckner. Over an epic voyage, he used cunning and deception to destroy fourteen merchant ships, all the while evading the utterly foxed and infuriated British Admiralty in a daring game of cat and mouse. This rip-roaring World War I story depicts a life of espionage, counterespionage and piracy of the most gentlemanly kind. Condition: The book itself is in very good condition. The dustwrapper has some light bumping to the spine and a little creasing along the top edge.

Condition: Fine. 1927, 1st ed.; fine condition, DJ very good condition, wear at corners and edges, price-clipped.

First Edition, Second Printing. First edition, second printing. Without first edition statement. Measuring approximately 8.25" x 5.75" with 308 numbered pages. This book is in fair condition. Heavy tearing to head of spine. Moderate bumping and tearing to tail end of spine. Moderate sunning to spine. Moderate staining with cup ring on front board. Front hinge is cracked. Gift inscription on front endpaper. Rear hinge cracked. Felix Nikolaus Alexander Georg Graf von Luckner, sometimes called Count Luckner in English, was a German nobleman, naval officer, author, and sailor who earned the epithet Der Seeteufel (the Sea Devil), and his crew that of Die Piraten des Kaisers (the Emperor's Pirates), for his exploits in command of the sailing commerce raider SMS Seeadler (Sea Eagle) during the First World War. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory number (N6-94).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Photos, 8.5 x 5.5", blue cloth, 308pp, covers very worn and soiled, spine darkened, pp toned; a good well copy of the FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED "As many miles my ship sailed through the oceans, as many hopeless days for you." AND SIGNED BY COUNT LUCKNER.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 309pp. Signed on the half-title page by Count Luckner! Blue cloth hardcover with gilt spine title and illustrated dustjacket. Minor bumping to the fore-corners, Chipping to the edges and corners of the dust jacket with a 1 inch by 2 inch loss to the foot of the jacket's spine panel. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. G2. Inscribed By Subjects.

1st edition dust jacket As New small quarto 176pp., colour & b/w plates, text ills., maps, notes, bibliog., index, The latest in this long line of von Luckner literature is probably the most comprehensive and thoroughly researched, using documents and records released only recently by the authorities in Germany and New Zealand. The story of VL and the Seeadler is not diminished by the number of books produced, rather it is a measure of the durability of the story.

first edition. 1927, very good , barely read the title on the spine, signed by lowell thomas, a little darker spine, very faint damp marks at the bottom of the front and rear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First Edition. Signed by Author. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Water stained cover. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Signed "Never say Die" by the Count to the title page. No jacket. Gilt titles to light blue boards faded almost completely. Dampstaining to spine, darkening it further. `Scattered marks to light blue boards. Handsome cursive from the Count. Rare under any circumstance. No DJ. BP/Case. Signed by Author(s).

Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. The first edition of Count Luckner, The Sea Devil, by Lowell Thomas, inscribed by Count Felix von Luckner, Captain of the SMS Seeadler. (illustrator). First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, [8], 308pp, [map], [appendix], [4]. Blue cloth, title stamped on the spine. The first printing, with no additional printings noted. Cloth torn on the spine, soiling to spine. Front hinge starting, but stable. Occasional foxing throughout. Frontispiece portrait of Count Luckner, numerous illustrated plates, endpaper maps. In the publisher's near fine dust jacket, likely married with this copy, faint soiling to spine, bright illustrations. Inscribed on the second free endpaper: "By Joe / Mr. John W. Binford / never say die! / yours Felix Count Luckner / Xmas 1936." Count Felix von Luckner (1881-1966) was a German naval officer famed for his World War I commerce-raiding exploits aboard the Seeadler, a wind-powered auxiliary cruiser he commanded with an unusual emphasis on minimizing loss of life; over an 11-month cruise in 1916-17, he captured or sank more than a dozen Allied ships while taking hundreds of prisoners without a single combat fatality. Nicknamed the "Sea Devil," he cultivated a public image of chivalry at sea, and his postwar career mixed lectures, memoir writing (The Sea Devil's Fo'c'sle, The Sea Devil), and occasional controversy tied to his status as a nationalist symbol during the Weimar and early Nazi periods, though he later distanced himself from the regime. His dramatic escape attempts after the Seeadler was wrecked on Mopelia Island-culminating in a brief recapture after seizing a small boat-added to his legend. Signed.

First edition of this captivating biography of German nobleman and naval officer Count Felix von Luckner. Octavo, original publisher's cloth, top stain yellow, cartographic endpapers, frontispiece of Count Felix von Luckner, illustrated with black and white photographs and drawings. Association copy, inscribed by Luckner on the verso of the frontispiece, "May good winds fill the sails of your ship of life and God's luckiest stars guide your course but always remember that the pleasing of your dear parents remain your guiding light to bring you safe to port. To my dear young friend Bill Vanderkloot with a shipload of good wishes from the Sea-Devil, Felix Count Luckner, Detroit, II.8.51." The recipient, William Vanderkloot was an American pilot who played a notable role during World War II as a civilian aviator entrusted with high-priority missions for the British government. Most famously, he piloted Prime Minister Winston Churchill on several wartime flights, including a critical journey to Moscow in 1942, demonstrating both exceptional skill and the strategic importance of transatlantic aviation in Allied diplomacy. Very good in a very good dust jacket. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed. Count Luckner: The Sea Devil by Lowell Thomas is a vivid biographical account of Count Felix von Luckner, a German naval officer renowned for his audacious exploits during World War I. Known for commanding the commerce raider Seeadler, Luckner earned international fame for capturing enemy ships with minimal violence, embodying a chivalric ideal of naval warfare that contrasted sharply with the brutality of modern conflict. Thomas, a master of narrative nonfiction, presents Luckner as both a swashbuckling adventurer and a humane combatant, crafting a romanticized yet compelling portrait that appealed to interwar readers fascinated by heroism and maritime adventure. The book blends historical detail with dramatic storytelling, contributing to Lucknerās enduring legend as āThe Sea Devil.ā.