The Captain from Connecticut
Boston: Little, Brown, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Original cloth. A clean bright and solid copy without a jacket.
Boston: Little, Brown, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Original cloth. A clean bright and solid copy without a jacket.
London: Michael Joseph, 1937. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. First Edition of first Hornblower book. 12,000 Copies were printed of the First Edition. Extremely scarce. This is a remarkably bright and pleasing copy. There is a faint vertical crease along the spine. There is a previous owner sigature on the paste-down and a Book Society Book Plate.....
Boston: Little, Brown, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. One of 8,175 copies. A clean and solid copy. Some toning to the jacket along the edges.
Toronto: Ryerson, (1946). First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. Original blue boards. The jacket shows moderate overall wear, in particular to the head of the spine. A chip to th rear panel at the top corner.
New York: Doubleday & Co., 1956. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Good. In original gray cloth. The jacket is evenly worn with a chip at the lower end of the dust jacket at the hinge and several other very shallow chips. There are areas of rubbing as well and some sun fading to the orange jacket near the fore-edge.....
New York: Pocket Books, 1942. First edition thus. Paperback. Very Good. A very bright and solid copy of the first Pocket Book edition. The pages are remarkably white and clean. Previous owner name on the front free endpaper. Some light rubbing to the spine, else fine.
London: Michael Joseph, 1945. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. A clean, bright and attractive copy. The orange on the spine of the dust jacket has faded to a bright yellow as it is almost always found now. Previous owner gift inscription to the front free endpaper, dated April, 1945.
London: Michael Joseph, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. Omnibus volume containing The Commodore and Lord Hornblower. Previous owner inscription on the ffep. Some minor edge-wear at the head of the spine. Cover design by Biro.
Larchmont, NY: Queens House, 1978. Hardcover. Fine. Red boards, lettered in white. Reprint. As new. Unopened and unread.
London: Michael Joseph, 1958. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. Some minor rubbing, top edge of jacket at spine and it is price-clipped. Very nice cover art by Biro.
Boston: Little, Brown, 1946. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. A very solid and bright copy of the true first edition in blue boards and with plain white endpapers. Lacking the jacket.