The Life and Times of Horatio Hornblower
Boston: Little, Brown, 1970. First American edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. A very clean, bright and solid copy of this unusual effort - a pseudo biography of a fictional character.
Boston: Little, Brown, 1970. First American edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. A very clean, bright and solid copy of this unusual effort - a pseudo biography of a fictional character.
London: John Murray, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Near fine. The fifth title in the Delancey series. A very clean, bright and solid copy in a fine unclipped jacket. A lovely copy in all respects.
London: John Murray, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near FIne. A very clean, bright and attractive copy of this Delancey novel. Wrap-around cover art. The jacket is price-clipped, else fine.
London: Severn House, 2000. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Dust jacket over illustrated boards. This is the first edition of the hardback.
London: Severn House, 2000. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. As new. Unopened and unread. Lovely wrap-around cover art by Webb. First harback edition.
London: Macmillan, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Fine. Pages browned throughout. A novel of the American War of Independence. Wrap-around cover art. The story of Benedict Arnold and John Andre.
London: George G. Harrap, 1960. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. A very clean, bright and pleasing copy of this World War II naval action novel leading up to and including the Invasion of Normany on D-Day. Minor rubbing.
London: George G. Harrap, 1957. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Good. Last In Convoy tells of a World War II convoy of forty five ships from Halifax to England. General over-all wear to the jacket. The jacket is also price-clipped.
London: George G. Harrap, 1961. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. A very clean, bright and pleasing copy. Moderate rubbing along the edges. The Royal Navy in action during World War II.
New York: St. Martin Press, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. The late author's second book in the series. As new. Unopened and unread.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 2001. First edition. Paperback. Fine. Advanced Uncorrected Proof copy. Fine in wrappers. Unopened and unread. Authors third book in the Hoare trilogy, finished shortly before his death.
Boulder: Alfred Hitchcock, 2000. First printing. Paperback. Fine. A very elusive title for the Wilder Perkins collector. His short story, Hoare and the Missing Mids was published in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine. A fine copy. Unopened and unread.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. Author's first book. Mr. Perkins died after completing his third novel, which is due to be published in the Fall of 2000. Signed by the author on the title page. A very good, if brief, series.
London: Cassell & Company, 1958. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. World War II naval action aboard the H.M.S. Constant. Moderate rubbing, else fine.
London: Secker & Warburg, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. A very clean, bright and pleasing copy.
New York: Doubleday, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. A clean and solid copy of the Ramage novel. Some streaking to the endpapers.
London: Secker & Warburg, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Near Fine. A very clean, bright and solid copy.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. A very sharp copy of the first U.S. edition. This is the best looking of the American Ramage editions by far. A fine copy in a complete and bright jacket.
London: Secker & Warburg, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Fine. Price-clipped, else fine. A very clean, bright and pleasing copy.
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. There is some minor rubbing the the bottom of the spine, else fine. The first book in the series. Illustrated map endpapers. The jacket is complete and the edge-wear is only minor.
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1967. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. A very clean, bright and solid copy of the second Ramage title. Illustrated endpapers.
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Third Ramage title and one of the hardest to find. This copy is very clean, bright and pleasing.
London: Secker & Warburg, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Near Fine. An extremely clean and bright copy of this title. The jacket is price-clipped else quite fine.
London: Secker & Warburg, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Fine. The book itself is very clean, bright and pleasing. A previous owner, a very enthusiastic one at that, has writting in ink on the front paste-down, a list of charcters from the book, their titles and duties. Very neat printing but, c'mon, that's why we have notebook paper.....
London: Secker & Warburg, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. A lovely copy in all respects. Some miniscule wear to the corners of the jacket. The edges are darkened somewhat.