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A SAILOR'S SWEETHEART
New York: New Amsterdam Book Company, 1897. A later US edition (first US was in 1880). Original maroon ribbed cloth very tastefully and elaborately decorated in a gilt floral pattern, top edge gilt. Frontispiece and 7 other illustrations inserted. Small ink notation to front pastedown; rubber stamped name to front free endpaper; spine lightly age-darkened, lightly rubbed to tips and joints, gilt just a little dulled; a bright, nearly fine copy otherwise of this handsome edition. Another nautical novel by the author of THE WRECK OF THE GROSVENOR.; Octavo
Condition: Very Good
Book ID: 11148More details Price: USD $35.00 USD $31.50 -
A TRADITION OF VICTORY
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
London: Hutchinson, 1981. Blue boards, endpaper maps, fine copy. Dust jacket has a short tear to rear flap fold, else fine, flap price intact. ; Octavo
Book ID: 55772More details Price: USD $19.95 USD $17.96 -
ADMIRAL
Edition: First Canadian issue
Don Mills, Ontario: Musson, 1982. Blue boards. Fine in fine jacket. Made from plates of the UK first. ; Octavo
Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket
Book ID: 44721More details Price: USD $19.00 USD $17.10 -
BADGE OF GLORY
Edition: First printing
London: Hutchinson, 1982. Blue boards. Remainder dot to top page edges, else fine in fine jacket. First novel in the series about the Royal Marines and the Blackwood family. Author also writes as "Alexander Kent".; Octavo
Condition: Near Fine in Fine dust jacket
Book ID: 11936More details Price: USD $19.00 USD $17.10 -
BLUE WATER. A Tale of the Deep Sea Fishermen.
Toronto: Musson, 1935. New edition. Blue cloth stamped in gilt. (xii), 322, (2) pp. Spine gilt a bit dulled, page edges yellowed, a good clean and tight jacketless copy, no owner names. A novel of the Atlantic Canada deep sea fishery, this new edition adds a new four page author introduction about changes in the fishery since he first went to sea in 1912. Author's first novel.
Book ID: 45857More details Price: USD $14.95 USD $13.46 -
BUCCANEER
Edition: First US printing
New York: Walker, 1984. Black boards. Text paper lightly tanned, as usual, else fine. Dust jacket has orange spine sunned to yellow, as usual, else fine, flap price intact. A nautical adventure novel set in the Caribbean in the 1650's.; Octavo. 0802707831
Condition: Fine in Very Good dust jacket
Book ID: 44720More details Price: USD $22.00 USD $19.80 -
"CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS": a story of the Grand Banks
New York: Century, 1904. Early printing (first was in 1897). Green pictorial cloth stamped in red, black, and gilt, top edges gilt, 21 full page illustrations. Spine just a little darkened, page edges lightly yellowed, ink owner name at front, else a VG+ copy, attractive, clean, unworn. One of the great sea novels, basis of the 1937 film classic starring Freddie Bartholomew, Spencer Tracy (Best Actor Academy Award), and Lionel Barrymore. ; Octavo.
Book ID: 47675More details Price: USD $29.95 USD $26.96 -
DESOLATION ISLAND
Edition: First printing
London: Collins, 1978. Grey boards. Fine copy, no owner marks. Price-clipped dust jacket has a bit of bubbling to the surface lamination at top edge of front panel, else fine and bright, no spine sunning. A nice copy of the 5th Aubrey / Maturin novel. 0002221454
Book ID: 23799More details Price: USD $250.00 USD $225.00 -
ENEMY IN SIGHT !
Edition: First US printing
New York: Putnam's, 1970. Dark maroon cloth, gilt. Small two line private owner rubber stamp on front free enpaper, half-title leaf, and last (blank) page, else fine. Dust jacket has light rubbing at inner and outer corners of front panel, two short tears to rear panel, corner crease to rear flap, VG otherwise, colours bright, flap price intact, attractive. The third Bolitho novel.; Octavo
Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
Book ID: 38004More details Price: USD $30.00 USD $27.00 -
FIRE DOWN BELOW
Edition: First printing
London: Faber, 1989. Black boards. Canadian publisher's complimentary copy for review, with sheet laid in. Fine in fine jacket. The third volume of his sea trilogy, To the Ends of the Earth.
Book ID: 43210More details Price: USD $19.50 USD $17.55 -
GOLD FROM CRETE. Ten Stories.
Edition: First printing
Boston: Little, Brown, 1970. Two tone blue boards. Soft vertical crease to front free endpaper and first five leaves; slight sunning to dark blue top page edges; VG otherwise. VG jacket is price-clipped; tiny rubbed chips to spint tips; very slight spine darkening. WWII naval adventure stories. UK edition was in 1971.; Octavo
Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
Book ID: 2286More details Price: USD $18.95 USD $17.06 -
IN GALLANT COMPANY
Edition: First US printing
New York: Putnam's, 1977. Light blue cloth, endpaper maps. Small foxing spots to top page edges; minor rubbing to spine tips; tiny white spots to upper spine; else a fine, clean, unworn copy, no owner names. Dust jacket has nicks and small creases to spine tips; minor rubbing; nearly fine, colours bright, flap price intact, no chips or clips.; Octavo
Condition: Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket
Book ID: 12268More details Price: USD $20.00 USD $18.00 -
LAST IN CONVOY
Edition: First US printing
New York: McDowell, Obolensky, c1957 [1958]. Octavo, blue cloth, blue endpapers. Blue top page edges faded, soft bumps to lower outer corners of covers, else fine, no owner names. Black price-clipped jacket has nicks and rubbhing at spine ends, rubbing to outer corners, VG otherwise. Author's third novel, his break-through book, a tale of nautical suspense. An aged merchant ship is left behind by his convoy crossing the Atlantic during WWII, left an unarmed sitting duck in waters infested with German submarines. Pattinson went on to publish over 100 mystery thrillers.
Book ID: 38552More details Price: USD $24.95 USD $22.46 -
PASSAGE TO MUTINY
Edition: First US printing
New York: Putnam's, 1976. Blue-green cloth. Minute foxing to page edges, else a fine copy. Dust jacket has tiny nicks to spine tips, faint scarcely noticable rubbing, else fine, flap price intact. The 10th Bolitho nautical adventure novel.; Octavo
Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Book ID: 12253More details Price: USD $25.00 USD $22.50 -
PATRICK O'BRIAN: critical essays and a bibliography
Edition: First US issue
New York: Norton, 1994. Blue boards. pp 176. Erratum slip laid in. Fine in fine, price-clipped jacket. The bibliography lists British, American, and Canadian editions, dates of publications, original prices, ISBN numbers, and notes some variants. The final section contains excerpts of critical reviews of many of his books.; Octavo 039303626X
Book ID: 50756More details Price: USD $19.95 USD $17.96 -
PINCHER MARTIN, O.D. A Story of the Inner Life of the Royal Navy. Illustrated by C. Fleming Williams.
Edition: First Canadian issue
Toronto / London: Musson / Chambers. Second printing, Nov., 1916 (first was Oct., 1916). Blue cloth lettered and decorated in white. [6], (339) pp + frontispiece and six other full page illustrations. Light spots to rear cover; bit of foxing to page edges and to text early and late; former owner's name and address on front fly leaf; else a VG tight and unworn copy. This is the presumed first Canadian issue, with "Toronto / THE MUSSON BOOK COMPANY / LIMITED" printed above the London title page imprint. It doesn't appear to be rubber stamped as there is a slight impression made in the paper. A World War I nautical novel.; Octavo
Book ID: 23300More details Price: USD $19.95 USD $17.96 -
RAMAGE AND THE DRUM BEAT
Edition: First printing
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1967. Red boards. Fine copy. Dust jacket has a very light sticker stain to spine, else fine, flap price intact.. A nice copy of the second Ramage novel.; Octavo
Book ID: 41552More details Price: USD $45.00 USD $40.50 -
RAMAGE AND THE REBELS
Edition: First US printing
New York: Walker, 1985. Black boards. Very light yellowing to page edges, else a fine copy. Jacket has small creases to foot of spine, else fine. The 9th Ramage nautical adventure novel, this one set on the Spanish Main.
Condition: Fine in Very Good dust jacket
Book ID: 5098More details Price: USD $19.00 USD $17.10 -
Ramage's Challenge
Edition: First printing
London: Secker & Warburg, 1985. Blue boards. Fine copy, no owner names. Dust jacket has some crinkling to the surface lamination on rear panel, light surface scratches to front panel, else fine and bright, flap price intact.; Octavo. 0436377462
Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Book ID: 28077More details Price: USD $19.00 USD $17.10 -
RAMAGE'S SIGNAL.
Edition: First printing
London: Secker & Warburg, 1980. Maroon boards. Review copy for Canada, with the Canadian's distributor's label (Collins) affixed to front free endpaper. Former owner's ink inscription to front pastedown (mostly hidden by jacket flap); else fine. Price-clipped jacket has tiny nick to outer corner, else fine.; Octavo 043637739X
Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
Book ID: 19216More details Price: USD $18.95 USD $17.06