Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Forester, C. S. (Cecil Scott), 1899-1966. SHIP OF THE LINE. Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1938.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo; 1st edition; G-/Fair; Ex-library; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, cream and blue with cream and blue print; DJ has small tears at spine ends with heavy wear to hinges, tear to rear hinge at top and front hinge at bottom, wear to flap folds, rubbing, toning to spine, peripheral toning, affixed to interior pastedowns; Boards in blue cloth with gold print, mild wear to spine caps, cocked spine; Text block has red tinted top edge, library stamps to front and rear endpapers and occasional pages within, penciled notation on rear pastedown, clean text; 323 pages. 1345702. FP New Rockville Stock.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
C S FORESTER. SHIP OF LINE. LITTLE BROWN, 1938.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: NO DJ -FADING ON SPINE AND COVERS- BINDING TIGHT- 1ST EDITION STATED
Seller: Del Mar Books, Del Mar, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: This is a fine, unmarked, hardcover first edition copy, decorative blue cloth binding, top edge tinted red, alas, no DJ. A lovely fresh copy, looks like it was printed yesterday. Photos on request.
Seller: Reader's Corner, Inc., Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.
Forester, C.S.. Ship of the Line.. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1938.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Blue cloth. 8vo. Pictorial dust jacket with unclipped flap. First American edition. In this novel set in 1810 Captain Horatio Hornblower is newly in command of his first ship of the line, the HMS Sutherland, and helps escort an East Indian convoy off the Spanish coast among other adventures. A good copy. The spine has some soiling and a tear at the top. There is some foxing to the endsheets and a few pages have some spotting to the margin else the text is very good with light wear. There is a small ink price on the inside cover. The jacket is worn with some chips and tears along the top and bottom edges and some pieces missing from the spine tips. The rear flap has some browning.
Seller: Centerbridge Books, Old Saybrook, CT, U.S.A.
C.S. Forester. Ship of the Line. Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1938.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Rare first edition, 1938. Blue cloth very good hardcover, no DJ. Faded gilt lettering on spine and front cover. Corners bumped. Front hinge loose, text clean and unmarked. Very good in new FACSIMILE dustjacket.
Seller: Rose's Books IOBA, Harwich Port, MA, U.S.A.
Forester, C. S.. Ship of The Line. Little, Brown & Company, 1938.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Stated First Edition. First Printing. Publisher's blue cloth with figural blind stamped wave design and gilt titles to front and spine. In protective cover.
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
Forester, C. S.. Ship of the Line. Little Brown, E-285, 1938.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover. 8vo. Little, Brown and Company, Boston, NY. 1938. 322 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. Elmer Rising DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Hornblower leads his first ship of the line into enemy waters in this installment of C. S. Forester's beloved adventure series, called "exciting, realistic, packed with grand naval action" by the New Yorker. May 1810, seventeen years deep into the Napoleonic Wars. Captain Horatio Hornblower is newly in command of his first ship of the line, the seventy-four-gun HMS Sutherland, which he deems "the ugliest and least desirable two-decker in the Navy List." Moreover, she is 250 men short of a full crew, so Hornblower must enlist and train "poachers, bigamists, sheepstealers," and other landlubbers. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: Last Exit Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
Forester, C. S.. SHIP OF THE LINE. Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1938.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo., 323 pages; VG/VG-; spine tan and blue with blue and tan lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut '$2.50'; mild chipping and wear to dust jacket, including small chips missing to head of spine; top edge of text block red; interior clean; Two of Forester's Hornblower books, A Ship of the Line and Flying Colours, were jointly awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction in 1938; LP consignment; NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, ND-HV Column. 1288919. FP New Rockville Stock.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Forester, C. S.. Ship of the Line. Little Brown & Co., Boston, 1938.
Price: US$468.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Nice copy. First Edition stated on copyright page. Unmarked, tight and square. Blue cloth with gold lettering on spine and front panel is bright and fresh. Red topstain is as new! Surprisngly well preserved. Scarce now in first in any condtion. Price intact jacket is nice as well. Only very light wear at base of spine and bottom of front fold but virtually no paper loss, tears etc. Blue background on spine tad lighter than on front panel. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Forester, C. S.. Ship of the Line. Little Brown & Co., Boston, 1938.
Price: US$495.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Nice copy. First Edition stated on copyright page. Unmarked, tight and square. Blue cloth with gold lettering on spine and front panel is bright and fresh. Red topstain is bright. Surprisngly well preserved. Scarce now in first in any condtion. Price intact jacket has crease near bottom of front panel and minor wear primarily to base of spine but almost no paper oss. In mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
C.S. Forester. Ship of the Line SIGNED. Little, Brown And Company, Boston, 1938.
Price: US$667.04 + shipping
Description: First American Edition. This copy has an unusual inscription signed to Margery Sharp from an admirer C.S. Forester. nbsp;Margery Sharp was an English author andnbsp;contemporary of nbsp;C.S Forester. She wrote numerous stories for adults' and children, most notably The Rescuers. This copy is superbly rebound in black leather. Top edge is colourednbsp;red with slight discolouration. The pages are a little agetoned with minor bleeding of the red along the top edge.nbsp;Pages 47 through to 68 have a very small piece missing to the margins of the text. Contents however are very clean, newly rebound. pp. 323. Overall a good nbsp;copy.
Seller: St Marys Books And Prints, Stamford, United Kingdom