The Ship

by Forester, C S

A longtime staff writer at The New Yorker, Calvin Trillin is also The Nation’s deadline poet. His bestsellers range from the memoir About Alice to Obliviously On He Sails: The Bush Administration in Rhyme. He lives in Greenwich Village, which he describes as “a neighborhood where people from the suburbs come on weekends to test their car alarms.”

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1943
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Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Extra-illustrated by Francis Ely Waterman. A unique and special book. 1st American edition. Boston: Little, Brown and Co, 1943. 6 preliminary leaves, [3]-281 pages; 20 cm. Stain on rear cover flyleaf. Bound in publisher's red cloth with pictorial dust jacket (minor edge wear… Read more about this item
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The Ship ; Mr Midshipman Hornblower ;  The Earthly Paradise ; The General  ; The Captain from Connecticut ; The African Queen

The Ship ; Mr Midshipman Hornblower ; The Earthly Paradise ; The General ; The Captain from Connecticut ; The African Queen

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London: Heinemann Octopus. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1985. Omnibus. Hardcover. 0905712021 . DJ and boards show very light shelf wear. Price-clipped.; A bright, solid book, as new. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 861 pages; A choice selection of Forester's works in Omnibus edition .
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Michael Joseph London 1943 . First thus. 7x5" Brown Boards Hb with reef design unpriceclipped DJ, quite tattered. Contents though are clean, 192pp.
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The Ship ; Mr Midshipman Hornblower ;  The Earthly Paradise ; The General  ; The Captain from Connecticut ; The African Queen

The Ship ; Mr Midshipman Hornblower ; The Earthly Paradise ; The General ; The Captain from Connecticut ; The African Queen

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1985
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9780905712024
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London: Heinemann Octopus. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1985. Omnibus. Hardcover. 0905712021 . DJ shows very light shelf wear, gift inscription on page facing half title page. Dust jacket has dampstain base of spine, 1 inch tear base of fore-edge, chipping and general wear top edge, short faint ink mark front page edges ; A… Read more about this item
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1959
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London: Michael Joseph, 1959. reprint. hardback. Very good, missing d/j, red boards clean (slight rubbing at edges), gilt cover initials and spine titling bright; text block firm, unmarked pages a little tanned but crisp; donor's inscription on ffep.. 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5""). One vital convoy can break MussoliniÕs stranglehold on Malta Ð but it… Read more about this item
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1950
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Michael Joseph. Good in Fair dust jacket. 1950. 1st cheap edition. Hardcover. Clean & tightly bound hardback book, page edges foxed, previous owner's name on front endpaper, in an unclipped dustjacket which is chipped at edges with minor loss at the top of the spine. 192 pages .
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The Ship (A Bantam Giant # A1196)
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The Ship (A Bantam Giant # A1196)

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1953
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New York: Bantam Books, 1953. First Thus 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Bound in original wrappers. The binding is tight with no creases to the spine. Previous owner's name stamped on the bottom edge otherwise unmarked. Minor rubbing wear to the extremities. Pages are lightly browned. 4 1/4 X… Read more about this item
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The Ship

The Ship

by C. S. Forester

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1943
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London: Michael Joseph Ltd, 1943. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hard. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Good. Lacking dust jacket. Minor sunning to spine. Minor foxing to outermost leaves. Gift inscribed to free front endpaper verso.
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The Ship ; Mr Midshipman Hornblower ;  The Earthly Paradise ; The General  ; The Captain from Connecticut ; The African Queen

The Ship ; Mr Midshipman Hornblower ; The Earthly Paradise ; The General ; The Captain from Connecticut ; The African Queen

by Forester, C. S.

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1985
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London: Heinemann Octopus. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1985. Omnibus. Hardcover. 0905712021 . DJ and boards show very light shelf wear. Previous owner's bookplate pasted on back of FFEP. ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 861 pages; A choice selection of… Read more about this item
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The Ship

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1943
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England: Michael Joseph, 1943. Book. Good -. Mass Market Paperback. Worn copy of a very early paperback edition. Name in ink to opening leaf. Where possible small books will have postage reduced.
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The Ship

by C.S. Forester

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Reprint
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1956
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The Ship

The Ship

by Forester, C S

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1943
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United States: Little Brown, 1943. Book. Good+/Vg-. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. US 1st edition. Owner signature in pencil to opening leaf.Looks like they were crew (A.H.N Green-Armytage , possibly the author by that name?) on HMS Highlander. Admiralty fleet orders of April 1943 show an officer of that name on the Highlander..
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The Ship

The Ship

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1960
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Penguin Books, 1960. Paperback. Good. 1960. Reprinted. 188 pages. Orange penguin paperback. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and sunning.
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The Ship

by Forester, C. S.

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1943
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Toronto: S. J. Reginald Saunders, 1943. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Stated Canadian First Edition.. Toronto: S. J. Reginald Saunders, 1943. Stated Canadian First Edition. Fine/Very Good+. Stated Canadian First Edition, published June, 1943 in clean original dust jacket. Very clean navy blue cloth boards with gold anchor coat of arms decoration on cover, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear.… Read more about this item
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Ship

Ship

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Penguin Books, 1960. Paperback. Acceptable. 1960. Reprint. 187 pages. Paperback book. Clean pages. Notable tanning to pages throughout. Pages have a distinct odour. Mild wear to spine, cover edges and corners, with tanning to spine. Minor soiling to covers.
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The Ship

The Ship

by C S. Forester

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1950
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Michael Joseph, 1950. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1950. First in this edition. 192 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout and text block edge. Pen inscription to front endpaper. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Spine has crushing to both ends. Spine is heavily tanned. Book has forward… Read more about this item
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The Ship

The Ship

by C. S. Forester

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1952
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Michael Joseph, 1952. Hardcover. Good. 1952. First Mermaid Books Edition. 192 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial paper-covered boards. Pages are bright with tanning and foxing to free endpapers and text block edges. Minor dog-eared corners, with a few small nicks and crinkles along text block edge. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with slight bumping to corners and rubbing to… Read more about this item
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The Ship

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1956
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England: Mermaid, 1956. Book. Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Nominally a hard cover , the mermaid editions are a "soft" hardback. Binding has corner wear. Name in ink to front free endpaper.
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The Ship

The Ship

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1956
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England: Penguin, 1956. Book. Very Good. Mass Market Paperback. Reprint, Penguin #698 Spine uncreased. Where possible small books will have postage reduced.
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The Ship

The Ship

by C. S Forester

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1956
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Penguin Books in association with M.Joseph, 1956. Paperback. Acceptable. 1956. Reprinted. 187 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Neat, clean, with heavy tanning and foxing to pages and text block edges. Occasional thumbing throughout. Paper cover has mild edge-wear with light rubbing and creasing. Small tears and chipping, with heavy tanning and marking overall. Book is slightly curled.
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