New York: Limited Editions Club, 1972. First edition thus: illustrated by Robert Shore. Number 316 of 1,500 numbered copies SIGNED BY Shore and Ward Ritchie, who designed and printed the book. Introduction by Leo Gurko. 4to gilt-stamped quarter blue leather; blue sailcloth-covered boards; 9 color plates, including frontis. Fine in..... Item #72125 More
London: Blackwood and Sons, 1900. First edition, one of only 525 copies [Harvey A8]. Cinque Ports is a confederation of maritime towns and coastal villages in Kent and Sussex originally formed for military and trade purposes. It lies at the eastern end of the English Channel, where the crossing to..... Item #53776 More
New York: B. W. Dodge & Company, 1909. First U.S. edition. Though a pirated one, it does precede the authorized Doubleday, Page and Co. edition by a few months. First issue in gilt-lettered blue cloth boards with ship at sea illustration stamped In black. Spine a little shaken otherwise near..... Item #55046 More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1916. First edition. Compilation of 13 newspaper articles on the subject. 8vo blue cloth boards stamped in gilt on spine and in gilt and blind on front; page edges untrimmed; 222 pages; 4 pp of ads. Bright and near fine. Lacking dust jacket. Item #54078 More
Barre, Massachusetts: Imprint Society, 1970. First edition thus: with introduction and illustrations by Houston. Originally published in 1824. Number 514 of 1950 copies SIGNED BY HOUSTON. 4to backed in gilt-stamped blue cloth; light blue paper boards with front cover illustration in dark blue; fold-out map; 297 pages plus colophon; housed..... Item #72573 More
New York: W. W. Norton & Co., (1994). First U.S. edition. Number 162 of 200 numbered copies SIGNED BY O'BRIAN. Fine in fine dust jacket with price clipped, as issued. Publisher's bookmark listing the titles in the series in order laid in. Housed in near fine publisher's slipcase showing a...... Item #72325 More
(London): Collins/ HarperCollins [Harper Collins], (1989-1994). First edition of each. Volumes 13-17 in the Aubrey-Maturin series. A five-novel circumnavigation of the globe set during the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812. Includes THE THIRTEEN GUN SALUTE (Collins: 1989); THE NUTMEG OF CONSOLATION (Collins: 1991), CLARISSA OAKES (HarperCollins: 1992), THE..... Item #72681 More
![Item #72118 THE LOST FLYING BOAT; [Inscribed association copy]. Alan Sillitoe](https://qbbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/72118.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1682453513)
Boston: Little, Brown, (1983). First U.S. edition. "...a story of courage and cowardice, morality and desperation. The flying boat Aldebaran has a strange and sinister crew...." (from the dust jacket flap). SIGNED IN FULL on title page and INSCRIBED BY SILLITOE on front endpaper to Walter Sullivan, "A ripping yarn!..... Item #72118 More
[Washington, DC: Government Printing Office], 1862. First edition. 37th Congress, 2nd Session, Ex. Doc. No. 34. The Senate. March 24, 1862. Near fine, disbound. Item #51398 More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1924. First U.S. edition. The first collection of Wetjen's best sea-faring stories, mostly from magazines such as Collier's and Saturday Evening Post. Light sunning to the spine and a very little bumping to the extremities, otherwise near fine in lightly soiled dust jacket darkened at..... Item #47434 More