Siege Malta by Fowler Wright, First Edition (7 results)

Condition: Good. 1942. First Edition. 728 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and mild foxing throughout. Faint thumb-marking throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Mild cracking to gutters, with exposed binding. Moderate tanning and foxing to text block edges. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Mild scratching and marking to boards. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has forward lean. Boards are mildly warped.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Part I of an exciting Historical Epic Tale of the Siege of Malta in the 16th Century. ( Published in 2 parts ). Endpapers illustrated with Map of Malta. Blue cloth cover with White lettering to spine. 8" Tall. 302 p.pages. Book in very good condition. Light tanning to paper. No inscriptions. Jacket near very good, very small closed tear at top of spine (repaired from inside) and a little light soiling on back. Unclipped, original price 9/6.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. the jacket is torn and worn. chipped on the spine. a bit marked. price clipped. previous owner's inscription. some tanning. internally clean and tightly bound. [P.O.]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. None (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of the first part of this novel based on an unfinished work by Sir Walter Scott, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Part I only of a II part work.The first edition, first impression of part I, 'St. Elmo'.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.Founded on an unfinished romance by Sir Walter Scott, this novel explores the history of Malta and the struggle for control of the Mediterranean between the East and West.Written by Sydney Fowler Wright, a British editor, poet, science fiction author, screenwriter, accountant and a conservative political activist.Part Two was titled 'St. Angelo'. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, fine. Significant losses to dust wrapper back strip head and tail. Small losses at tails of each wrap. Closed tears to wrap heads. Back strip age toned, with handling marks to rear wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages age toned due to paper type, otherwise clean. Near Fine. book.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. 8vo. Publisher's blue cloth. Dustjacket. Titled in white to lightly sunned spine, minor edgewear, in a clean and bright pricelipped pictorial dustjacket with some marginal creasing and closed tears. A very solid copy. 728pp. Internally clean, uniformly toned throughout, most likely due to wartime economy standard paper stock. The second part of Fowler Wright's epic retelling of the 16th century siege of Malta.

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. both volumes with original sky-blue cloth lettered white, not inscribed, VG+ bright tight copies, each in an unclipped d/w, both wrappers have been laminated, volume 1 has some shallow chipping at spine ends, only losing part of the "R" of Muller (please see images), with some edge tears and corner rubs, volume 2 is similar, but no loss of text from the shallow spine chips, a decent pair.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. None (illustrator). First edition. A scarce complete two volume first edition set of this novel based on an unfinished work by Sir Walter Scott, with the original unclipped dust wrappers. Complete in two volumes. First edition. Scarce as a complete set. Founded on an unfinished romance by Sir Walter Scott, this novel explores the history of Malta and the struggle for control of the Mediterranean between the East and West. This set includes: Part One - St. Elmo Part Two - St. Angelo Written, or completed, by Sydney Fowler Wright, a British editor, poet, science fiction author, screenwriter, accountant and a conservative political activist. Previously held in the Royal Navy War Library. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, smart with minor wear and light bumping to the extremities. The odd small mark to the boards. Original unclipped dust wrappers are worn with light chipping to the extremities and the odd small closed tear. Loss to the tail of the spine of volume two. Light sunning to the spines with the odd small mark to the panels. A 2" closed tear to the front panel of volume one and a 1" closed tear to the rear panel of volume two. Front hinge very tender to volume two. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light age toning to the extremities. Spotting to the endpapers. Royal Navy War Library ink stamp to the front endpaper of volume two. Very Good. book.