Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Forester, C S. Hornblower in Captivity. Cadet Edition Volume Three. Michael Joseph, London, 1955.
Price: US$4.14 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description:
Seller: Caffrey Books, Oundle, United Kingdom
C.S. Forester. Flying Colours. Michael Joseph, 1955.
Price: US$4.65 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1955. Reprinted. 191 pages. Illustrated paper cover. 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. Hornblowers Triumph. Michael Joseph, 1955.
Price: US$5.02 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: DJ may have small chips and tears. Book will have been read but remains clean. Cover may have light wear or slight soiling. Pages may be slightly tanned. May contain inscriptions but text pages will be free from markings.
Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
C.S. Forester. Hornblowers Triumph (Cadet Edition: Volume Four). Michael Joseph, 1955.
Price: US$5.07 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Light wear to boards. Content is clean and has light toning. DJ with some edge wear, small tears, soiling and creasing. Clipped DJ.
Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Forester, C S. The Captain from Connecticut (Mermaid Books). Michael Joseph, London, 1955.
Price: US$5.10 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Prior owner's name in book
Seller: Caffrey Books, Oundle, United Kingdom
Forester, C S. A Ship of the Line (Mermaid Books First Thus). Michael Joseph, London, 1955.
Price: US$5.74 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Prior owner's name in book
Seller: Caffrey Books, Oundle, United Kingdom
C S Forester. Captain Hornblower R.N.. Michael Joseph, 1955.
Price: US$6.05 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Fourteenth impression. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. DJ with some edge wear, tears and loss.
Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Forester, C S. The Happy Return. Mermaid Books (Michael Joseph), London, 1955.
Price: US$6.36 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Spine splits, base of spine cover missing, front board slightly creased, front gutter starting, paper starting to tone. ; Green laminated covers. No names or marks inside. ; 192 pages; Hornblower's ship the Lydia visits South America on secret Admiralty orders, only to find the area under the control of a madman, El Supremo, and the presence of a much larger Spanish warship.
Seller: Darkwood Online T/A BooksinBulgaria, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
Forester, C S. Hornblower in Captivity. Cadet Edition Volume Three. Michael Joseph, London, 1955.
Price: US$6.37 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description:
Seller: Caffrey Books, Oundle, United Kingdom
C.S. Forester. Flying Colours (Mermaid Series). Michael Joseph, 1955.
Price: US$6.61 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1955. 191 pages. No dust jacket. 1st Published in mermaid books. Illustrated paper covered boards. Pages are moderately tanned with visible foxing. Mild cracking to gutters, however binding remains firm. 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. Flying Colours (Mermaid Series). Michael Joseph, 1955.
Price: US$6.64 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1955. First Thus. 191 pages. No dust jacket. Green boards. 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. Flying Colours. Michael Joseph, 1955.
Price: US$6.95 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1955. First Edition Thus. 191 pages. No dust jacket. Green paper covered boards. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Thumb-marking present. Some creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Light crushing to spine ends. Some marks to boards.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
C. S. Forester. Lord Hornblower. Michael Joseph, 1955.
Price: US$7.40 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1955. First Edition Thus. 190 pages. No dust jacket. Illustrative paper covered boards. 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. A Ship of the Line. Hornblower Novel.Mermaid Edition. Michael Joseph, London, 1955.
Price: US$7.58 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 189pp.Publisher's 4s 6d price on rear pastedown. 4/6 in pencil on top corner, first endpaper, also date 5 August 1995, presumably first booksellers pricing. Clean, bright and tight. Creases at bottom corners of covers, (see images), light rubbbing to spine ends. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Seller: Matilda Mary's Books, PORTISHEAD Somerset, United Kingdom
Forester, C. S.. A Ship Of The Line. Michael Joseph, 1955.
Price: US$7.62 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1955. First Thus. 189 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial paper covered boards. 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. Flying Colours (Mermaid Series). Michael Joseph, 1955.
Price: US$7.62 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1955. First Thus. 191 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial paper covered boards. Binding remains firm. Pages remain bright with minimal tanning. 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. Hornblower in Captivity. Michael Joseph., London., 1955.
Price: US$7.64 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good. Lacking dust jacket.
Seller: Sapience Bookstore, Hexham, United Kingdom
C. S. Forester. Flying Colours. Michael Joseph, 1955.
Price: US$7.64 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1955. First Edition Thus; Reset. 191 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. 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. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
C.S. Forester. Hornblower's Triumph (Cadet Edition: Volume Four). Michael Joseph, 1955.
Price: US$7.69 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1955. Cadet Edition. 223 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Full colour frontispiece. Contains in-text monochromatic illustrations throughout. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout, heavier at end-papers, paste-downs and text-block edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Cloth has minor damp and dust stains. Top edge of text block is dust marked. Book has a slight forward lean.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
C.S.Forester. Captain Hornblower R.N.. Michael Joseph, 1955.
Price: US$8.04 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1955. 14th Impression. 638 pages. Pictorial 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 heavy edgewear with areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Light tanning and water staining to spine and edges. Sticker to front panel. Wear marks overall.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
C.S. Forester. Flying Colours (Mermaid Series). Michael Joseph, 1955.
Price: US$8.39 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1955. First thus (reset). 191 pages. No dust jacket. Green pictorial paperback. 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. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
C.S. Forester. A Ship Of The Line. Michael Joseph, 1955.
Price: US$8.70 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1955. First Edition Thus. 189 pages. No dust jacket. Laminated pictorial boards. 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. A Ship Of The Line. Michael Joseph, 1955.
Price: US$9.28 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1955. First Edition Thus. 189 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial paper covered boards. 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 Commodore. Michael Joseph, 1955.
Price: US$9.29 + 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
Forester, C.S.. HORNBLOWERS' TRIUMPH. Michael Joseph, London, 1955.
Price: US$9.91 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Cadet Edition - Volume Four. Previous owners inscription on ffep. Dj chipped with some tears, small piece missing from top of dj spine.
Seller: BOOK COLLECTORS GALLERY, SUMMER HILL, NSW, Australia
C. S. Forester. The Happy Return. Michael Joseph, 1955.
Price: US$10.18 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1955. First Edition Thus. 191 pages. No dust jacket. Laminated paper covered boards. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Minor pencil inscriptions to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and rubbing to corners and crushing and rubbing to spine ends.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
C. S. Forester. The Commodore. Michael Joseph, 1955.
Price: US$10.18 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1955. First Edition Thus. 224 pages. No dust jacket. Illustrated paper covered boards. 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. The Happy Return. Michael Joseph, 1955.
Price: US$10.18 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1955. First Edition Thus. 190 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial paper covered boards. 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. The Happy Return. Michael Joseph, 1955.
Price: US$10.18 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1955. First edition thus. 191 pages. No dust jacket. Paperback book with laminated pictorial cover. 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. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
C. S. Forester. Lord Hornblower. Michael Joseph Ltd, 1955.
Price: US$10.18 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1955. First edition thus. 190 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial paper covered boards. 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
Price: US$10.19 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First published in 1945. This is the first 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. The laminate on the inside back cover edge is beginning to peel. 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
Forester, C. S.. Hornblower's Triumph. Cadet Edition: Volume Four. Michael Joseph, London, 1955.
Price: US$10.98 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Selected by G. P. Griggs. Good hardback copy. 223pp.
Seller: Theologia Books, La Charite sur Loire, France
C.S. Forester. The Good Shepherd (2nd impression). Michael Joseph, 1955.
Price: US$11.01 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Boards have some markings, damage top of creased spine. Content clean and bright, pencil front, illustrated endpapers, 288pp. No DJ
Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Forester, C S. Flying Colours. Mermaid Books (imprint of Michael Joseph), 1955.
Price: US$11.28 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: flexible laminate card covers, somewhat in between a hardback and paperback, very slightly rubbed to some extremities, a very good tightly bound copy, the text is clean and unmarked, 191pp
Seller: Pendleburys - the bookshop in the hills, Llanwrda, United Kingdom
C. S. Forester. The Happy Return (Mermaid Books Series). Michael Joseph Mermaid Books, 1955.
Price: US$13.11 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1955 edition - Pages have no notes or highlighting. The cover and spine have some wear.
Seller: Re-Read Ltd, Doncaster, United Kingdom
C S Forester. Hornblower in Captivity Cadet Edition Volume Three. Michael Joseph, London, 1955.
Price: US$13.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Blue fibre covers with gilt and red decoration to spine in good order with slight fading to top and bottom edges. d/w mostly ok but some small chips, tears and edge wear. A modicom of foxing visibleonly on the inside. 224 pages all clean. d/w ghosting to end papers. Binding good and still tight.
Seller: Buybyebooks, Honiton, United Kingdom
C. S. Forester. The Good Shepherd. Michael Joseph, 1955.
Price: US$17.84 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1955. 287 pages. Blue pictorial dust jacket over black 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. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. The unclipped dust jacket has moderate edge wear, tears and chips to edges and spine ends. Light tanning to spine and edges.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
FORESTER, C. S.. The Good Shepherd. Michael Joseph, 1955.
Price: US$19.11 + shipping
Description: 1st edition, 1955. Text clean; binding tight; a little wear at head & foot of spine. Corner of front board slightly worn. Dust jacket not price-clipped, but worn at edges, with 6cm loss at foot of spine; dj protected in removable clear film Used - Good. Good hardback in Fair dust jacket
Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Price: US$22.93 + shipping
Description: First edition hard back binding in publisher's original navy cloth covers, gilt and scarlet title and author block lettering to the spine. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains [vi] 224 printed pages of text with colour frontispiece and monochrome illustrations throughout. Three ink ownership names to the front free end paper, including J. Thomas, Mayor of Chatham. Very Good condition book, in Very Good condition dust wrapper with just a little rubbing of the paper to the spine tips and corners, not price clipped 8s 6d, spine not faded. Dust wrapper without any tears and supplied in archive acetate film protection, this protects and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. We currently hold in stock 15 other titles by this author. Member of the P.B.F.A. MODERN FIRST EDITIONS
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Forester, C S. The Good Shepherd. Michael Joseph, 1955.
Price: US$24.21 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1955 first edition hardback in very good condition. A little foxing to page edges, a contemporary owner's name on inside cover. No other marks, clean and bright, tight binding. The black cloth boards have a ffew marks to all faces, the coloured spine lettering is still clean and bright. Alas no dust jacket. Items are dispatched the same or the following working day. Please note our excellent customer feedback.
Seller: Repton and Clover, Norwich, United Kingdom
Forester, C S,. Hornblower's Triumph Forester, C. S. Michael Joseph, 1955.
Price: US$25.47 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good FIRST EDITION Small tears on dust jacket due to age/shelf wear Dispatched within one working day Sold by the charity Langdon Foundation: Supporting young men & women with disabilities
Seller: Langdon eTraders, HARROW, United Kingdom
C. S. Forester. Hornblower in capticity (Cadet edition, volume three). Michael Joseph, 1955.
Price: US$30.31 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Hardback in Very Good condition with a Good Plus unclipped jacket. Blue cloth boards, lightly bumped, edges sunned, surfaces lightly marked, 224 pages, end papers tanned, scattered light marks and foxing, binding tight with slight roll. Jacket has minor marks and edge wear, spine ends scuffed with small chips/tears, now protected in a removable clear plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Free standard airmail worldwide.
Seller: Waimakariri Books and Prints Limited, Oxford, New Zealand
C. S. Forester. Hornblower's triumph (Cadet edition, volume four). Michael Joseph, 1955.
Price: US$30.31 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Hardback in Very Good condition with a like unclipped jacket. Blue cloth boards, lightly bumped, edges sunned, surfaces lightly marked, 223 pages, end papers tanned, scattered light marks and foxing, binding tight with roll. Jacket has light marks and edge wear, spine ends scuffed with small chip/tear to the head, now protected in a removable clear plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Free standard airmail worldwide.
Seller: Waimakariri Books and Prints Limited, Oxford, New Zealand
C. S. Forester. Hornblower in Captivity (Cadet edition, volume three). Michael Joseph, 1955.
Price: US$30.31 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition hardback in Very Good condition with a Good Plus clipped jacket. Blue cloth boards, clean, 224 pages, end papers tanned with a little foxing, light use wear and marks with the edge of the text block spotted, binding tight with slight roll. Jacket has creasing and chips to the spine ends, light surface marks, now protected in a removable clear plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Free standard airmail worldwide.
Seller: Waimakariri Books and Prints Limited, Oxford, New Zealand
C. S. Forester. Hornblower's triumph (Cadet edition, volume four). Michael Joseph, 1955.
Price: US$30.31 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Hardback in Very Good condition with a like clipped jacket. Blue cloth boards, lightly bumped, edges sunned, clean, 223 pages, end papers tanned, scattered light marks and foxing, binding tight with roll. Jacket has light marks and edge tears, spine ends scuffed with small chip to the head, now protected in a removable clear plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Free standard airmail worldwide.
Seller: Waimakariri Books and Prints Limited, Oxford, New Zealand
C.S.FORESTER. THE GOOD SHEPHERD. MICHAEL JOSEPH, LONDON, 1955.
Price: US$31.85 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good clean firm interior, no usage marks or inscriptions, toned to half-title page and to last page but no text obscured, dulled/toned to page block, boards in good-plus clean firm condition with only very slight usage, all tight; d/jacket has standard shelfwear as shown in photo, loss to lower spine tips and lower front, but all intact, covered with a new removable sleeve-protector, price-clipped neatly to inner flap.
Seller: Ron Weld Books, Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom
Forester, C. S.. The Good Shepherd (UK HB 1st - 1955). Michael Joseph, 1955.
Price: US$31.85 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: UK hardback first impressiin. VG in unclipped jacket, fair only with some chips and a little loss at top edge, and a large tear to top of rear panel.
Seller: Hunter Books, Burnham, BUCKS, United Kingdom
Price: US$33.04 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: VG+/VG+. 8vo. original black cloth (slightly rubbed & flecked, prev. ownership details to front endpapers, slight leaf edge toning, else clean & unmarked) in dustwrapper priced 12s. 6d. (a little rubbed & frayed, else clean & bright); pp. 288, with pictorial endpapers. A very good copy. Filmed in 2020 as 'Greyhound', starring Tom Hanks.
Seller: Arapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex, Castlemaine, VIC, Australia
C.S.Forester. The Good Shepherd. Michael Joseph, London, 1955.
Price: US$44.53 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition:First Printing:Book Condition:A Very Good copy, very gently bumped top and bottom of the spine, page edges very gently toned, internally very clean and bright, tight binding.Dustjacket Condition:Very Good, very gently rubbed and chipped top and bottom of the spine, corners very gently rubbed, very small tear bottom edge rear panel, retains original publishers price.
Seller: Bawnmore Fine and Rare Books, Rugby, United Kingdom
Forester, C. S.. The Captain from Connecticut. Michael Joseph, London, 1955.
Price: US$48.66 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Later edition. 1955 printing. Second Greenwich edition printing. Prize binding awarded by Bishop's College School in 1959, award bookplate pasted in to the front paste-down endpaper, with crest in gilt to the front board. Bound in half leather over green linen. Gilt spine lettering, spine faded, leather supple and edges not worn or rubbed. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpaper. A clean and tight copy.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
C S Forester. The Good Shepherd. Michael Joseph, 1955.
Price: US$50.96 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. UK hardback first impression. An nice copy. VG+ with a bumped corner and fading to top edge, in VG jacket, unclipped with chipping to spine ends and somer corners and a couple of small stains
Seller: Westmoor Books, Leyburn, United Kingdom
Price: US$53.51 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1) The Good Shepherd, black cloth hard cover with no cover wear, 1st edition published in 1955, unclipped dust jacket designed by David Cobb has some mild edge wear and a tear at upper spine end (see photograph), 288 clean pages. 2) Randall and The River of Time, 1st edition published 1951, 320 pages, black cloth hard cover with some loss of colour to edge of boards possibly due to damp, otherwise no significant wear, unclipped dust jacket has a tear at each spine end and designed by Biro. Two 1st edition volumes in very good condition with good dust jackets.
Seller: McGonigles', Cerne Abbas, United Kingdom
Forester, C. S.. The Good Shepherd. Michael Joseph, 1955.
Price: US$54.91 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Michael Joseph, London, 1955. Original black cloth boards lettered in blue to the spine. Embossed library seal stamped on half-title page. Octavo - 288 pp. A fair condition copy of the 1st UK edition of Forester's novelization of a convoy crossing at the height of the Battle of the Atlantic. Source for Tom Hank's recent film "Greyhound" and its sequel. The boards are clean, with minor wear/abrasions/bumping. The binding is fragile in the early pages. The netting is visible where several of the feps have been removed. With the original dust jacket, unclipped, with loss, tears, and chips.
Seller: Bois Books, Les Clayes sous Bois, YVELI, France
Forester, C.S.. The Good Shepherd. Michael Joseph, London, 1955.
Price: US$61.13 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Book is in good lightly marked condition. Dust jacket is in fair condition with some wear, tears, chipping; areas of loss. Dust jacket condition preserved within new clear plastic non-adhesive removable protective covering. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 287 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Ships & the Sea. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 50311.
Seller: Serendipitous Ink, Rosewood, QLD, Australia
Forester, C. S.. The Good Shepherd (UK HB 1st - 1955 - NICE COPY). Michael Joseph, 1955.
Price: US$63.70 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: UK hardback first impression. An nice copy. VG+ with some outward bowing to boards, in VG+ jacket, better than average, unclipped with light spotting to reverse and a couple of small nicks to edge.
Seller: Hunter Books, Burnham, BUCKS, United Kingdom
Forester, C. S.. The Good Shepherd. Michael Joseph, London, 1955.
Price: US$63.70 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Dust jacket in good condition with clear plastic protective covering, bright and clean, chipped with small loss at head of spine, corners at head also chipped, lightly edgeworn, black boards lightly rubbed, spine sunned, endpapers illustrated, closed edges lightly browned, very light spotting to fly title and title page, pages clean, unmarked, binding sound. Size: 12mo
Seller: Bookcase, Carlisle, United Kingdom
Forester, C[ecil] S[cott]. THE NIGHTMARE. Michael Joseph, London, 1955.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo, cloth. First British edition. Stories of Nazi horrors during World War II inspired by evidence given at the Nuremberg and Belsen trials. The final story, "The Wandering Gentile," is a fantasy about Hitler and his lover Eva Braun hitchhiking in California, doomed to wander the Earth forever. NCBEL IV 576. A nearly fine copy in very good dust jacket with light edge wear, short closed tear at bottom front spine fold, small stain to front panel near upper spine end with no show though on outer surface, and clipped price. Externally an attractive copy overall. (#116321)
Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.
C S Forester. The Good Shepherd. Michael Joseph, 1955.
Price: US$80.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: This book is in good condition, the dust jacket has some scuffs and minor tears. A previous owner's name on first page.
Seller: Pippa's Place, HUNTERS HILL, NSW, Australia
Forester, C.S.. The Good Shepherd. Michael Joseph Ltd., 1955.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The signature of a previous owner has been crossed out. The dust jacket is in a poor condition. Light foxing. Internally, there are no markings or inscriptions, and the pages are immaculately clean and complete. Tightly bound and presented beautifully in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
FORESTER, C.S. (1899-1966). The Good Shepherd. London: Michael Joseph, 1955, 1955.
Price: US$108.29 + shipping
Description: [Naval fiction] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.288. Publisher's black cloth with titles to spine, pictorial endpapers, illustrated dust-jacket priced at 12/6. Contents clean, owner bookplate to first blank, edges toned, bright jacket is lightly worn at crown. Very good. An attractive copy of this Second World War adventure concerning an allied convoy at the Battle of the Atlantic.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
Price: US$121.74 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Lord Hornblower Flying Colours African Queen Lieutenant Hornblower Happy return Hornblower and the Atropos The Ship Mr Midshipman Hornblower A Ship of the LineThe General, Earthly Paradise The Commodore The Captain from Connecticut. Tear to spine of Earthly Paradise
Seller: Victoria Bookshop, BERE ALSTON, DEVON, United Kingdom
Forester, C S. The Good Shepherd. Michael Joseph, London, 1955.
Price: US$152.89 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Michael Joseph, London, 1955. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good: first edition, first printing; clean and bright boards with four sharp corners; no previous owner's marks or gift inscription; slight shadow and a few small spots to half title page; clean and tight text block with spotting to edges. Dust jacket condition: Very Good: clean, wrap-a-round graphic painting of convoy and escort by David Cobb (repeated on front and rear paste downs and end papers); two 1cm closed tears to top edge of spine and very small nicks to bottom edge of spine; one 8mm closed tear to bottom edge of rear panel and one 0.5cm closed tear to top edge; scuffs to corners of front and rear flaps; not price clipped (12s 6d).
Seller: M&B Books, London, United Kingdom
Forester, C.S.. The Good Shepherd. Michael Joseph, London, 1955.
Price: US$382.21 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 8vo. Pp 288. Original cloth. Pictorial endpapers. The unclipped d/w shows light wear to its top edge. No inscriptions. A particularly nice copy. In collectible condition.
Seller: Leakey's Bookshop Ltd., Inverness, United Kingdom