Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
C.S. Forester. Ship of the Line. Little Brown and Co., 1943.
Price: US$3.86 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: Very worn & marked jacket with significant tears & sections missing. Wear & bumps to board edges & corners. Book plate on ffep. Tanning throughout with foxing to edges of textblock. Worn & tired copy but the content is still good & fine to read.
Seller: Hay-on-Wye Booksellers, Hay-on-Wye, HEREF, United Kingdom
C.S. Forester. The Ship. Little, Brown, 1943.
Price: US$11.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1st printing. NO publisher's price present. Visually checked for defects and deviations -- Found: general edge-wear ~ name in pen on the front paste down.
Seller: Muhresell, Avon, CT, U.S.A.
C. S. Forester. The Ship. Little Brown & Co., Boston, 1943.
Price: US$16.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: G++/no dust jacket. Soiling to boards and spine. Edgewear and wear to spine. Red boards with black lettering. First edition. Stated. Solid copy.
Seller: Blue Moon Books, Stevens Point, WI, U.S.A.
C.S. Forester. Ship of the Line. Little Brown and Co., 1943.
Price: US$16.14 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Forester, C S. The Ship. Little Brown, United States, 1943.
Price: US$16.80 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: US 1st edition. Owner signature in pencil to opening leaf.Looks like they were crew (A.H.N Green-Armytage , possibly the author by that name?) on HMS Highlander. Admiralty fleet orders of April 1943 show an officer of that name on the Highlander.
Seller: Caerwen Books, Forrestfield, WA, Australia
C.S.Forester. The Ship. Little, Brown and Company, 1943.
Price: US$24.48 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1943. Reprinted. 281 pages. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Lettering is bright and clear. Visible wear marks to boards. Unclipped jacket. Dust jacket has heavy edgewear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing. Heavy tears to flaps. Moderate tanning and wear marks to flaps, panels and spine.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
C.S. Forester. The Ship. Little, Brown & Co., 1943.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Description: Very good in red boards. No dust jacket.(3 prices in crayon on front end paper) 2nd printing. This a nice clean copy, the spine is solid, The text is clean and pages are not torn or dirty. We provide fast and reliable shipping service. We started to sell on the internet in 1998. We ship from California. All our books are guaranteed.
Seller: Valley Books, Cupertino, CA, U.S.A.
C.S. Forester. The Ship. Little, Brown and Company, 1943.
Price: US$25.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 23 printing, ex. library, very light shelfwear to edges of book, handful of tiny ships to dj
Seller: CKBooks, Bussey, IA, U.S.A.
C. S. Forester. The Ship. Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1943.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: All photos are actual books, not stock photos. This book is in near fine condition with some creasing to the edges of the spine. There is some light foxing to the inside cover hinge. The binding is tight and the pages are clean but yellowed. The dust jacket is in very good condition with wear and small tears along the outer edges. The jacket is in a plastic sleeve.
Seller: East Aurora Bookworm, East Aurora, NY, U.S.A.
Forester C S. The Ship. Little Brown, 1943.
Price: US$30.92 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Stated First edition without jacket on red cloth will send out 1 st class post - rare and collectable
Seller: The Guru Bookshop, Hereford, United Kingdom
FORESTER, C.S.. The Ship. Boston: Little, Brown, 1943, 1943.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Description: First American Edition. Gift inscription; 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.. The Ship. Boston, Little, Brown & Co., 1943.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Book near fine. Dust jacket has price intact, wear to the edges, very good. First edition, so stated.
Seller: Darwin Labordo, Books, Sierra Madre, CA, U.S.A.
C. S. Forester. The Ship. Little Brown & Company, 1943.
Price: US$87.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: ISBN . Hardback. First Edition, published May 1943, as stated on copy right page. Book is a tight, sound, unmarked copy in Very Good condition with slight edge wear. Dust jacket has a very slight spine fade, not very noticeable and very slight chipping to top and bottom of spine, otherwise a nice bright copy in very good condition. $2.50 original price is present and unclipped on front flap of dust jacket. We have placed dust jacket in a brodart protective cover and it looks much better than described.
Seller: Tacoma Book Center, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.
FORESTER, C.S.. The Ship. Boston: Little, Brown, 1943, 1943.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Description: First American Edition. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Inscribed by the author, 'To Hilda Vaughan, the gentlewoman, with best wishes from C.S. Forester - 1943.' The recipient, a well-regarded novelist herself, was the wife of novelist Charles Morgan, becoming a friend of Forester when moving to California from wartime England. The jacket illustration is by Tom Lea, best known for his writing and artwork set in the American West. 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.. The Ship. Little, Brown and Company, 1943.
Price: US$1200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Extra-illustrated by Francis Ely Waterman. A unique and special book. 1st American edition. Boston: Little, Brown and Co, 1943. 6 preliminary leaves, [3]-281 pages; 20 cm. Stain on rear cover flyleaf. Bound in publisher's red cloth with pictorial dust jacket (minor edge wear to jacket). Signed by Francis Ely Waterman (1878-1947) and expertly illustrated in 61 (!) hand drawn and colored pictures in the end sheets, page margins and blanks. Waterman illustrated this book in 1943. The illustrations show images of the scenes written in the book and are done with a fine eye for detail in colored pencil. Includes Waterman's obituary from 1947. Waterman was a noted New York architect and served as Superintendent of Engineer Transport with the U.S. Army General Staff during World War I. An exceptional book.
Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.
C.S. Forester. The Ship. Little, Brown & Company, 1943.
Price: US$1249.99 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Stated First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped ($2.50 price intact). Published by Little Brown, 1943. Octavo. Red cloth boards stamped in black. Signed inscribed and dated 1943 by C.S. Forester on flyleaf. Book is like new; clean and crisp with no writing or names. Binding tight and pages crisp. Spine straight and corners sharp (except for front top corner which has a light bump). Dust jacket is very good plus with some light shelf wear and a few small nicks. Scarce signed copy of this "contemporary" Forester historical novel written and set during the height of World War II. Jacket art by Tom Lea. 281 pages. Book has been placed in a custom acetate protector. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York.
Seller: Southampton Books, Southampton, NY, U.S.A.