Hornet Flight
London: Harper Collins, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / fine. A very clean, bright and attractive copy of this thriller from one of the greats. A personal favorite.
Adventure
Flying Colours, Including A Ship Of The Line
London: Michael Joseph, (1938). First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. 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.....
Gold from Crete
Boston: Little, Brown, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. A very clean, bright and attractive copy. Previous owner name on the front free endpaper. The jacket is price-clipped, else fine. Contains ten stories.
The Happy Return
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.....
Hornblower and the Hotspur
Boston: Little, Brown, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. Original blue cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine. Wrap-around cover art by David Cobb. The book has a previous owner inscription on the front free endpaper. The jacket is not price-clipped. The jacket does show some minor rubbing at the head of the spine and a closed.....
The Hornblower Companion
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.
Lieutenant Hornblower
London: Michael Joseph, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. A beautiful copy. Very small previous owner sticker on the ffep, else fine. Cover art by Biro.
Lord Hornblower
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.
The Ship
Boston: Little, Brown, 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Fair. The book, bound in original red cloth, is very nice and solid. The jacket has loss at the corners and moderate edge-wear throughout. There is a crease visible from the top middle of the jacket angling down and left towards the spine. In spite of it's other problems the.....
To the Indies
Boston: Little, Brown, 1940. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Good. Bound in original green cloth. Illustrated map endpapers. The dust jacket is complete. It shows some rubbing and fraying to the spine ends and some minor spotting on the rear panel. Still, a good copy.
The Age of Fighting Sail
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.....
The Barbary Pirates
New York: Random House, (1953). First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. Original red cloth the title and decoration to the front panel and spine. 150/150 present at the top of the jacket flap. Illustrated by Charles J. Mazoujian. A very clean, bright and lovely copy of this difficult Forester title to find in good condition. Very minor edge-wear.....
Beat to Quarters
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.
Captain Horblower R. N.
London: Michael Joseph, (1965). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. A lovely example of this omnibus edition containing Hornblower and the Hotspur, The Happy Return, and A Ship of the Line. Wrap-around cover art by Charles Gorham. A very clean, bright and attractive copy.
The Commodore
London: Michael Joseph, 1945. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good / Very Good. A clean, bright and attractive copy. The orange of the dust jacket has faded to a bright yellow as it is almost always found now. Some minor and un-neccessary internal repairs to the jacket.
Flying Colours
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c. 1948. Hardcover. Fine / Near Fine. Original blue cloth, lettered and stamped in black. A very crisp and solid copy. Just a hint of rubbing to the spine.
Gold From Crete
London: Michael Joseph, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. From a first edition of 10,000. As new. Cover art by Graham Humphreys. A fine copy in all respects.
Horatio Hornblower
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.
Horatio Hornblower
London: Michael Joseph, (1952). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. A particularly fine copy in all respects. An Omnibus volume containing The Commodore and Lord Hornblower. Cover art by Biro.
Horatio Hornblower Goes to Sea
Larchmont, NY: Queens House, 1978. Hardcover. Fine. Red boards, lettered in white. Reprint. As new. Unopened and unread.
Hornblower And The Atropos
London: Michael Joseph, (1953). First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. A very clean, bright and fresh copy of this excellent Forester novel. Hornblower attends to the funeral of Nelson then he's off to Gibraltor and then into the Mediterranean in an effort to recover sunken gold. A great adventure novel from the Age of Fighting Sail...
Hornblower And The Hotspur
London: Michael Joseph, (1962). First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine / Near Fine. A very clean, bright and solid copy of this Hornblower novel. Wrap-around cover art by David Cobb. An excellent copy from the master of the genre.
Hornblower And The Hotspur
London: Michael Joseph, (1962). First edition. Hardcover. Fine / Fine. Original blue cloth, lettered in silver to the spine. A near perfect copy looking, at least to my eyes, as if it was just issued. As clean and bright as one could hope to find. Beautiful wrap-around cover art.
Hornblower in the West Indies
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.
Lieutenant Hornblower
London: Pan Books, 1959. Paperback. Near Fine. The second Pan paperback edition. Amusing cover art that almost resembles Gregory Peck.