The Post-captain: Or The Wooden Walls Well Manned: Comprehending A View Of Naval Society And Manners: Containing Also A Choice Collection Of Sea And Other Songs... by Davis, John

Hardback. Acceptable.

Hardback. Very Good.

Berkshire: Tops'l Books, 1984. First Thus . Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Cover design and sketches by Peter Stuckey. Reprint of book first published in the year of the Battle of Trafalgar, a comic saucy novel about the sailing navy written by one of it midshipmen. Complete with historical introduction and glossary. Firmly bound and mostly clean with some handling wear and marks.

England: Tops'l Books, 1984 Pictorial card covers, b&w illstns by Peter Stuckey. Unmarked. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Tops'l Books. 1984 Tops'l Books first edition paperback; Very Good copy, appears unread; UK dealer, immediate dispatch . Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1984.

SULHAMSTEAD, BERKSHIRE, UK: TopS'L Books. Paperback. A comic novel first published in 1805(the year of Trafalgar). The author was a midshipman on a Frigate. The book caricatures his superior officers and their actions in combat and in love. A romp of a novel and also a useful guide to life in the Nelsonian Navy. With a historical context introduction and a glossary. 157 pages. Black and white illustrations. Moderate wear on cover edges. The book has general slight creasing. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Location: LXB3 . Good. Soft cover. 1984.

Tops'l, 1984. Paperback (No Dust Wrapper.). Good. A pleasant enough reading copy. Upper wrapper slighty curled with creasing to the corners. A somewhat scuffed and faded appearance overall. Text complete, clean and tight.. Paperback. Physically 8¼” x 5¾” (0.3 kg); 160pp; Introductory chapters and glossary by Colin Elliott. Cover design and sketches by Peter Stuckey. “The Post Captain” is different and unique among sailing navy novels in being funny. It is almost certainly the only surviving contemporary humorous sea story of the Nelson period. It first made its appearance while England was still agog with the news of Trafalgar and Nelson not yet buried. ISBN: 0906397146 || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the… Read More

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

London: Thomas Tegg; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown;.....; T Keys, 1815. Near Fine. [viii] pp232 A new edition of 1815 of John Davis' novel of naval manners from the time of Nelson. This copy is neatly sympathetically rebacked in half calf over blue marbled boards with a blue leather spine label, edges rubbed but bright and clean. Very good internally, pages crisp, occasional spotting, no marks or inscriptions. A very attractive volume with the engraved frontispiece and vignette of a ship to title page. Near Fine 1815

Thomas Tegg, 1815. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo in modern 1/4 calf on marbled paper, spine title in gilt on a burgundy field, new endsheets, engraved frontis, sailing ship on the title page. Text block generally fresh with widely scattered light foxing.