Books in stock by C. S. Forester
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    Forester, C. S.:  The Gun.  Chester Springs, Penn.: Dufour Editiions, Inc., (1969). Fourth Printing. Fine in bright red-orange cloth covered boards with bold, gilt text stamping on the spine. A 12mo of 7 1/4 by 4 3/4 inches. In a near fine, price clipped dust jacket with only minor rubbing to the extreme edges of the spine area. Printed and produced by The Bodley Head of London and sent to Dufour Editions for their use and publication. Dufour only placed a pasted green label on the title page about The Bodley Head name. 189 pages of text. Originally published in 1933 in the US by Little Brown and Company. Extremely scarce in first edition.
    TB31873  $20.00



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    Forester, C. S.:  The Hornblower Companion.  Boston: Little Brown & Co., 1964. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in red cloth covered boards with gilt decorations and text on the spine and front board. A small quarto measuring 1" by 7 1/2 inches. In a very good+ unclipped dust jacket with a 1/4 inch closed tear at the upper fore corner of the spine area which is also slightly tanned. "An Atlas and Personal Commentary on the writing of the Hornblower Saga...." (from the title page). Now becoming quite scarce as only 8,000 copies were printed. The story behind the making of the Hornblower sagas with maps and illustrations by Samuel H. Bryant. 149 pages.
    TB32824  $150.00




  • Forester, C. S.:  Long Before Forty.  Boston: Little Brown & Co., 1967. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a very near fine dust jacket with the stain of a glass ring on the front panel. 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 to struggle as a writer.
    TB05504  $17.50



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    Forester, C. S.:  Marionettes at Home.  London: Michael Joseph Ltd., 1936. First Edition, First printing. 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  $175.00



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    Forester, C. S.:  Mr. Midshipman Hornblower.  London: Michael Joseph LTD, 1950. First Edition. Very good+ in dark green cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine which has a minor crease up its center and a prior owner's name and date on the first free end paper. In a good, unclipped dust jacket with a squareish 1 1/4 inch deep chip from the lower edge of the spine ara with heavy rubbing to the folds and the top edge of the spine area. Only 25,000 copies of the first UK edition were distributed. Overall an acceptable, collectable copy. 277 pages of text.
    TB32869  $75.00



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    Forester, C. S.:  The Nightmare.  London: Michael Joseph, (1954). First Edition, First printing. Near fine in gray cloth covered boards with red and black text and designs on the spine. A small octavo of 7 3/4 by 5 1/4 inches with slight lean to the spine In a very near fine, unclipped dust jacket with the spine area slightly tanned. 240 pages of text. 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. Of course if you are a "follow the flag" collector of Forester's books, this is the version you will want to have.
    TB32877  $50.00



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    Forester, C. S.:  Randall and the River of Time.  London: Michael Joseph, 1951. First Edition, First printing. 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  $25.00



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    Forester, C. S.:  The Sky and the Forest.  London: Michael Joseph, 1948. First U.K. Edition. 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  $22.50






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