Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Roberts, Kenneth. Captain Caution. Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1934.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Autographed, inscribed by the author. blue cloth binding.
Seller: Peasant Birch Booksellers, Newport, NH, U.S.A.
Kenneth Roberts. Captain Caution. Doubleday Doran, Garden City, 1934.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Moderate shelfwear/soiling to covers, bookplate on second free endpaper, sound copy. "A Chronicle of Arundel". Signed by the author on the title page: "With Best Wishes Kenneth Roberts".
Seller: Trench Books, Hudson, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$88.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Blue stamped cloth with gilt spine lettering and gilt front cover pictorial of an eagle. Signed and inscribed on title page with the following: "Inscribed for Ralph Lunt with the best wishes of a fellow Kennebunker - Kenneth Roberts July 7th, 1937". Publisher's ads in back. A very clean and tight copy. PayPal accepted.
Seller: Diamond Island Books, Gorham, ME, U.S.A.
Roberts, Kenneth. CAPTAIN CAUTION. Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, Garden City, New York, 1934.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed by Kenneth Roberts on a prefatory blank leaf. "A stirring historical novel of the War of 1812" by the author of the novel Northwest Passage (1937). Octavo. Original blue cloth binding, with decorative blind and gilt stamping. Mild dust spotting to the top edge. The dust jacket is price-clipped, with some very light toning and wear along the extremities; else very good or better.
Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA, Covina, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$110.00 + shipping
Description: First edition and printing, Signed by the author, "With best wishes," on the title page. Illustrated with ship identification charts and a map of the English Channel at both front and rear endpapers. 8vo, publisher's original navy blue cloth embossed with stars within a pattern of diamonds in blind to the upper cover and spine panel, American eagle on upper cover in gilt and with gilt lettering to the spine. The dustjacket is from a later issue of the book. 310, 6 ads. pp. A well preserved copy, especially so for Depression era books, the spine and boards slightly soiled, mildly edge-worn. Interior clean, binding tight. Dustjacket moderately edge-worn, a closed tear and creasing on bottom corner of rear panel, rectangle clipped from bottom of rear flap, corners clipped from both flaps. FIRST EDITION BY A MODERN MASTER OF HISTORIC FICTION, renowned for his scrupulous accuracy and unforgettable depiction of past times. CAPTAIN CAUTION is a tale of 1812, when America has declared war on Britain. The American ship Olive Branch is waylaid by a British cruiser; its captain killed, and the crew taken prisoner, including the captains pretty and strong-willed daughter, Corunna. Widely recognized for his careful attention to historical details, Roberts portrays the bravery of the seamen, their sufferings in Dartmoor Prison, the invention of the Gangway Pendulum, and the sailors dangerous and dramatic escape.
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Octavo, 310pp, [2], [4pp ads]. Navy blue cloth, title in gilt on spine, gilt design and blind stamped details on front board. Copyright date matches date on title page. Solid text block, detailed imagery on endpapers, a few minor marks on boards, a near fine example. In publisher's dust jacket, $2.50 retail price on front flap, a few stains on front panel, some chipping along edges, heavy wear on front flap, a good example. Signed by Kenneth Roberts with inscription stated "With all good wishes" on title page.
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
Kenneth Roberts. Captain Caution. Doubleday Doran,, Garden City:, 1934.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: First Printing Very near fine in blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and with a pattern to the cloth and a gilt eagle on the front board. A 12mo of 7 7/16 by 5 1/8 with the cloth at the head and heel of the spine is very lightly rubbed. In a very good, unclipped dust jacket with 1/4 inch deep chips at the upper and lower edges of the spine area and two closed tears at the lower fore edge of the front panel. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page with "With Best Wishes | Kenneth Roberts". An historical fiction novel which takes place during the War of 1812. 310 pages of text followed by ads from the publisher.
Seller: Town's End Books, ABAA, Deep River, CT, U.S.A.
ROBERTS, Kenneth. Captain Caution: A Chronicle of Arundel. , 1934.
Price: US$220.00 + shipping
Description: ROBERTS, Kenneth. Captain Caution: A Chronicle of Arundel. Original gilt-pictorial blind-patterned cloth, map endpapers, non-pricelipped dust jacket. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1934. First edition. Signed by the author on front endpaper. Jacket has a little wear to ends of spine panel, some trimming to front flap, else a very good or better copy.
Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.
Roberts, Kenneth. Captain Caution. Doubleday, Doran & Co, Garden City, New York, 1934.
Price: US$228.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A near-fine copy in an edge worn dust jacket. Stated first edition. Inscribed by Roberts on the title page. Dust jacket is not price clipped. This is not an ex-library copy. Please view photo(s) to determine exact condition.
Seller: Novelty Shop Used & Rare Books, Novelty, OH, U.S.A.
Roberts, Kenneth. CAPTAIN CAUTION. Doubleday, Doran, 1934.
Price: US$232.00 + shipping
Description: CAPTAIN CAUTION, Doubleday, Doran, 1934, first edition, a vg+ copy in like dust-wrapper. INSCRIBED by the author on a bookplate pasted onto the f.p.d.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Roberts, Kenneth. Captain Caution. Doubleday, Doran & Company, New York, 1934.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Inscribed and SIGNED by Roberts on a copy of his personal Bookplate! Scarce in a jacket. Modest cover wear else a clean copy in an jacket with some edgewear and fraying. ; Signed by Author
Seller: Gerry Kleier Rare Books, Martinez, CA, U.S.A.
Roberts, Kenneth. CAPTAIN CAUTION. Doubleday, Doran, 1934.
Price: US$290.00 + shipping
Description: CAPTAIN CAUTION, Doubleday, Doran, 1934, first edition, a fine copy in vg/vg+ dust-wrapper with some slight wear and tear. SIGNED by the author on a tipped in page.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Octavo, 310pp, [6]. Navy blue cloth, title in gilt on spine, gilt design and blind stamped details on front board. Stated "first edition" on copyright page. Solid text block, detailed imagery on endpapers, a few minor marks on boards, a near fine example. In publisher's dust jacket, $2.50 retail price on front flap, some chipping along edges, a touch of shelf wear and toning, a very good example. Inscribed by the author on title page: "For Robert H. Stevenson, with best wishes, Kenneth Roberts." Kenneth Roberts was a historical fiction writer who won a Pulitzer Prize Special Citation in 1957 for his novels focusing on early American history.
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.