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Published by Michael Joseph, 1938
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: FARRAGO, HUDDERSFIELD, YORKS, United KingdomFARRAGO
Contact seller3-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
US$ 790.75
US$ 5.47 shippingShips from United Kingdom to U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. 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).
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Published by Michael Joseph, 1938
- Hardcover
- Signed
Seller: Aamstar Bookshop / Hooked On Books, Colorado Springs, CO, U.S.A.Aamstar Bookshop / Hooked On Books
Contact seller4-star sellerAssociation member: RMABA
Condition: Used - Good
US$ 900.00
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Add to basketHardcover. 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).
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Published by Michael Joseph, London, 1938
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: First Place Books - ABAA, ILAB, Walkersville, MD, U.S.A.First Place Books - ABAA, ILAB
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Near fine
US$ 1,750.00
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 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.
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Published by Michael Joseph, London, 1938
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Royal Books, Inc., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerdj. 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.
