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Forester, C.S.. U 97. London John Lane The Bodley Head 1931, 1931.
Price: US$187.89 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st Edition. 98,[8]pp. 12mo with green cloth boards. Cream label with black lettering on spine. Boards have mild sun fading to spine and edges. Boards also have slight lean. New spine label tipped in at rear. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. very good A three act play following the crew of a German u-boat attacking Scapa Flow in the United Kingdom. A scarce copy.
Seller: Aquila Books(Cameron Treleaven) ABAC, Calgary, AB, Canada
C.S. Forester. U97: A Play in Three Acts. John Lane The Bodley Head, London, 1931.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition, First Impression [Smiley, 016a]. Octavo (8vo). 98pp. + 8pp. ads. Bound in publisher's cloth boards with paper title label. VERY GOOD in Poor dust jacket protected in a removable archival cover. The book itself shows marginal shelf rubbing along the edges, the spine and boards somewhat toned, otherwise the binding is strong and tight, the text is clean and unmarked, and the boards remain distinct. The dust jacket is missing the spine entirely and the front and back panel with several small chips. As pictured.
Seller: North Books: Used & Rare, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$320.82 + shipping
Description: [Naval adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.99; [1], blank; [8], ads. Publisher's green cloth with printed paper title label to spine, in original printed dust-wrapper. Owner bookplate. Contents clean, covers have some dampstaining which has offset to jacket. Some chips and tears to extremeties, reverse side with some practical repairs/strengthening. An inexpensive copy of a scarce book in jacket. Forester's 'U 97' concerns a German submarine which is trying to sink the British Grand Fleet at Scapa Flow, 1918. Written as a drama, in three acts.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom
FORESTER, C. S.. U 97: A Play in Three Acts.. London: John Lane, The Bodley Head., 1931.
Price: US$577.47 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing. Publisher's original green cloth with titles in black to a white label affixed to the spine, in dustwrapper. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout. The cloth is faded to the spine and to the margins of front and rear panels. Complete with the lightly rubbed, nicked and dusty dustwrapper, that has small chips with loss to spine tips and corners, and a closed tear to the rear flap fold. Correctly priced (3s. 6d. net) to the spine. (Wilden 16a). "Mr C. S. Forester, who has made his name as a novelist and biographer, here turns to the dramatic form for his story of the German submarine service. The action takes place at Cuxhaven during the sailors' revolution of 1918 on board submarine manned by German officers which is trying to get into Scapa Flow in a desperate attempt to sink the British Grand Fleet." (from the jacket) Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
FORESTER, C.S.. U 97 A Play in Three Acts. The Bodley Head, 1931.
Price: US$1058.69 + shipping
Description: First edition. Original green cloth with title label to spine in yellow printed dustwrapper. A near fine copy with light fading to the spine through the wrapper in a very good dustwrapper which is principally complete but just shows a little wear to the spine ends and a small hole to the spine.
Seller: Jonkers Rare Books, Henley on Thames, OXON, United Kingdom