Price High by Gilbert Hackforth Jones (9 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Reset Edition. APPEARS VERY LITTLE READ. Minimal wear to soft cover book. Front cover shows buildings, submarine surfaced and two men in dinghy. Pages are clean,tanned and tight. no name or inscription.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. This is a Very Good Copy of this Book in a Good Dust-Jacket with a few small tears to the edges of the dustwrapper.Not price clipped and with one former owner's plate to the front endpaper.8vo 285pp First Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. 285, [iii]pp. Blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on the spine. 8vo. Cloth slightly rounded on corners and spine ends, faded around edges. Text block edges dull and darkened. Hint of spotting on endpapers, small bookseller's ticket on front paste down Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original dust wrapper, rubbed all around edges with some small chips and nicks, shelf worn all over, a little sunned to spine, not price clipped. Dust jacket now protected in a removable clear film sleeve. Gilbert Hackforth-Jones was a well-regarded author, know for his yarns of life in the Navy, in peace and war, aboard submarines and battleships, portrayed with realism. This novel is no exception: the story of a young Englishman who did not fit in pre-war London but seized opportunity on joining the Navy and proved himself an exceptional seaman, and a strong human: "good racy stuff with plenty of excitement" (The Sunday Times).…

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Previous owner's name to front end paper. Slight foxing to page edges. No other marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to sunned spine. A clean very tight copy with slightly marked boards and no bumping to corners. 285pp. 'The story of a young Englisman' in the Royal Navy. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery. Size: 7.5 x 5 inches. …

1st ed. Post-war economy standard. Owner's name; front pastedown stained; pale blue cloth faded on front board & browned on spine; wear to cloth at head & foot of spine. Good reading copy. Used - Acceptable. Fair hardback (no dustjacket) Used - Acceptable. Fair hardback (no dustjacket).

Hard Back. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First. Blue cloth boards with black lettering to the spine. 285 clean pages. The title page has a small central loss near the spine, but the page is firm and it looks to be a publishing fault. A very light name and date to the inner board under the jacket. The dust jacket is complete and not price clipped. Some edge wear to the jacket - now protected in mylar clear book covering. There is a very atmospheric illustration to the cover of the River Thames and St. Paul's Cathedral with a ship sailing by.---- Life in the Navy, potrayed with rare realism. Book.…

First Edition. 1st edition, 1946. Small loss to lower front free endpaper. First page of text has a short cut, repaired with archival tape. Rear pastedown a bit damaged. Blue cloth faded and discoloured; black lettering on spine. Dust jacket not price-clipped; a little edge wear; protected in removable clear film. Used - Good. Good hardback in Good dust jacket.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. A very clean, bright and pleasing copy. Absolutely beautiful cover art by Wales. World War II naval action by a very experienced author of the subject. Previous owner book-plate on the front paste-down. A very tiny chip to the top panel, near the hinge. Near Fine / Very Good.…

BINDING - Hardcover. Condition: CONDITION - Used/ Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Jacket - Fair. with some wear. 1st Edition. 285 Pages. External Wear.