Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Forester, C.S.. Flying Colours Including A Ship of the Line. Michael Joseph Ltd, 1938.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Small repair done to inner board, Fair condition. Bookplate from the previous owner and several stamp marks. Publication of 284 pages. The boards are a little shelf rubbed and edge worn. There are marks on the early and last pages, foxing around the block of the book and little within the body of the book. The text is legible. the binding has been repaired. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
C. S. Forester. Flying Colours. Michael Joseph Ltd., 1938.
Price: US$32.85 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1938. First Edition. 284 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
C. S. Forester. Ship of the Line. Michael Joseph, London, 1938.
Price: US$89.18 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The scarce first edition of this Horatio Hornblower novel by C. S. Forester. Chronologically this is the seventh Hornblower title, although it was the second the author completed. The scarce first standalone edition of this work. In the same year, it was also published in a much more common duology alongside 'Flying Colours'.Set in May 1810, seventeen years into the Napoleonic Wars, Captain Horatio Hornblower is newly in command of his first ship of the line, the HMS Sutherland, which he deems 'the ugliest and least desirable two-decker in the Navy List'.Two issues of the first edition of this novel were produced, the first in blue cloth, and the second in orange cloth. As this copy has been rebound, the issue is unclear. The leaves have been trimmed down by 6mm, not affecting the text. Mark Wilden, 26b.Retaining the original half title and advertisement leaf, but with endpapers renewed. Rebound in cloth, with endpapers renewed. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with fading to back strip and handling marks to boards. Light spotting to fore edge of text block. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright, but trimmed a little closely to the head. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$145.06 + shipping
Description: 1st edition. Apparently the true 1st edition of Flying Colours, with the 1st trade edition being published one day later (see blurb on dj back flap). Robert Gibbings Book Society bookplate on front free end paper; binding tight; dust jacket not price-clipped, showing price of 8/6, but with tears & some loss, mainly at head & foot of spine; dust jacket protected in removable clear film. Used - Good. VG hardback in Poor dust jacket
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Forester C S. Flying Colours including A Ship of the Line. Michael Joseph London, 1938.
Price: US$163.08 + shipping
Description: 8vo(19.2x12.2 HB 1st edition 304pp& 284pp. Mid-green cloth boards with silver lettering to front & spine-a little edge wear & bumping but still good+. No dust jacket. Neat inscr to ffep & _ title page slightly damaged on lower edge of hinge else, intrnallyV.good/near fine. (625g)
Seller: Bentfinger Book Services, Loughborough, United Kingdom
Forester, C. S.. Flying Colours including A Ship of the Line. Michael Joseph, London, 1938.
Price: US$172.00 + shipping
Description: First UK Edition. Publisher's green boards with silver lettering to the spine and front board. Yellow end-papers. This copy issued one day before the stand-alone issue of Flying Colours. Boards really bright and clean. No inscriptions. A VG (or better) copy that would definitely take a dustwrapper. No dustwrapper. Photographs/scans available upon request.
Seller: James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA., LEICESTER, United Kingdom
Forester (C S). FLYING COLOURS Including A Ship of the Line. Michael Joseph Ltd, London, 1938.
Price: US$191.11 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 284pp, pale yellow endpapers with ink gift inscription to front free endpaper, some spotting to prelims and edges, the latter has seeped into outer margins of a few pages, green cloth with silver lettering to spine and upper board, unclipped dust jacket, worn and torn with loss to top and bottom of spine some other edges. Size: 7.5 x 5 Inches
Seller: Old Hall Bookshop, ABA ILAB PBFA BA, Brackley, United Kingdom
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: FIRST EDITION, 1938. Hardcover. Bound in green publisher's cloth with silver foil lettering on the cover and spine. Butter yellow endpapers. 284 pp. Dust jacket matches the book in a lime green with black and green lettering against a beige text block. EXCERPT FROM THE DUST JACKET: "The Book Society, in the belief that, together, A Ship of the Line and Flying Colours form a major novel of adventure, has prepared for its members this special edition, containing in full the two narratives, of which Sir Hugh Walpole now writes: 'Mr. Forester has given, a reality to.every thread and tackle and sheet and mast and gun that an eighteenth-century ship possessed; he has given a life to all these things quite miraculously. he is so readable that his other gifts, his admirable English, his truth and simple human beings, are apt to be overlooked." CONDITION: Shows moderate wear with mild discoloration and light toning throughout with occasional spots throughout. Unmarked. Hinges are strong and binding is sound. Dust jacket shows some discoloration spots and some chipping along with small closed tears along the edges. Both the book and dust jacket are very good. A nice, first edition. Full refund if not satisfied.
Seller: Shelley and Son Books (IOBA), Hendersonville, NC, U.S.A.
Price: US$503.25 + shipping
Description: [Maritime fiction] TRUE FIRST EDITION; the first trade edition was published a day later, without "A Ship of the Line." Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.304; [2]; 5-284; [6] blanks. Publisher's green cloth, titled in silver to spine and upper, green typographic dust-wrapper priced at 8/6. Contents clean with a few small spots to edges of text block, bookplate, jacket with light edge wear, lightly worn at crown, generally quite bright and fresh. The second and third Horatio Hornblower adventures.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: TRUE FIRST EDITION, issued the day before publication in a single volume. Green cloth, lettered in silver. Two complete novels in the Horatio Hornblower series. SIGNED BY FORESTER on a Book Society "Flying Colours" bookplate which is mounted to the front pastedown. The book has a bump to the upper spine end. There is some light mottling to the front cover, at the upper front and also some to the rear. Light stains to the upper page edges and another to the fore edge, at the rear. Very tight. The dust jacket has chipping at the spine ends and corners. There are also some chips to the rear fore edge flap fold. Darkening to the spine. Also a small watermark to the title area on the spine. To the lower, front flap there is the correct price of 8/6 along with the statement, "NOT FOR GENERAL SALE". ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 304,284 pages; Signed by Author
Seller: Scott Emerson Books, ABAA, El Cajon, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Description: 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.
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Forester, C.S.. Flying Colours Including A Ship of the Line. Michael Joseph, 1938.
Price: US$900.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 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
Seller: Aamstar Bookshop / Hooked On Books, Colorado Springs, CO, U.S.A.
Forester, C S. Flying Colours - SIGNED by the Author. Michael Joseph 1938, 1938.
Price: US$1592.55 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A first edition, first printing published by Michael Joseph in 1938. A very good+ book without inscriptions - some light spotting to the page edges. SIGNED on the rare Rex Whistler designed Book Society plate to the front endpaper by Forester. In a very good unclipped wrapper with some light loss to the spine tips and a little corners - Spine browned as usual. Rare with the SIGNED bookplate.
Seller: John Atkinson Books ABA ILAB PBFA, Harrogate, United Kingdom
FORESTER, C. S.. Flying Colours, Including A Ship Of The Line. Michael Joseph, London, 1938.
Price: US$1750.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 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.
Seller: First Place Books - ABAA, ILAB, Walkersville, MD, U.S.A.
FORESTER, C. S.. Flying Colours. Michael Joseph, London, 1938.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The third published book in the Hornblower series. Original red cloth, lettered in silver to the spine. 8vo - 284pp, 3 pages of ads. An oddity in the Hornblower canon. This title was published the day before this stand-alone edition, where it was paired with A Ship Of The Line. The following day, Michael Joseph isssued this edition. This, to my experience, is the much scarcer edition. This copy, is extremely clean and bright. The dust jacket is without fading. There is a small area of creasing at the rear fore-edge corner. This copy also comes with the Book Society Wrap-around promotional band. A genuinely lovely copy of a scarce Hornblower title. Fine / Near Fine.
Seller: First Place Books - ABAA, ILAB, Walkersville, MD, U.S.A.
C S Forester. Flying Colours. Michael Joseph, 1938.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: London first edition ,red cloth silver lettering F/F. The book has no bumps foxing or inscriptions and the lettering is as new.The wrapper is bright with no soiling, chips or tears and is priceclipped with minor restoration to top of spine by one of the worlds leading restorers ,a superlative copy Language: eng
Seller: Dick Neal Fine Books, Booker Bay, NSW, Australia