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C. S. Forester. Hornblower and the Atropos. Michael Joseph Ltd., 1953.
Price: US$5.12 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Bit of a lean to the spine which has a faded title. Name at the front and some pale spots. From capturing a French privateer in the Thames to salvaging treasure in Turkish waters Hornblower is again in action.
Seller: N. Marsden, DONCASTER, United Kingdom
C.S.Forester. Hornblower and the Atropos. Michael Joseph, London, 1953.
Price: US$6.40 + shipping
Description: A tight,generally clean copy,apart from light spotting to the endpapers.No inscriptions.Dustwrapper not clipped,but edgeworn.
Seller: David Pearson, Bodmin,Cornwall, United Kingdom
C. S. Forester. Hornblower And The Atropos. Michael Joseph LTD., 1953.
Price: US$6.40 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Second Impression. Some wear to the boards and bumping to the corners, tanned pages and some damp staining to the paste downs.
Seller: SGOIS, Bungay, United Kingdom
C. S. Forester. Mr. Midshipman Hornblower. Michael Joseph Ltd., 1953.
Price: US$6.40 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Some wear to the covers with a little loss of the surface at the spine ends, warped spine and some creasing to the edges of the covers. Tanned pages.
Seller: SGOIS, Bungay, United Kingdom
C. S. Forester. Lord Hornblower. Michael Joseph, 1953.
Price: US$7.35 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1953. 224 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
C.S. Forester. Mr Midshipman Hornblower. Michael Joseph, 1953.
Price: US$7.46 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1953. Mermaid Books, Second Impression. 208 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial paper covered boards. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed throughout, slightly heavier tanning to endpapers. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper, with minor pen marking to price to front pastedown. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Light tanning to spine and edges.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Forester, C. S.. Hornblower And The Atropos.. Michael Joseph, 1953.
Price: US$7.64 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1953-01-01. Michael Joseph. Hardcover. GOOD Gilt titles, brown cloth boards. Title faded.
Seller: Cambridge Rare Books, Cambridge, GLOUC, United Kingdom
C S. Forester. Mr Midshipman Hornblower. Michael Joseph, 1953.
Price: US$7.66 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1953. 277 pages. Beige pictorial dust jacket over red ecloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has light edge-wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking. Light tanning to spine and edges.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
C.S. Forester. Hornblower and the Atropos. Michael Joseph, London, 1953.
Price: US$7.68 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Forward leaning binding. Jacket has some wear to the hinges and edges.
Seller: Babushka Books & Framers, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
Forester.C.S.. LIEUTENANT HORNBLOWER.. Michael Joseph 01/01/1953, 1953.
Price: US$7.99 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Mold on covers.
Seller: Hay-on-Wye Booksellers, Hay-on-Wye, HEREF, United Kingdom
C. S. Forester. Hornblower and the Atropos. Michael Joseph, 1953.
Price: US$8.48 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1953. First Edition. 302 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth. Clean pages with mild tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Previous owner's inscription and embossment to front endpaper. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and mild marking to boards. Mild tanning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing and tearing to ends. Book has forward lean. Boards are mildly warped.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Forester, C.S.. Hornblower and the Atropos. Michael Joseph, 1953.
Price: US$8.63 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1953. 2nd impression. 302 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with faded lettering. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Boards are slightly bowed.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
C.S. Forester. Hornblower and the "Atropos". Michael Joseph, 1953.
Price: US$8.74 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1953. First Edition. 302 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth. Binding remains firm. Pages have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscription and paper worn away to front pastedown. Red water staining to top edge of text block. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
C.S. Forester. Hornblower and the "Atropos". Michael Joseph, 1953.
Price: US$8.94 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1953. First Edition. 302 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. Binding remains firm. Pages are moderately tanned. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and noticeable rubbing to surfaces. Book has a slight forward lean.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
C S Forester. Lord Hornblower. Michael Joseph, 1953.
Price: US$8.96 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 224 pages.
Seller: Ivan's Book Stall, Reading, United Kingdom
FORESTER, C.S.. Lieutenant Hornblower. Michael Joseph, London, 1953.
Price: US$9.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A very good reprint copy with a good dust jacket, wear to the corners.
Seller: Mainly Fiction, Auckland, New Zealand
C. S. Forester. Hornblower and the Atropos. Michael Joseph, 1953.
Price: US$9.72 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1953. First Edition. 302 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Forester, C.S.. The Young Hornblower. Michael Joseph, 1953.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: jacket is shelf worn and chipped. some foxing and markings. gift inscription. heavy, may require extra postage. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Forester, C. S.. Mr. Midshipman Hornblower. Michael Joseph, 1953.
Price: US$10.01 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,250grams, ISBN:
Seller: Anybook.com, Lincoln, United Kingdom
C.S. Forester. Hornblower and the "Atropos". Michael Joseph, 1953.
Price: US$10.23 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1953. First Edition. 302 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
C. S. Forester. Mr Midshipman Hornblower. Michael Joseph, 1953.
Price: US$10.23 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1953. First Edition Thus. 277 pages. Dust jacket over red cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Notable foxing. Heavy tanning to spine. Light rubbing and marking all over.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Price: US$10.24 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First published in 1950. This is the second Mermaid Books printing. Illustrated laminated card covers(A cross between a hard cover and a paperback. Sometimes called a limpback). Slight wear/peeling on cover edges. Original price is printed on the pastedown(on the reverse of the front cover). Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. A Horatio Hornblower novel.
Seller: TARPAULIN BOOKS AND COMICS, THETFORD, United Kingdom
C S Forester. Hornblower and the Atropos. Michael Joseph, 1953.
Price: US$10.24 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition without jacket on brown cloth split down one seam of side spine seam will send out 1 st class post - rare and collectable
Seller: The Guru Bookshop, Hereford, United Kingdom
FORESTER, C.S.. Hornblower and the Atropos. Michael Joseph Ltd 1953, 1953.
Price: US$12.14 + shipping
Description: First edition Hardcover octavo (VG) in d/w (VG-) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
C.S.Forester. Hornblower and the 'Atropos. Michael Joseph, 1953.
Price: US$12.80 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1953. First Edition. 302 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over brown cloth boards. Gilt lettering. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pen inscriptions to front pastedown and free endpaper. Bookseller sticker stuck to front pastedown. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is darkened. Minor splits to spine ends and corners causing cloth to be frayed. Book has a forward lean. Minor wear marks to boards. Unclipped jacket. Panels and spine have moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creases. Moderatetape repairs to interior jacket. Moderate tanning and wear marks to jacket and is in removable plastic cover.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Forester C.S.. Hornblower and the Atropos. Michael Joseph, 1953.
Price: US$13.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The jacket is shelf rubbed and edgeworn,spine is partly torn.tanning. foxing.well bound.good copy.[S.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
C. S. Forester. Hornblower and the "Atropos". Michael Joseph, 1953.
Price: US$14.54 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1953. 302 pages. Second Impression before Publication. Pictorial dust jacket with yellow lettering over brown cloth. Clean pages. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Sticker remnants to front endpaper. Mild wear to spine, board edges and corners, with sunning to spine and board edges. Notable faded spotting to rear board. Book has a forward lean. Clipped dust jacket. Mild wear, tear and chipping to edges and corners. Notable tanning to spine and edges, with foxing and soiling to DJ.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Price: US$16.51 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: VG+/VG-. 8vo. original red cloth gilt (slightly rubbed, else clean and bright throughout) in dustwrapper (price-clipped, a little rubbed and frayed, slightly marked); pp. 278 (last blank), with decoratiive endpapers. A very good copy. The sixth Horatio Hornblower novel, but first chronologically, recounting his early career.
Seller: Arapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex, Castlemaine, VIC, Australia
Forester, C S. Hornblower and the Atropos. Michael Joseph, 1953.
Price: US$19.14 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: hardback, demy octavo, second impression printed before publication, a very good tightly bound copy with a clean and unmarked text. The pictorial dust wrapper is complete but has residual old strengthening markings to the verso, showing through in places and therefore good only. 302pp
Seller: Pendleburys - the bookshop in the hills, Llanwrda, United Kingdom
C.S. Forester. The Captain from Connecticut: A Hornblower Novel. Michael Joseph Ltd, London, 1953.
Price: US$19.20 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 6 ' Edition. First Michael Joseph Edition. Neat gift inscrption inside.
Seller: Babushka Books & Framers, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
C.S. Forester. Hornblower and the "Atropos". Michael Joseph, 1953.
Price: US$20.32 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1953. First Edition. 302 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding slightly loose. A previous owner's name to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Gilt lettering to spine is slightly dulled. Book has strong forward lean.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Forester, C.S.. Hornblower and the Atropos. Michael Joseph, London, 1953.
Price: US$25.59 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition/First printing published by Michael Joseph, London 1953. VG condition with no marks or inscriptions. Clean and bright cloth covers. Foxing to endpages and page edges. Dustjacket not price clipped. Foxing to inner flaps and reverse of dj. Chipping to edges of spine
Seller: Idlegeniusbooks, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$25.61 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, First impression. Some edge wear and chipping to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners rubbed, some slight spotting and time staining to back jacket and inside flaps, some slight offsetting to endpapers, slight lean. Not price clipped (12s 6d), no inscriptions, internally clean and tight, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 302pp. In the wake of a humbling incident aboard a canal boat in the Cotswolds, young Captain Horatio Hornblower arrives in London to take command of the Atropos, a 22 gun sloop barely large enough to require a captain. Her first assignment under Hornblower's command is as flagship for the funeral procession of Lord Nelson. Soon Atropos is part of the Mediterranean Fleet's harassment of Napoleon, recovering treasure that lies deep in Turkish waters and boldly challenging a Spanish frigate several times her size. At the centre of each adventure is Hornblower, Forester's most inspired creation, whose blend of cautious preparation and spirited execution dazzles friend and foe alike. One of C. S. Forester's (1899-1966), classic tales of his naval hero Horatio Hornblower, set during the Napoleonic wars.
Seller: The Print Room, Lilley nr Luton, United Kingdom
Forester, C.S.. Hornblower and the Atropos. Michael Joseph, London,, 1953.
Price: US$26.42 + shipping
Description: First edition. Hardcover, octavo; red cloth boards with gilt spine titling; 302pp. Owner's name stamp. Binding slightly rolled; offsetting to endpapers; lightly toned and spotted text block edges; mild foxing to prelims. Black illustrated dustwrapper with mild wear to spine panel extremities and corners. Very good with wrapper now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight.
Seller: lamdha books, Wentworth Falls, NSW, Australia
Price: US$33.02 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: VG+/VG-. 12mo. original brown cloth gilt (a trifle rubbed and bumped, short inscrip. to verso FFE, else clean & bright throughout) in dustwrapper (rubbed and slightly frayed, small chip at headcap); pp. 302. A very good copy. The eighth Horatio Hornblower novel, but fifth chronologically, set in the mediterranean after the Battle of Trafalgar.
Seller: Arapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex, Castlemaine, VIC, Australia
Forester. C, S,. Hornblower and the Atropos. Michael Joseph, London, 1953.
Price: US$35.85 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 302 pp. Brown boards with author, title and publisher in gilt on the spine. The book has a lean. The dust wrapper is not price clipped. There is a little shelf wear to the edges and corners. A very good tight, bright and clean copy. 355 gms. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Seller: Jonathan P Vokes, Richmond, United Kingdom
Forester C.S.. Hornblower and the Atropos. Michael Joseph, London, 1953.
Price: US$36.10 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Michael Joseph, London, 1953. First edition book, second impression before publication. With dust jacket. Previous owner's name and dedication on first page. D/J not price clipped. 302pp., 13 x 19 cm. Shipping weight 350 gr. Historical novel. Hornblower is posted to a vessel that merits command by a post-captain where he hunts for treasure in the Mediterranean Sea .
Seller: finestfinds.ch, Geneva, Switzerland
Forester, C. S.. Hornblower and the Atropos. Michael Joseph, London, 1953.
Price: US$38.41 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1953, 1st edition. Octavo. 302pp. Publisher's brown cloth, gilt title to spine. In the illustrative dust jacket designed by Biro, price intact. Spotted with some minor rubbing to jacket extremities. Former owner's address stamp to end paper. Some mild foxing to end papers and text-block. Overall a 'Very Good' copy.
Seller: Kerr & Sons Booksellers ABA, Cartmel, CMA, United Kingdom
C. S. Forester. Hornblower and the Atropos. Michael Joseph, 20-4, 1953.
Price: US$44.80 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description:
Seller: Quality Books UK, Derby, DERBY, United Kingdom
FORESTER, C. S.. Hornblower and the Atropos.. Michael Joseph, London, 1953.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: 302 pp. 12mo, publisher's cloth in dust jacket. First edition. Endsheets and edges foxed; slightly cocked; in a dust jacket with tiny chips at corners and light rubbing at folds.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Forester, C. S.. Hornblower and the Atropos. Michael Joseph, London, 1953.
Price: US$57.61 + shipping
Description: First UK Edition. Publisher's brown boards with gilt lettering to the spine. A VG+ copy in a VG first issue dustwrapper priced 12s 6d net to the inside flap (as called for). The dustwrapper has minor shelf wear at the spine ends and rubbing to the extremities. Great cover art by Val Biro. Quite a nice copy. Photographs/scans available upon request.
Seller: James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA., LEICESTER, United Kingdom
FORESTER, C.S.. Hornblower and the Atropos. London: Michael Joseph, 1953, 1953.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Spine cocked; very good in dust jacket. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
Forester, C.S. (Cecil Scott) (1899-1966). Hornblower and the Atropos. London : Michael Joseph, 1953.
Price: US$65.64 + shipping
Description: Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 302 pages ; 20cm. Subjects: Hornblower, Horatio (Fictitious character) ; Fiction. War ; Fiction. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$71.11 + shipping
Description: Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust wrapper, not price clipped, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 303 pages; 19 cm. Subjects:Seafaring life History 19th century. Hornblower, Horatio (Fictitious character); Fiction. 20th century fiction. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
C.S. Forester. Hornblower and the Atropos. Michael Joseph, London, 1953.
Price: US$76.82 + shipping
Description: A First Edition, first impression copy of the third of C. S. Lewis' Hornblowers series, Hornblower and the Atropos. A first edition, first impression copy of Hornblower and the Atropos, one of C. S. Forester's series following the adventures of Horatio Hornblower, a fictional Royal Navy officer during the Napoleonic Wars. The Hornblower series consists of twelve novels, of which one unfinished, and five short stories published between 1937 and 1967. Hornblower and the Atropos (1953) is the fifth novel in the series and third published. C. S. Forester was born in Cairo in 1899, lived in the UK and died in California, USA in 1966 (aged 66). He was an English novelist known for his writings on naval warfare. With unclipped dustwrapper. In the publisher's original brown cloth binding, with titles stamped in gilt to spine. externally very smart with minor shelfwear only and minor bumping to tail of spine. Dustwrapper is smart with slight shelwear and minor chipping to head of spine. Spine is slightly sunned and detaching to rear wrap, may detach with further handling. Internally, firmly bound. Minor faint scattered spotting to first few leaves, otherwise pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Forester, C.S. (Cecil Scott) (1899-1966). Hornblower and the Atropos. London : Michael Joseph, 1953.
Price: US$82.00 + shipping
Description: Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 302 pages ; 20cm. Subjects: Hornblower, Horatio (Fictitious character) ; Fiction. War ; Fiction. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Forester, C. S.. HORNBLOWER AND THE ATROPOS. Michael Joseph, London, 1953.
Price: US$86.25 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover; 8vo; 302 pp. First UK ed. Brown cloth with gilt on spine. Lightly rubbed edges. Bright and clean interior. In an illustrated jacket in a mylar wrap. NPC. Light wear around edges, lightly age-toned. VG+/VG+
Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Price: US$88.00 + shipping
Description: Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust wrapper, not price clipped, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 303 pages; 19 cm. Subjects:Seafaring life History 19th century. Hornblower, Horatio (Fictitious character); Fiction. 20th century fiction. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
C.S. FORESTER. HORNBLOWER AND THE ATROPOS. MICHAEL JOSEPH, LONDON, 1953.
Price: US$89.62 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First printing. Hard cover with illustrated dust jacket. Moderate wear/rubbing, small tears on DJ edges. Small closed split on top section of back of DJ/DJ spine. Not price clipped. Clear plastic protective covering over DJ. Brown boards with gilt titles on board spine. Slight foxing on page edges. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions.
Seller: TARPAULIN BOOKS AND COMICS, THETFORD, United Kingdom
Forester, C. S.. Hornblower and the Atropos. Michael Joseph, London, 1953.
Price: US$99.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Nice copy in its first printing. Unmarked, tight and square. Light brown boards with gold lettering on spine. Price intact jacket with wrapper design by Biro is a nice one. A couple of nicks, else fine. Bright and fresh jacket with no color fade. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
C. S. Forester. Hornblower and the Atropos. Michael Joseph, London, 1953.
Price: US$102.42 + shipping
Description: The first edition of this exciting novel from the Hornblower series by Forester. First edition. The twelfth published novel in the Hornblower series, the seventh chronologically. Horatio Hornblower is poster to the HMS Atropos, one of the smallest vessels in the Royal Navy commanded by a post-captain. The crew are sent to collect three pearl divers and their treasure from Gibraltar. Written by Cecil Louis Troughton Smith, an English writer known for his naval warfare novels set during the Napoleonic Wars, written under the pen-name of Cecil Scott Forester. In the original brown cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also smart with light shelf wear and chipping to the extremities, resulting in minor loss to the head of the spine. Minor sunning to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot to the endpapers. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
C. S. Forester. Hornblower and the Atropos. Michael Joseph, London, 1953.
Price: US$108.82 + shipping
Description: A First Edition, first impression copy of the third of C. S. Lewis' Hornblowers series, Hornblower and the Atropos. A first edition, first impression copy of Hornblower and the Atropos, one of C. S. Forester's series following the adventures of Horatio Hornblower, a fictional Royal Navy officer during the Napoleonic Wars. The Hornblower series consists of twelve novels, of which one unfinished, and five short stories published between 1937 and 1967. Hornblower and the Atropos (1953) is the fifth novel in the series and third published. C. S. Forester was born in Cairo in 1899, lived in the UK and died in California, USA in 1966 (aged 66). He was an English novelist known for his writings on naval warfare. With unclipped dustwrapper. In the original publisher's brown cloth binding with titles stamped in gilt to spine. Externally, in excellent condition with minor bumping to head and tail of spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages present faint spotting to first and last few blank leaves as well as fore edge, not affecting text. With unclipped dustwrapper. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
C. S. Forester. Hornblower and the Atropos. Michael Joseph, London, 1953.
Price: US$108.82 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A First Edition first impression copy of the third of C. S. Lewis' Hornblowers series, Hornblower and the Atropos. A first edition, first impression copy of Hornblower and the Atropos, one of C. S. Forester's series following the adventures of Horatio Hornblower, a fictional Royal Navy officer during the Napoleonic Wars.The Hornblower series consists of twelve novels, of which one unfinished, and five short stories published between 1937 and 1967.Hornblower and the Atropos (1953) is the fifth novel in the series and third published.C. S. Forester was born in Cairo in 1899, lived in the UK and died in California, USA in 1966 (aged 66). He was an English novelist known for his writings on naval warfare.Signed by previous owner to front free endpaper. With unclipped dustwrapper. In the original publishers' brown cloth binding with gilt stamped titles to the spine. Externally, very smart with minor bumping to the spine and faint edge wear to extremities. Dustwrapper is slightly age toned internally to the spine and edges as well as presenting minor chipping and close tear predominantly to the head and tail of spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Previous owner's signature to front free endpaper. With unclipped dustwrapper. Near Fine
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
C. S. Forester. Hornblower and the Atropos. Michael Joseph, London, 1953.
Price: US$108.82 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The first edition of this exciting novel from the Hornblower series by Forester. First edition. The twelfth published novel in the Hornblower series, the seventh chronologically. Horatio Hornblower is poster to the HMS Atropos, one of the smallest vessels in the Royal Navy commanded by a post-captain. The crew are sent to collect three pearl divers and their treasure from Gibraltar. Written by Cecil Louis Troughton Smith, an English writer known for his naval warfare novels set during the Napoleonic Wars, written under the pen-name of Cecil Scott Forester. In the original brown cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrapper is smart with light wear and minor chipping to the extremities. Light sunning to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Near Fine
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
FORESTER, C.S. (1899-1966). Hornblower and The Atropos. London: Michael Joseph, 1953, 1953.
Price: US$121.63 + shipping
Description: [Naval Fiction] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.302 [2]. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the colour-illustrated dust-jacket by Val Biro, priced at 12/6. Edges clean, no inscriptions, bright jacket is a little rubbed at joints, some minor wear/fraying at crown. A near fine copy. Following the funeral of Admiral Nelson, Horatio Hornblower is posted to HMS Atropos, the smallest vessel in the Royal Navy, on a mission to recover treasure from the Mediterranean Sea.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
C. S. Forester. Hornblower and the Atropos. Michael Joseph, London, 1953.
Price: US$121.63 + shipping
Description: The first impression of this C. S. Forester's novel in the Hornblower series, a lovely example in the unclipped dust wrapper. A first edition, first impression copy of Hornblower and the Atropos, one of C. S. Forester's series following the adventures of Horatio Hornblower, a fictional Royal Navy officer during the Napoleonic Wars. The Hornblower series consists of twelve novels, of which one unfinished, and five short stories published between 1937 and 1967. Hornblower and the Atroposis the fifth novel in the series and third published. C. S. Forester was born in Cairo in 1899, lived in the UK and died in California, USA in 1966 (aged 66). He was an English novelist known for his writings on naval warfare. With the unclipped dust wrapper. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally very smart with only minor shelf wear and a minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. the dust wrapper is unclipped and very smart with only minor shelf wear and a minor chipping to the head of the spine, a slight sunning to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean, only minor spotting to the endpapers, as common. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
C. S. Forester. Hornblower and the Atropos. Michael Joseph, London, 1953.
Price: US$125.47 + shipping
Description: The third volume in the popular Hornblower series by C. S. Forester, an excellent first edition, first impression in its unclipped dust wrapper. A first edition, first impression copy of Hornblower and the Atropos, one of C. S. Forester's series following the adventures of Horatio Hornblower, a fictional Royal Navy officer during the Napoleonic Wars. The Hornblower series consists of twelve novels, of which one unfinished, and five short stories published between 1937 and 1967. Hornblower and the Atroposis the fifth novel in the series and third published. C. S. Forester was born in Cairo in 1899, lived in the UK and died in California, USA in 1966 (aged 66). He was an English novelist known for his writings on naval warfare. With the unclipped dust wrapper. in the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally excellent with only minor shelf wear and some minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine. With a previous owner's inscription on the front free endpaper, undated. The dust wrapper is un lipped and very smart with only minor shelf wear and some faint sunning to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. The front free endpaper was neatly clipped to the upper right margin. The pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
C. S. Forester. Hornblower and the Atropos. Michael Joseph, 1953.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Small prior bookseller plate on inside front cover. Clipped DJ in archival cover.
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$156.20 + shipping
Description: 8vo., First Edition; original brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly chafed at extremities and with short closed tear on rear panel. With striking dustwrapper artwork by Val Biro. Among the finest of the Hornblower stories.
Seller: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
[Nautical Fiction] Forester, C.S.. Hornblower and the Atropos.. Michael Joseph, 1953.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A Very Good plus copy with a previous owner's bookplate in a Very Good plus, clipped dust jacket with two small chips to the spine and light edge wear.
Seller: Gregor Rare Books, Langley, WA, U.S.A.
Forester, C.S.. Hornblower and the ATROPOS. Little Brown & Co, New York, 1953.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: SCARCE, the true first edition of C. S Forester's fifth Horatio Hornblower novel, precedes the Michael Joseph London edition, and RARE in such handsome condition. Near Fine, top edge foxed, hints of toning to end pages, in an ever-so-close to Fine dust jacket, minute rubs at the flap tips .A superb dust jacket indeed ! Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Dale Steffey Books, ABAA, ILAB, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.