Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: TRUE FIRST EDITION, issued the day before publication in a single volume. Green cloth, lettered in silver. Two complete novels in the Horatio Hornblower series. SIGNED BY FORESTER on a Book Society "Flying Colours" bookplate which is mounted to the front pastedown. The book has a bump to the upper spine end. There is some light mottling to the front cover, at the upper front and also some to the rear. Light stains to the upper page edges and another to the fore edge, at the rear. Very tight. The dust jacket has chipping at the spine ends and corners. There are also some chips to the rear fore edge flap fold. Darkening to the spine. Also a small watermark to the title area on the spine. To the lower, front flap there is the correct price of 8/6 along with the statement, "NOT FOR GENERAL SALE". ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 304,284 pages; Signed by Author
Seller: Scott Emerson Books, ABAA, El Cajon, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Description: First UK Edition, and the correct first of "Flying Colors," preceding the single volume publication. SIGNED by the author on a special Book Society bookplate designed by Rex Whistler. The third Hornblower novel published, and the eighth in series chronology, published together with the second. Along with "The Happy Return," the three form the basis for the 1951 film "Captain Horatio Hornblower," directed by Raoul Walsh, and starring Gregory Peck and Virginia Mayo. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Ink notation and owner name to the bookplate on the front pastedown. Slight lean, with light foxing to the page edges. Jacket is lightly soiled, with chipping to the extremities and a few small closed tears.
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Forester, C.S.. Flying Colours Including A Ship of the Line. Michael Joseph, 1938.
Price: US$900.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: USG1 LO-Published one day prior to the first separate trade edition of "A Ship on the Line". SIGNED by C.S. Forester on a special bookplate designed especially for The Book Society by Rex Whistler. The Book Society also published this book in conjunction with Michael Joseph. 284pp. Spotting and wear to the corners, cracked front hinge needs attention. green cloth/silver titles Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Aamstar Bookshop / Hooked On Books, Colorado Springs, CO, U.S.A.
Forester, C S. Flying Colours - SIGNED by the Author. Michael Joseph 1938, 1938.
Price: US$1614.51 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A first edition, first printing published by Michael Joseph in 1938. A very good+ book without inscriptions - some light spotting to the page edges. SIGNED on the rare Rex Whistler designed Book Society plate to the front endpaper by Forester. In a very good unclipped wrapper with some light loss to the spine tips and a little corners - Spine browned as usual. Rare with the SIGNED bookplate.
Seller: John Atkinson Books ABA ILAB PBFA, Harrogate, United Kingdom
FORESTER, C. S.. Flying Colours, Including A Ship Of The Line. Michael Joseph, London, 1938.
Price: US$1750.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: This copy issued one day before the stand alone issue of Flying Colours. Original green cloth, lettered in silver. The jacket is complete. The dust jacket for this copy has had minimal archival repair, mostly to remove tape from the verso. The book is now very clean and bright. At the half-title is affixed a "Book Society" book plate signed by Forester. A beautiful copy of two classic Hornblower novels. Near Fine / Near Fine.
Seller: First Place Books - ABAA, ILAB, Walkersville, MD, U.S.A.