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Cornwell,Bernard.:. Sharpe's Gold. Richard Sharpe and the Destruction of Almeida, August 1810.. London:Collins, 1981.

Price: US$15.46 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 1st ed. 250pp. Ex lib. copy with all the usual mutilation too numerous to go into detail. Only of value for the dw which is sl chipped & creased round the extremities but VG. It has been p/c but still retains the original publisher's price sticker of £8.50. The 2nd book in the series.

Seller: Robert F Butterworth, Lytham St.Annes, LANCS, United Kingdom

Bernard Cornwell. Sharpe's Gold - Richard Sharpe and the Destruction of Almeida, August 1810. William Collins Sons & Co Ltd, London, 1981.

Price: US$30.92 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Second novel in the series featuring Richard Sharpe's adventures in the war against Napoleon. 250pp. Gilt lettering to spine. Slight forward lean to spine, top edges dusty, some sunning to edges and Ex Libris label to pastedown, otherwise very good copy. Unclipped DJ has slight edge and surface wear, otherwise very good. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall

Seller: Washburn Books, Pateley Bridge, United Kingdom

Cornwell, Bernard. Sharpe's Gold. William Collins Sons & Co, London, 1981.

Price: US$36.82 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Collins London 1981 First Edition 250pp VG (olive green cloth w gilt title on spine, sl worn, foot of spine sl bumped, binding sl cocked) in VG DW( sl rubbed and worn, sl creased on spine, spine faded, v sl bumped on head and foot of spine)

Seller: Browsers Books, Hamilton, NZ, New Zealand

CORNWELL, Bernard. Sharpe's Gold. Collins, London, 1981.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Faint trace of foxing in edges and rear endpaper, tight and square. Dust jacket is fully intact, part faded at the spine and top edge of front panel, light toning on the flaps, protected in a removable clear film sleeve.

Seller: Mainly Fiction, Auckland, New Zealand

Cornwell, Bernard. Sharpe's Gold - First Edition. Collins, London, 1981.

Price: US$92.04 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Green hard cover with gilt titles on spine. Boards are clean and bright. Contents tight and clean with some staining to page edges. Unclipped jacket is tidy with just minor chipping to bottom edge. A tidy copy.

Seller: Arty Bees Books, Wellington, New Zealand

Bernard Cornwell. Sharpe's Eagle - Richard Sharpe and the Talavera Campaign July 1809. William Collins Sons & Co Ltd, London, 1981.

Price: US$96.62 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First novel in the series featuring Richard Sharpe's adventures in the war against Napoleon. 266pp. Gilt lettering to spine. Slight forward lean to spine, top edges dusty, some sunning and marking to edges and Ex Libris label to pastedown, otherwise very good copy. Unclipped DJ has slight edgewear and some indentations to front panel, otherwise very good. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall

Seller: Washburn Books, Pateley Bridge, United Kingdom

CORNWELL, Bernard.. Sharpe's Gold.. , 1981.

Price: US$96.62 + shipping

Description: First edition. Collins, London. 1981. Hardback with DW. 250 pages. Spine of dust-wrapper sl. sunned; pages sl. browned. A nice copy.

Seller: Addyman Books, Hay-on-Wye, United Kingdom

BERNARD CORNWELL. SHARPE'S GOLD - RICHARD SHARPE & THE DESTUCTION OF ALMEIDA AUGUST 1810. COLLINS LONDON, 1981.

Price: US$99.54 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: CORNWELL'S 2ND PUBLISHED BOOK IN THE FAMOUS RICHARD SHARPE SERIES. EXCEPT FADING TO SPINE OF DUST JACKET, THE BOOK IS IN WONDERFUL CONDITION. DUST JACKET NOT PRICE CLIPPED (6.95 POUNDS STERLING) - 250 PAGES. IN TERMS OF THE CHRONOLOGY OF SHARPE'S "LIFE" THIS BOOK SITS 9TH. SHARPE'S ADVENTURES WERE MADE INTO A VERY POPULAR TELEVISION SERIES WITH SEAN BEAN PLAYING THE NOMINAL CHARACTER. UNFORTUNATELY, WRAPPERS WITH BRODART JACKET COVERS, READILY REFLECT LIGHT AND ALAS, DO NOT PHOTOGRAPH WELL.

Seller: BooksCardsNBikes, Stratford, ON, Canada

Cornwell, Bernard. Sharpe's Gold - Richard Sharpe and the Destruction of Almeida, August 1810. Collins, London, 1981.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: No signatures. Some foxing to page edges. Some foxing to dust-jacket. No tears to dust-jacket. Dust-jacket is not price-clipped. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; 250, [2 (blank)] pages. Green boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 207 x 132mm. "The war was lost; not finished, but lost." - the opening sentence. "This, the second novel of Richard Sharpe's adventures, follows the actual events of the summer of 1810, which culminated in the appalling carnage of Almeida." - from blurb on dust-jacket flap. This is the second Sharpe novel in order of publishing, and the ninth in the chronology of the series.

Seller: Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, New Zealand

CORNWELL, Bernard. Sharpe's Gold. Richard Sharpe and the Destruction of Almeida, August 1810. Collins, London, 1981.

Price: US$100.77 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: London, Collins, 1981 (first edition). Octavo, 250 pages. Papered boards; a fine copy with the fine unclipped dustwrapper (with the publisher's laminate uniformly lightly discoloured, judging by the portion visible on the flaps). The second in the series of Richard Sharpe's adventures at the time of the Napoleonic Wars.

Seller: Michael Treloar Booksellers ANZAAB/ILAB, Adelaide, SA, Australia

CORNWELL, Bernard. Sharpe's Gold. Richard Sharpe and the Destruction of Almeida, August 1810. Collins, London, 1981.

Price: US$100.77 + shipping

Description: London, Collins, 1981 (first edition). Octavo, 250 pages. Papered boards lightly marked near the bottom edge of the front board; a near-fine copy with the fine unclipped dustwrapper (albeit with the publisher's original laminate a little discoloured, mainly at the edges). The second in the series of Richard Sharpe's adventures at the time of the Napoleonic Wars.

Seller: Michael Treloar Booksellers ANZAAB/ILAB, Adelaide, SA, Australia

CORNWELL, BERNARD. Sharpe's Gold. Collins, London, 1981.

Price: US$101.80 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Gilt lettered green boards in a pictorial dust jacket. Jacket price clipped. Book and jacket very good, a near fine copy.

Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada

Bernard Cornwell. Sharpe's Gold. Richard Sharpe and the Destruction of Almeida, August 1810. Collins, London, 1981.

Price: US$103.06 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: UK 1st printing 1981. Hardback in jacket. 21.5x14cm. 250 pages. Clean & tight book. No inscriptions. Flat pages. Jacket is not torn. Front flap is not price-clipped: £6.95. Jacket is now under clear removable covers. Dispatched Royal mail first class with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref zx-pss

Seller: SAVERY BOOKS, Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom

BERNARD CORNWELL. SHARPE'S EAGLE - RICHARD SHARPE AND THE TALAVERA CAMPAIGN JULY 1809. COLLINS LONDON, 1981.

Price: US$107.08 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: PRICE CLIPPED DUST JACKED. 266 PAGES. MINIMAL EDGE WEAR TO JACKET. SQUARE AND SOLID. THE FIRST "RICHARD SHARPE" NOVEL OF A SERIES THAT WOULD ULTIMATELY GROW TO 22 BOOKS, DESCRIBING THE LIFE OF AN ENGLISH SOLDIER SERVING FIRST IN INDIA AND THEREAFTER IN EUROPE DURING THE NAPOLEONIC WARS. THE PREVIOUS OWNER HAS HELPFULLY INDICATED (IN INK) WHERE TO RETURN THE BOOK AFTER READING IT, ON THE FRONT DUST JACKET FLAP. UNFORTUNATELY, WRAPPERS WITH BRODART JACKET COVERS, READILY REFLECT LIGHT AND ALAS, DO NOT PHOTOGRAPH WELL.

Seller: BooksCardsNBikes, Stratford, ON, Canada

Cornwell, Bernard (1944-). Sharpe's Eagle : Richard Sharpe and the Talavera Campaign July 1809 / Bernard Cornwell. London : Collins, 1981.

Price: US$110.49 + shipping

Description: Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked green cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Sun-toning evident around the top of the front panel. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Provenance: From the library of Eric George Hatfield Moody with his personalized bookplate to front pastedown. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 266 pages; Physical description. : 266 p. Front, tipped-in; 22 cm. Subject: Sharpe, Richard (Fictitious character) - Fiction. Talavera, Battle of, Talavera de la Reina, Spain, 1809 - Fiction. Fiction in English - 1945 - Texts. Summary: Out of the mist comes an army; an overwhelming, never-defeated army sent by Napoleon to crush the British in Spain. Over their heads are the Eagles, standards presented personally by Napoleon, and waiting for them is Lieutenant Richard Sharpe. This is the second Richard Sharpe novel. 1 Kg.

Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland

CORNWELL, BERNARD. Sharpe's Gold. Collins, London, 1981.

Price: US$113.11 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: 8vo. Gilt lettered olive cloth in pictorial price clipped dust jacket. The 2nd Sharpe book. A near fine copy.

Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada

CORNWELL, Bernard. Sharpe's Gold. Collins, London, 1981.

Price: US$115.01 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: A fine copy. Dust jacket is fully intact, just part fading to the spine, protected in a fitted clear film sleeve.

Seller: Mainly Fiction, Auckland, New Zealand

Bernard Cornwell. Sharpe's Gold. Collins, London, 1981.

Price: US$128.83 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Very good condition, green boards, minor marks to page edges, dust wrapper a little rubbed at edges, touch of fading to spine, not price clipped, photos on request.

Seller: The Bookstore, Belfast, United Kingdom

CORNWELL, BERNARD. SHARPE'S GOLD Richard Sharpe and the Destruction of Almeida, August 1810. COLLINS, LONDON, ENGLAND, 1981.

Price: US$129.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: P/C DJ, CLEAN COPY!

Seller: Gian Luigi Fine Books, albany, NY, U.S.A.

Cornwell, Bernard (1944-). Sharpe's Eagle : Richard Sharpe and the Talavera Campaign July 1809 / Bernard Cornwell. London : Collins, 1981.

Price: US$130.00 + shipping

Description: Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked green cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Sun-toning evident around the top of the front panel. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Provenance: From the library of Eric George Hatfield Moody with his personalized bookplate to front pastedown. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 266 pages; Physical description. : 266 p. Front, tipped-in; 22 cm. Subject: Sharpe, Richard (Fictitious character) - Fiction. Talavera, Battle of, Talavera de la Reina, Spain, 1809 - Fiction. Fiction in English - 1945 - Texts. Summary: Out of the mist comes an army; an overwhelming, never-defeated army sent by Napoleon to crush the British in Spain. Over their heads are the Eagles, standards presented personally by Napoleon, and waiting for them is Lieutenant Richard Sharpe. This is the second Richard Sharpe novel. 1 Kg.

Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Cornwell, Bernard. Sharpe's Gold. Richard Sharpe and the Destruction of Almeida, August 1810. Collins, London, 1981.

Price: US$134.36 + shipping

Description: F-/F-. 8vo. original green boards gilt (edges a little rubbed, a few slight marks to leaf edges) in dustwrapper (slight sunning to orange pigment, as usual, extremities a trifle rubbed); pp. 250. A near fine copy. The second novel in the series, but ninth chronologically.

Seller: Arapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex, Castlemaine, VIC, Australia

Cornwell, Bernard. SHARPE'S GOLD Richard Sharpe and the Destruction of Almeida, August 1810. Collins, London, 1981.

Price: US$143.75 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Hardcover; 8vo; 250 pages. First edition. Green paper hardcovers with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Sunned edges, lightly rubbed. Age-toned but bright and clean interior. Slight skew to binding. In an ill. jackert with white titles. NPC. Sunned spine. Gently bumped edges. In a mylar jacket. VG-/VG

Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada

CORNWELL, BERNARD. Sharpe's Gold. Collins, London, 1981.

Price: US$150.81 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Octavo. Olive cloth in price clipped pictorial dust jacket. The second Sharpe book in fine condition.

Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada

Cornwell,Bernard. Sharpe's Gold Richard Sharpe and the Destruction of Almeida,August 1810. Collins, London, 1981.

Price: US$173.92 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: This is a Very Good + Copy of this Book in green cloth with gilt lettered title to spine in a Very Good + Dust-Jacket that has no chips or tears to the outer edges of the wrapper with very slight rubbing present to the head of spine.Not price clipped (£6.95) showing to inner flap.The book has no previous ownership names or inscriptions present.This copy has a firm binding with no hinge weakness,with no turned corners to the pages.Text block remains clean internally with just a touch of light spotting along the top edge of the pages.The Author's second book in the much collected series of historical Richard Sharpe novels,8vo 250pp First UK Edition 1st Impression [1981]

Seller: Richard Thornton Books PBFA, Old Langho, United Kingdom

Bernard Cornwell. Sharpe's Eagle. Collins, London, 1981.

Price: US$193.24 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Sharpe's Eagle, Bernard Cornwell UK 1st / 1st HB (1981) + SIGNED autograph card. Rare copy of the 1st RICHARD SHARPE novel by BERNARD CORNWELL. First Edition, First Printing, UK Hardback. Includes a loose autograph card SIGNED by the author. The Book is VG in a VG jacket. No marks, writing or flaws - just general signs of age and shelf wear. The book is over 40 years old. The jacket has not been price-clipped and shows a price of £6.50.

Seller: Firsteds, Bath, United Kingdom

Cornwell, Bernard. Sharpe's Gold. Collins London 1981, 1981.

Price: US$199.00 + shipping

Description: 1st edition dust jacket Fine small octavo 250pp., Slight fading of orange at spine, as usual, otherwise a lovely copy in unclipped dust jacket

Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Cornwell, Bernard. Sharpe's Eagle. Collins London 1981, 1981.

Price: US$199.00 + shipping

Description: 1st edition dust jacket Very Good small octavo 266pp., Minor wear o/w nice copy in like unclipped & unfaded dust jacket with minimal chip at foot of spine

Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

CORNWELL, BERNARD.. SHARPE'S GOLD. RICHARD SHARPE AND THE DESTRUCTION OF ALMEIDA, AUGUST 1810.. Collins, London, 1981.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the title-page. Dust jacket shows price of £6.95 net. A crisp, clean copy likely never read. This is the second in Cornwell's series of Richard Sharpe's adventures. It is the successor to "Sharpe's Eagle" written in the same year. The year is 1810, Napoleon's troops are poised to enter Portugal. Wellington needs funds to pay his army so he sends Captain Sharpe behind enemy lines to recover gold abandoned by the Spanish junta. Jacket illusration by Tony Kerins. 250pp. Size: Octavo

Seller: Glenn Books, ABAA, ILAB, Prairie Village, KS, U.S.A.

Cornwell, Bernard. SHARPE'S GOLD. Collins,, London, 1981.

Price: US$220.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Richard Sharpe and the destruction of Almeida, 1810. Price clipped by publisher and new price sticker by Collins attached. Previous owners bookplate on front pastedown.

Seller: HERB RIESSEN-RARE BOOKS, Costa Mesa, CA, U.S.A.

Cornwell, Bernard. Sharpe's Eagle : Richard Sharpe and the Talavera Campaign, July 1809. Collins London 1981, 1981.

Price: US$220.00 + shipping

Description: 1st edition dust jacket As New small octavo 266pp., Very fine copy in like unclipped dust jacket

Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Cornwell, Bernard. Sharpe's Gold : Richard Sharpe and the Destruction of Almeida, August 1810. Collins London 1981, 1981.

Price: US$220.00 + shipping

Description: 1st edition dust jacket As New small octavo 250pp., Very fine copy in like unclipped dust jacket

Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Cornwell, Bernard. Sharpe's Gold. Collins, London, 1981.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: The first British edition of the second title in this remarkable series. Published by Collins in 1981. A fine copy in a fine price clipped dust jacket.

Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.

CORNWELL, Bernard. Sharpe's Eagle Richard Sharpe and the Talavera Campaign July 1809. Collins, London, 1981.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: A near fine first edition copy with just faint age toning in the edges. The dust jacket is intact and bright, faint age toning on the flaps.

Seller: Mainly Fiction, Auckland, New Zealand

Cornwell, Bernard.. Sharpe's Eagle: Richard Sharpe and the Talavera Campaign July 1809.. Collins, London. 1981. First edition, of the first in the series., 1981.

Price: US$257.65 + shipping

Description: Very Good (+) in Very Good Dust Jacket. DJ protected by high-grade removable clear cover.

Seller: Much Ado Books, Alfriston, SUSSE, United Kingdom

Cornwell, Bernard. SHARPE'S GOLD. Collins, London, 1981.

Price: US$258.75 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Richard Sharpe and the destruction of Almeida, August 1810. 250 pages. Green cloth, gilt titles on spine. Colour pictorial DJ, not price-clipped. FINE/ FINE.

Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada

CORNWELL, BERNARD. SHARPE'S GOLD Richard Sharpe and the Destrucion of Almeida, August 1810 (SIGNED COPY). COLLINS, LONDON, 1981.

Price: US$289.86 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Olive Green Boards with gilt titles to spine, 2nd novel in the Richard Sharpe series on the Peninsular War. 1st Edition 1st Impression 1981 signed in ink by the author on the title page with no other name or insc. VG/VG ( Book- light shelf wear to bottom edge of boards, no previous owner name or insc. Book block square. A little soiling to fore edge. Dust Jacket- clipped, minor rubbing at extremities but no nicks or tears, light sunning to spine. Supplied in a removable proprietary protective sleeve). Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale.

Seller: booksonlinebrighton, Brighton, United Kingdom

Cornwell, Bernard. Sharpe's Eagle. London Collins 1981, 1981.

Price: US$289.86 + shipping

Description: A first edition, first printing published by Collins in 1981. A near fine book in like unclipped wrapper. A little wear to the edges and to the corners. Where the Sharpe legend first began.

Seller: John Atkinson Books ABA ILAB PBFA, Harrogate, United Kingdom

Cornwell, Bernard. Sharpe's Gold. Collins, London, 1981.

Price: US$300.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First UK and true first edition of the author's second "Sharpe" adventure novel. A fine copy in near fine priceclipped dustwrapper with light sticker shadow to inside front flap.

Seller: Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, U.S.A.

Cornwell, Bernard. Sharpe's Gold. Collins, London, 1981.

Price: US$300.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: FIRST EDITION of Cornwell's second published book in the Sharpe series on the Napoleonic Wars. Set in August 1810 during the Peninsular War and featuring the destruction of Almeida. Although it is Cornwell's second book in the series, it is the ninth book chronologically in the fictional epic. London: Harper Collins, 1981. Octavo, original cloth, original dust jacket. Book fine, dust jacket price-clipped, otherwise fine.

Seller: Manhattan Rare Book Company, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Cornwell, Bernard. Sharpe's Gold. Collins, London, 1981.

Price: US$325.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: F/F, 1st UK ed. Pristine condition. Appears unread, not a single flaw, could not get any better than this as a fine copy.This book signed with a notation on the front free end page by noted Canadian Journalist and TV anchorman. He noted the bookstore and date he pusrchased it and his signature.

Seller: Howe Island Books, Kingston, Ontario, ON, Canada

Cornwell, Bernard. Sharpe's Eagle. Richard Sharpe and the Talavera Campaign, July 1809. Collins, London, 1981.

Price: US$335.90 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: VG/VG+. 8vo. original green boards gilt (FFE replaced, with some tearing along gutter, spine a little slanted & creased, edges a little rubbed, paperstock slightly tanned, as usual) in dustwrapper (edges rubbed with slight wear at corners); pp. 266. A very good copy. The first novel in the series, but eighth chonologically. Flatsigned on label pasted to title page 'Bernard Cornwell'.

Seller: Arapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex, Castlemaine, VIC, Australia

Cornwell, Bernard. Sharpe's Gold. Collins, London, 1981.

Price: US$350.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: price clipped, else fine in a fine and crisp dj. boldly signed by the author on the title page.english first of the second novel produced in the sharpe series.

Seller: Gumshoe Books, Columbia, SC, U.S.A.

Cornwell, Bernard. Sharpe's Gold. Collins, London, 1981.

Price: US$375.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: F/F, 1st UK ed. Pristine condition. Appears unread, not a single flaw, could not get any better than this as a fine copy.

Seller: Howe Island Books, Kingston, Ontario, ON, Canada

Cornwell, Bernard. Sharpe's Eagle. Collins, London, 1981.

Price: US$390.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: NF/F, 1st UK ed. Pristine condition. Appears unread, not a single flaw, could not get any better than this as a fine copy.This book signed with a notation on the front free end page by noted Canadian Journalist and TV anchorman. He noted the bookstore and date he purchased it and his signature.This is a difficult book to find

Seller: Howe Island Books, Kingston, Ontario, ON, Canada

Bernard Cornwell. SHARPE'S EAGLE Richard Sharpe and the Talavera Campaign July1809. Collins, 1981.

Price: US$400.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Collins, London, 1981, stated first published in 1981. Cornwell born in England in 1944, is a prolific author, and most of his books are in one of five series. He is most famous for the Sharpe series and this is the first book in the series and his first book period. This book, 266 pages, is in fine condition. The only very slight flaws are two small brown dots on the fore edge. The price clipped dust jacket is in bright fine condition and is protected in a mylar wrap. A must have for any Cornwell collection.

Seller: Raven & Gryphon Fine Books, Hackett's Cove, NS, Canada

Cornwell, Bernard. SHARPE'S EAGLE. Collins, London, 1981.

Price: US$425.00 + shipping

Description: 1st Edition. Hardcover. Cornwell, Bernard. SHARPE'S EAGLE. London: Collins, 1981. First Edition of Bernard Cornwell's first book and the first in the Richard Sharpe saga. 8vo. 266 pp. A near fine copy in green cloth, (unobtrusive small remainder mark to the title-page, front free endpaper professionally refreshed), gilt titles to the spine in a bright, fresh, near fine neatly price-clipped pictorial dustwrapper. Shown very nicely. $425.

Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, Canada

Cornwell, Bernard. SHARPE'S EAGLE - First UK Printing with Author Signature. Collins, London, 1981.

Price: US$425.38 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: An attractive copy of the very first title in the enduring Richard Sharpe series. A lovely square, tight binding which is pushed/bumped at the spine tips. The block remains fresh and is free from previous owner names etc. Very nice indeed, Fine or very near it. The dustjacket bears the publisher's price-clip with their new price of £6.95 at the front flap. Rubbed at the corners with tiny loss and creased at the spine tips with a tiny laminate chip and nick at the crown. Presents reasonably well, however, and a VG dustjacket. Loosely inserted into the book a small, plain white card which has been hand-signed in black ink by Bernard Cornwell - ideal size for mounting.

Seller: Northern Lights Rare Books and Prints, Sastamala, Finland

CORNWELL BERNARD. SHARPE'S GOLD. Collins, London, 1981.

Price: US$438.01 + shipping

Description: First UK Edition. A few foxing spots to the top edge otherwise a near fine copy in like D/W with the price (£6.95) still present on the inside flap and the text reference to Sharpe’s Eagle to the rear panel. A nice copy. Signed by the Author on the title page.

Seller: James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA., LEICESTER, United Kingdom

CORNWELL BERNARD. Sharpe's Gold. Collins, London, 1981.

Price: US$476.66 + shipping

Description: First UK Edition. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Publisher's green boards with gilt spine lettering. A fine copy in a very nearly fine D/W faintly creased at the head of the spine. No fading whatsoever to the spine. Signed by the Author on the title page. ISBN: 0 00 222129 2. Photographs/scans available upon request.

Seller: James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA., LEICESTER, United Kingdom

CORNWELL, Bernard.. Sharpe's Gold.. London Collins, 1981.

Price: US$484.00 + shipping

Description: First edition, first impression, signed by the author on title-page; publisher's boards, dust-jacket, unclipped and without fading, a fine copy. A fine signed first edition of the second Sharpe title by Bernard Cornwell; scarce in such condition.

Seller: Shapero Rare Books, London, United Kingdom

Cornwell, Bernard. Sharpe's Eagle. Richard Sharpe And The Talavera Campaign July 1809.. Collins., London., 1981.

Price: US$644.13 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Presentation inscription on the front free endpaper as follows "For the Colonel, with thanks, Bernard. (cornwell). Spine slightly skewed and a light creased down the middle of spine, some light rubbing to edges, dustwrapper slightly spine faded, (not price clipped). Some very light foxing to page edges. The first of the Sharpe novels. Scarce. 266 p.

Seller: James Hine, Ilminster, SOMER, United Kingdom

Bernard Cornwell. Sharpe's Eagle. Collins, London, 1981.

Price: US$695.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Fine first edition in a fine, price clipped jacket. Book is clean throughout with teh exception of a small label applied to the FEP by a previous owner. Slight dirt to page edges is the only flaw. This copy is tight and appears unread. The jacket is bright showing full original color with no fading as is common. A very nice copy of a hard to find book. The first book in the now famous Sharpe series by this author and introduces Richard Sharpe. .

Seller: BDC Books, Stratford, ON, Canada