Ship by Forester, Signed (5 results)

First editions, first impressions, with first separate edition of 'Flying Colours', first & fourth vols signed by the author; 12 vols, 8vo; minor offsetting to endpapers, else unmarked internally; publisher's first issue cloth in various colours, titles to spines white, silver, or gilt, ghosting through the jacket to the spine of 'A Ship of the Line', some spotting to edges of first few vols, all in original unclipped first issue pictorial dustjackets, 'Flying Colours' with some chipping to head and foot of spine panel (costing some lettering), minor chipping and edge-wear elsewhere, nonetheless an excellent set. A superb set of the complete Hornblower novels in their original unclipped dustjackets, seldom found thus. The set includes The Happy Return signed by the author on the half-title, and the first separate edition of Flying Colours, published one day after Flying Colours including A Ship of the Line, signed by the author on the title page. The final volume, Hornblower and the Crisis, comprises the last, unfinished novel and two short stories appearing in book form for the first time. There were a further three short stories published in Argosy from March to May 1941 which do not appear in book form. The Happy Return, A Ship of the Line, and Flying Colours are elusive in jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. AS PICTURED : FIVE IMAGES. TRUE SIGNED FIRST EDITION, First Printing, ( October, 1938 ). 8vo; green buckram, stamped silver gilt to front and spine. Yellow eps/pastedowns, the front having some slight wrinkling, as first pasted. pp : 284 + 6 blanks. Half-Title page with pasted-in bookplate designed by Rex Whistler for The Book Society - EX LIBRIS, and the name Geoffrey Day written neatly in ink beneath this. Below this : "FLYING COLOURS", and just below that the signature of the author written clearly in blue ink. Externally bright, clean and square. A freckling of dust/foxing spots to top edge; to a much lesser degree to bottom and fore-edge. The pages themselves clean and securely bound throughout. No marks or inscriptions. Dustwrapper as pictured : not price-clipped (8/6 net - not for general sale), predominantly tidy, minor soiling/discolouration, some small nicks and tiny chips mainly to top edge near spine and folds. Now protected with clear, removable sleeve. Overall, a very pleasing, well above average copy. Further details/images available on request. FREE P&P IN UK. Shipping cost quoted for non-UK buyers prior to purchasing. (25% proceeds to the Motor Neurone Disease Association). Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. USG1 LO-Published one day prior to the first separate trade edition of "A Ship on the Line". SIGNED by C.S. Forester on a special bookplate designed especially for The Book Society by Rex Whistler. The Book Society also published this book in conjunction with Michael Joseph. 284pp. Spotting and wear to the corners, cracked front hinge needs attention. green cloth/silver titles Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. This copy issued one day before the stand alone issue of Flying Colours. Original green cloth, lettered in silver. The jacket is complete. The dust jacket for this copy has had minimal archival repair, mostly to remove tape from the verso. The book is now very clean and bright. At the half-title is affixed a "Book Society" book plate signed by Forester. A beautiful copy of two classic Hornblower novels. Near Fine / Near Fine.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First UK Edition, and the correct first of "Flying Colors," preceding the single volume publication. SIGNED by the author on a special Book Society bookplate designed by Rex Whistler. The third Hornblower novel published, and the eighth in series chronology, published together with the second. Along with "The Happy Return," the three form the basis for the 1951 film "Captain Horatio Hornblower," directed by Raoul Walsh, and starring Gregory Peck and Virginia Mayo. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Ink notation and owner name to the bookplate on the front pastedown. Slight lean, with light foxing to the page edges. Jacket is lightly soiled, with chipping to the extremities and a few small closed tears. Signed.