Resultados de búsqueda: Libros de forester cs 1899 1966

London : M. Joseph, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Library copy. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Small stain on front board. Slight wear to spine. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 219p. ; 21cm. Subjects: English fiction.

Harmondsworth : Penguin, 1951. First Edition in this form. Softcover. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-toned and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Series: Penguin Books. no. 835. Physical description: 251p. ; 18cm. Subjects: English fiction.

Harmondsworth : Penguin Books, 1964. First Penguin Edition. Hardcover. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-toned and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Series: Penguin books ; 1536. Physical description: 236p. ; 19cm. Subjects: Seafaring life -- History -- Fiction.

London : M. Joseph, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Corners slightly bumped. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 219p. ; 20cm. Subjects: Great Britain -- Navy -- Fiction.

London : Michael Joseph, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Boards dust-toned. Some wear to spine. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description: 224p. ; 19cm. Subjects: Seafaring life -- History -- Fiction.

London : Michael Joseph, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 304 pages ; 19cm. Subjects: Seafaring life -- History -- Fiction.

London : Michael Joseph, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Some fading to front board. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 240p. ; 21cm. Subjects: Germany -- (1933-1945) -- Fiction

London : Michael Joseph, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 283p. ; 19cm. Subjects: Hornblower, Horatio (Fictitious character) ; Fiction.

London : Michael Joseph, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 319p. ; 19cm. Subjects: Columbus, Christopher ; Fiction.

London : Michael Joseph, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 320 pages ; 20cm. Subjects: World War, (1914-1918) -- Fiction.

London : Michael Joseph, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Previous owner's inscription. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 283p. ; 19cm. Subjects: Hornblower, Horatio (Fictitious character) ; Fiction.

London : Michael Joseph, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Library copy. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: [191}p. ; 21cm. Subjects: Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.

London : Michael Joseph, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Some fading to front board and spine. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 240p. ; 21cm. Subjects: Germany -- History (1933-1945) -- Fiction.

London : Michael Joseph, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 304 pages ; 19cm. Subjects: Hornblower, Horatio (Fictitious character) ; Fiction. Seafaring life ; History, 19th century.

London: Longmans, 1961. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION THUS, Longmans' Abridged Books. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.[6]; 209; [1]. Pictorial softcovers. Ex-libris stamp of Trevor Hickman to front paste-down, sunning to spine and light wearing to covers. Sunning to front cover, small pencilled 'w' to front cover. Very good. Set in 1915 on the treacherous rivers of war-torn Central Africa, the gin-sodden trader Charlie Allnut reluctantly agrees to help prim missionary Rose Sayer travel down river on a hazardous journey to destroy a German gun boat. The novel was first published in 1944, and this later edition (published in 1961) was abridged by G. M. Gore Little.

London: Michael Joseph, 1962. [Naval Adventure] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.287 [1]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by David Cobb. Internally clean, with a little toning and spotting to edges and endpapers. Jacket price-clipped, with a little toning to spine, and a touch of wear to edges. Very good. The tenth in the popular 'Hornblower' series, third chronologically, and one of the three novels covered by the ITV television film series staring Ioan Gruffudd and Robert Lindsay (1998-2003).

London: Michael Joseph, 1967. [Naval Fiction] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.174 [2]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket designed by Ivan Lapper. Internally clean with a little spotting to edges. Head of spine quite heavily bumped. A bright example of the jacket showing some wear to the edges; price-clipped. Very good. Contains the uncompleted last Hornblower novel and two short stories previously unpublished in book form. In 1805 Napoleon prepares to invade England. A desperate hand-to-hand encounter with a French brig gives Hornblower possession of confidential dispatches from Bonaparte - a means of luring the enemy fleet into battle. Asked by the Admiralty to risk a shameful death, he agrees to a dangerous mission which could rank as the greatest defeat of his career - turning spy to light a powder trail to Trafalgar.

London : Michael Joseph, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 175p. ; 21cm. Subjects: Seafaring life -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.

London: Michael Joseph, 1971. [Navy stories] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.194; [2], blank. Publisher's blue cloth with titles to spine, illustrated dust-jacket priced at 35s. Contents clean, owner bookplate to pastedown, jacket is bright and fresh. Near fine. A collection of stories of sea warfare, set in the Mediterranean and Atlantic.

Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1939. [Modern Literature] VINTAGE PENGUIN EDITION, first Penguin Edition. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.245; [1]; [10], publisher's advertisements. Publisher's orange and white softcovers, matching dust-jacket with printed price of 6d. to front flap. Ex-libris stamp front paste-down, toning to edges of textblock and internally, toning to covers and jacket, wear to jacket extremities and backstrip tears repaired with archival tape. Very good. 'The Gun' is the story of an arduous journey undertaken by Spanish partisans to transport a massive cannon across inhospitable terrain so as to use it to break the siege of Salas. The novel was first published in 1933, and by Penguin in 1939.