Books by C. S. Forester

Titles by C. S. Forester
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Click on Image to expandThe Adventures of John Wetherell by: C. S. Forester, First Edition Published by: Doubleday & Company in Garden City: 1953. Fine in decorated burnt orange cloth covered boards with a gilt on brown title block on the spine and with illustrated end papers. In a very good+ unclipped dust jacket with light wear and rubbing to the ends of the spine area. The first US edition of this book preceded the UK edition. Forester edited this diary of a 19th century British seaman who was impressed by the Royal Navy to fight Napoleon's advances. 379 pages illustrated by line drawings by the author (Wetherell). TB20590 $50.00

The Barbary Pirates by: C. S. Forester, Young Readers of Amer. Edition Published by: Random House in New York: 1953. Fine in decorated cloth covered boards with no names or markings on the text or the end papers. In a very near fine dust jacket with just a hint of wear at the corners and at the spine ends. Illustrated by Charles Mazoujian. Overall, an extremely attractive book in very collectable condition. The 31st volume in the Landmark book series. TB10127 $40.00

Click on Image to expandThe Captain from Connecticut by: C. S. Forester, First US Edition Published by: Little Brown & Co. in Boston: 1941. Fine in tan cloth covered boards with blue text on the spine and front board and with a gift inscription on the front free end paper. In a very good+ price clipped dust jacket with light wear and rubbing to the upper corners of the spine area. A beautiful copy with almost no rubbing to the jacket panels or spine area. Forester's first novel with an American protagonist, Captian Josiah Peabody, which takes place during the War of 1812. TB19706 $100.00

Click on Image to expandThe Earthly Paradise by: C. S. Forester, First Edition Published by: Michael Joseph in London: 1940. Very good+ in red cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping and decorations on the spine. There is a prior owner's neatly written name on the front free end paper. In a good+ dust jacket with the original price intact on the front flap but with a 3/4" deep by 1/2" triangular chip at the upper edge of the spine area at the fold to the front panel and with moderate wear and rubbing to the ends of the spine area. The protagonist in this title, Don Narciso rich, accompanies Columbus on his third voyage to the New World in 1497. 319 pages of text. A very uncommon title by Forester. TB17856 $160.00

Gold From Crete by: C. S. Forester, First Edition Published by: Little Brown in Boston: 1970. Near fine in 1/2 dark blue and turquoise cloth covered boards with bright gilt text stamping on the spine. In a very near fine unclipped dust jacket with very slight tanning to the spine area. Ten short stories by C.S. Forester published by the author's widow four years after his death. A beautiful, very collectable and most unusual variant copy with a cut title page. TB19701 $25.00

The Good Shepherd by: C. S. Forester, First UK Edition Published by: Michael Joseph in London: 1955. Near fine in black cloth covered boards. In a very good+ dust jacket with a 1/4" chip at the lower corner of the spine area at the fold to the rear panel with small nicks to the remaining spine area corners but with the price intact on the front panel. Jacket art by David Cobb which is quite unlike the jacket art which appears on the US version of this title. The end papers also match the jacket art. TB10861 $38.00

The Hornblower Companion by: C. S. Forester, First Edition by Bonanza Published by: Bonanza Books in New York: 1964. Near fine in gilt decorated red cloth covered boards with a slight roll to the spine. In a very good+ dust jacket with very light wear at the ends of the spine area with some tanning to the spine area and to the folds to the flap. The story behind the making of the Hornblower sagas with maps and illustrations by Samuel H. Bryant. 149 pages. TB11505 $60.00

The Indomitable Hornblower by: C. S. Forester, Book Club Edition Published by: Little Brown & Co. in Boston: circa 1963. Fine in cloth covered boards with metallic blue text stamping on the spine. In a very good dust jacket with several minor closed tears to the outer edges of the panels and spine area and with dampness stain to the lower 1" of the spine area which did not affect the book's covers or text block. A one volume containing Commodore Hornblower, Lord Hornblower and Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies. 640 pages of text. TB19711 $20.00

The Last Nine Days of the Bismarck by: C. S. Forester, First US Edition Published by: Little Brown & Co. in Boston: 1959. Very good+ in blue cloth covered boards with a prior owner's plate on the first free end paper with a number of marginal notations in red ink throughout the text. In a very good price clipped dust jacket with a 1/3" by 1" chip from the lower edge of the front panel, a 3/4" long by 1/8" chip from the upper edge of the spine area and two small 1/8" chips from the upper corner of the front panel at the fold to the front flap. Printed in the UK udner the title: Hunting the Bismarck. TB17675 $20.00

Click on Image to expandLieutenant Hornblower by: C. S. Forester, First US Edition Published by: Little Brown & Co. in Boston: 1952. Very good in turquoise cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is slightly rubbed and the upper edge of the text block is dust stained. In a very good- unclipped dust jacket with 1/2" deep chip across the upper edge of the spine area and 1/4" deep chips from the corners of the lower edge of the spine area and small chips from the fore corners of the panels The 7th volume in the Hornblower series. TB22193 $70.00

Click on Image to expandLong Before Forty by: C. S. Forester, First Edition Published by: Little Brown & Co. in Boston: 1967. Near fine in blue and white cloth covered boards with dark blue text stamping on the spine with mild soling at the heel of the spine and a gift inscription on the first free end page. In a near fine unclipped dust jacket with the faint ghost of a label at the lower edge of the spine area. The manuscript for Long Before Forty is an autobiography found after Forester's death in 1966 in a safe deposit box. His widow published it in 1967. The book traces Forester's early years of struggle as a writer. 254 pages of text. TB20591 $40.00

Lord Hornblower by: C. S. Forester, Book Club Edition Published by: Little Brown & Co in Boston: 1946. Very good with the cloth at the spine ends bent inward and with some fading to the top edge of the text block and with a prior owner's name on the fly title page. In a very good- dust jacket with 1/8" chips at the ends of the spine area and at the corners of the panels. The dust jacket art is by Andrew Wyeth with the end pages by Wyeth as well. The decorated end papers are the giveaway that this is a book club edition. TB02131 $8.00

Click on Image to expandMarionettes at Home by: C. S. Forester, First Edition Published by: Michael Joseph Ltd. in London: 1936. Near fine in brick red cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine and light yellow end papers. A 12mo measuring 7 3/8" tall by 5" deep. The end sheets, preliminaries and fore edge of the text block show mild spots of foxing. Without a dust jacket. 192 pages of text illustrated with a photographic frontispiece and 11 black and white photographs. A very uncommon early title by Forester which focuses on his hobby of marionettes. TB20593 $200.00

Click on Image to expandThe Nightmare by: C. S. Forester, First Edition Published by: Little, Brown & Co. in Boston: 1954. Near fine in gray cloth covered boards with a prior owner's plate on the first free end paper. In a very near fine unclipped dust jacket with some light rubbing to the panels and to the folds. A collection of short stories pertaining to the Nazi war crimes. Little Brown produced only 7,000 copies of the first edition in the US while Michael Joseph in London produced 20,000 copies of the first UK edition. TB18474 $50.00

Click on Image to expandRandall and the River of Time by: C. S. Forester, First UK Edition Published by: Michael Joseph in London: 1951. Very good+ in black cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. There is a prior owner's name on the first free end paper and mild rubbing at the edges of the boards. In a very good+ dust jacket with moderate wear and flecking of the colors at the ends of the spine area and several short closed tears to the edges of the front panel. Thirty thousand copies of the UK first edition were released by Michael Joseph. 320 pages of text. TB18472 $50.00

Click on Image to expandThe Sky and the Forest by: C. S. Forester, First U.K. Edition Published by: Michael Joseph in London: 1948. Near fine in burnt orange cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. In a very good+ dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap but with rubbing and wear to the of the spine area and at the folds. 219 pages of text. TB18470 $45.00

Click on Image to expandTo the Indies by: C. S. Forester, First Edition Published by: Little Brown & Co. in Boston: 1940. Very good in decorated green cloth covered boards with modest soiling on the spine. In a good+ dust jacket with a 1" chip from the upper corner of the front panel and light wear and a 1/4" chips from the upper corner of the spine area at the fold to the rear panel. A novel dealing with Christopher Columbus. The American title for Earlthy Paradise. TB19716 $40.00

Key to abbreviations used:
CP = Copyright Page	F = Fine	o/w = otherwise
DJ = Dust Jacket	NF = Near Fine	w/ = with
EP = End Paper	VG = Very Good	lt = light
FEP = Free End Paper	G = Good	sm = small
TP = Title Page	FR = Fair	PC = Price Clipped

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