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KENT, Alexander BOLITHO) Beyond the Reef. signed. 1st UK in dj.
Heinemann, London, 1992, ISBN:0434388351
KENT, Alexander. Beyond the Reef . London: Heinemann, (1992). First UK Printing. Pp. (8),1-310,(2). 8vo, blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. "March 1808, and war spreads in Europe as Napoleon holds Portugal and threatenshis old ally, Spain. The Royal navy's blockade of enemy ports continues, a nd a new anti-slavery bill further stretches the hard-pressed fleet's resources, as more ships are required elsewhere to suppress that profitable trade. Estranged from his wife and child, and plagued by the fear of blindness,Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho is ordered once more to the Cape of Good Hope to establish a permanent naval force there following the success of his previous mission. He leaves behind the contempt of society and the bittermemories of a friendship betrayed, and with the mistress he will not forsa ke takes passage on the ill-fated Golden Plover. With them are others eagerto quit the land: Valentine Keen, for whom command at the Cape is both pro motion and an escape from his own troubled marriage, the faithful Allday, and young Stephen Jenour, who finds in this dangerous voyage a passage to maturity. When shipwreck and disaster overtake Golden Plover, a hundred-mile reef off the coast of Africa becomes a powerful symbol of crisis and survival, claiming alike the innocent and the damned. Beyond the reef little remains, only raw courage and reckless hope, and the certainty that for those in peril and for those at home life has changed irrevocably." - from the dj.Previous owner's name inked to ffep, else vg-fine in clean, crisp, unclipp ed dj. Signed without inscription by Kent on the title page. 80.00
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KENT, Alexander BOLITHO) Colours Aloft! signed. 1st UK in dj.
Hutchinson, London, 1986, ISBN:0091644003
KENT, Alexander. Colours Aloft! . London: Hutchinson, (1986). First UK Printing. Pp. [1]-286,(2). 8vo, blue cloth with silver lettering to spine. "[In] September 1803, when press gangs ruled the quayside ... Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho finds himself the new master of Argonaute, a French flagship taken in battle. With the short-lived Peace of Amiens in ruins, he must leave behind the safety and security of Falmouth and take his place in the harder war which follows. With the exception of Nelson himself, the recently-knighted Bolitho is the youngest admiral on the Navy list, but his new status sits uneasily upon his shoulders along with his new command. For the most part the officers of his hastily-formed squadron lack experience, whereas their French counterparts are well-trained and confident. And Bolitho is also a man plagued by worry about the coolness behind his recent parting with his beautiful wife Belinda. What lies ahead is the reaulty of war at close quarters -- where Bolitho will be called upon to anticipate the overall intention of the French fleet. And where, not for the first time, his own human reactions and the dictates of his position will be at odds. But in therealisation that the battle has come to a personal vendetta -- between him self and the French admiral who formerly sailed Argonaute - that drives Bolitho and his men to a final rendezvous where no quarter is asked or given."- from the dj. Previous owner's name inked to ffep, else vg-fine in clean, crisp, unclipped dj. Signed without inscription by Kent on the title page. With creased blue "Richard Bolitho" bookmark laid in at front. 90.00
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KENT, Alexander BOLITHO) Command a King's Ship. signed. 1st UK in dj.
Hutchinson, London, 1973, ISBN:0091168007
KENT, Alexander. Command a King's Ship . London: Hutchinson, (1973). First UK Printing. Pp. [1]-320. Illustrated endpapers. 8vo, maroon cloth with gilt lettering to spine. "In march 1784, at a time when most of the fleet was laid up, His Majesty's frigate Undine weight anchor at Spithead to begin a voyage to India and far beyond. As her new captain, Richard Bolitho was glad to go, despite the nature of his orders and the immensity of the voyage -- for he was leaving an England still suffering from the aftermath of war. But he was to learn that signatures on proud documents did not necessarily make a lasting peace, and found himself involved in a conflict as ruthless as the one which had given him his first command during the war with France. In an uneasy peace the expansion of trade and colonial development in little-known areas of the East Indies soon pushed aside the pretence and brough the guns' fury into the open. There was no set line of battle or declaredcause to rally Undine's small company. But the dangers and the endless dem ands had to be faced by the man who commanded the only King's ship available." - from the dj. Inked note verso ffep, previous owner's name to half-title, else vg-fine in clean, crisp, unclipped dj. Signed without inscription by Kent on the title page. With illustrated cream-coloured "Richard Bolitho" bookmark laid in at front. 150.00
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KENT, Alexander BOLITHO) Cross of St. George
Heinemann, London, 1996, ISBN:0434002895
KENT, Alexander. Cross of St. George . London: Heinemann, (1996). First UK Printing. Pp. (8),1-276,(4). 8vo, black cloth with silver lettering to spine. "In the bitter February of 1813, with convoys from Canada and the Caribbean falling victim to American privateers, Sir Richard Bolitho returns to Halifax to pursue a war he knows cannot be won, but which neither Britain nor the United States can afford to lose. After nearly thirty years of almostcontinuous conflict with the old enemy, France, England and her Admiral de sire only peace. But peace will not be found in the icy Canadian waters, where a young, angry nation asserts its identity, and men who share a common heritage die in close and bloody action. Nor is there peace for those who follow the Cross of St. George: not for the embittered Adam, mourning the loss of his lover and his ship, nor for Rear-Admiral Valentine Keen, who remains strangely indifferent to responsibility. Not will there be peace from those who use this struggle between nations as an instrument of personal revenge." - from the dj. Small bump to top edge of front board, previous owner's name inked to ffep, else vg in clean, crisp, unclipped dj. Signed without inscription by Kent on the title page. With decorated pale blue wraparound band for Canadian distribution. 100.00
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KENT, Alexander Cross of St. George. UK Advance copy.
Heinemann, London, 1996, ISBN:0434002895
KENT, Alexander. Cross of St. George. L: Heinemann, (1996). Advance readingcopy. Pp 275. 8vo, printed blue wraps. "In the bitter February of 1813, wi th convoys from Canada and the Caribbean falling victim to American privateers, Sir Richard Bolitho returns to Halifax to pursue a war he knows cannotbe won, but which neither Britain nor the United States can afford to lose ." -from the dj. Vg. 60.00
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KENT, Alexander BOLITHO) Darkening Sea. signed. 1st UK in dj.
Heinemann, London, 1993, ISBN:0434388378
KENT, Alexander. The Darkening Sea . London: Heinemann, (1993). First UK Printing. Pp. (10),1-306,(4). 8vo, blue cloth with silver lettering to spine."In this, the twenty-first Richard Bolitho novel, and the chronological se quel to 'Beyond the Reef', Alexander Kent's immensely popular naval hero returns to England after the capture of Martinique, and finds a brief respitefrom war and politics in the arms of his mistress, Lady Catherine Somervel l. But the affairs of nations allow little time for personal happiness, andto his surprise and dismay Bolitho is ordered almost immediately to the In dian Ocean, where the shadow of a new conflict already darkens the horizon as the old enemy, France, forges and uneasy alliance with America and threatens British trade routes." - from the dj. Very minimal bumping to spine ends, previous owner's name inked discretely to ffep (and, oddly enough, oversmall yellow spot), else vg in clean, crisp, unclipped dj. Signed without inscription by Kent on the title page. With complimentary gilt decorated blue faux-leather "Richard Bolitho" bookmark laid in. 70.00
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KENT, Alexander BOLITHO) Enemy in Sight! signed. 1st US in dj.
G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1970,
KENT, Alexander. Enemy in Sight! . New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, (1970). First American Printing. Pp. (2),[1]-350,(2). 8vo, brown cloth with gilt lettering to front and spine. Kent's third Bolitho novel. "As 1794 draws to a close, Richard Bolitho, commanding the old seventy-four-gun ship of the lineHyperion, leaves Plymouth to join a squadron blockading the rising power o f Revolutionary France. After six months of repairs his ship is ready to fight again, but her copmany is mostly raw and untrained. Unfortunately Bolitho finds himself under a commodore who is no match for the French Admiral Lequiller, whose powerful squadron uses guile and ruthless determination to elude him and vanish into the Atlantic. Hyperion, as part of a small British force, gives chase, the desperate voyage taking them from the Bay of Biscay's bitter squalls to the heat of the Caribbean -- and for each mile sailed and every battle fought Bolitho finds himself being forced into the ever more demanding role of strategist and squadron commander." - from the dj. Previous owner's name inked to ffep, else vg in lightly rubbed, rear-panel browned, price-clipped, discreetly-inked (a few markings to top edge of front panel and head of spine), verso tape-repaired dj. Still a very nice, bright jacket. Signed without inscription by Kent on the title page. 400.00
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KENT, Alexander BOLITHO) Flag Captain. signed. 1st Aussie pr in dj.
Hutchinson of Australia, Richmond, Victoria, 1971, ISBN:0091073804
KENT, Alexander. The Flag Captain. A novel. (Richmond, Victoria): Hutchinson of Australia, (1971). First Australian Printing. Pp. [1]-384. Map endpapers. 8vo, brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine. The fourth novel in the Richard Bolitho series. "In the spring of 1797 Richard Bolitho bring the 100-gun Euryalus home to Falmouth to be flagship of the hastily formed squadron which has been chosen to make the first British re-entry to the Mediterranean for nearly a year. As flag captain, Bolitho is made to contend with the unyielding attitudes of his new admiral, as well as the devious requirements of the squadron's civilian adviser. England is still stunned by the naval mutiny at Spithead, in which Bolitho's admiral was personally involved,and as the squadron sets sail the air is already alive with rumour of an e ven greater uprising in the ships at the Nore. Only when the squadron is drawn to a bloody embrace with the enemy does the admiral see the strength inBolitho's trust and care for his men -- but by then it is almost too late for any of them." - from the dj. Faint dampspotting to all edges, very sparse foxing to the occasional margin, as well as the right-hand leaf of the front map, else vg in very lightly spine-nicked (but unclipped) dj. Signed without inscription by Kent on the title page. With illustrated white "Richard Bolitho" bookmark laid in at front. 150.00
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KENT, Alexander BOLITHO) For My Country's Freedom. signed. 1st UK in dj.
Heinemann, London, 1995, ISBN:0434001732
KENT, Alexander. For My Country's Freedom . London: Heinemann, (1995). First UK Printing. Pp. (10),[1]-246. 8vo, navy blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. "It is March 1811, and in this, the twenty-second Richard Bolitho novel, Alexander Kent's sensitive and compassionate hero is recalled to duty after only two and a half months ' peace in Cornwall with his beloved Catherine. Promoted Admiral, his choice of flagship and flag captain shock theAdmiralty, but Bolitho, poignantly aware of his own vulnerability, surroun ds himself only with those men he can trust completely: the faithful Allday, the withdrawn and intelligent Avery, and James Tyacke, who must confront the sternest test of his loyalty with great personal courage. When diplomacy fails the cannon must speak, and Bolitho, patrolling the troubled waters from Antigua north to Halifax, knows that when war with America comes he must fight an enemy not foreign but similar, for the freedom to leave the seafor ever." - from the dj. Previous owner's name inked to ffep, else vg-fin e in clean, crisp, unclipped dj. Signed without inscription by Kent on the title page. 70.00
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KENT, Alexander BOLITHO) Honour This Day. signed. 1st UK in dj.
Heinemann, London, 1987, ISBN:0434388343
KENT, Alexander. Honour This Day . London: Heinemann, (1987). First UK Printing. Pp. (8),[1]-287,(9). 8vo, green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. "In September 1804, England stands alone against France and the fleets of Spain, daily expecting an invasion. Entrusted with an urgent mission for the King, Vice-Admiral Richard Bolitho hoists his flag above the veteran seventy-four gun ship Hyperion and sets sail with a new squadron for the Caribbean. Plagued by the knowledge that both his troubled marriage and the eye injured in his last battle with Contre-Amiral Jobert are worsening, Bolitho iseager to quit the land less than three months after his return home. But e ven his beloved old ship Hyperion, hastily restored from an ignominious existence as a hulk, is full of tormenting memoirs and lost faces." - from thedj. Previous owner's name inked to ffep, else vg-fine in clean, crisp, unc lipped dj. Signed without inscription by Kent on the title page. With illustrated tan-coloured "Richard Bolitho" bookmark laid in at front. 90.00
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KENT, Alexander BOLITHO) Honour This Day. signed. Cdn ed in dj.
Heinemann/Stoddart, London/Toronto, 1987, ISBN:077372155x
KENT, Alexander. Honour This Day . London/[Toronto]: Heinemann/(Stoddart), (1987). First UK Printing in Canadian dust jacket. Pp. (8),[1]-287,(9). 8vo, green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. "In September 1804, England stands alone against France and the fleets of Spain, daily expecting an invasion. Entrusted with an urgent mission for the King, Vice-Admiral Richard Bolitho hoists his flag above the veteran seventy-four gun ship Hyperion and sets sail with a new squadron for the Caribbean. Plagued by the knowledge that both his troubled marriage and the eye injured in his last battle with Contre-Amiral Jobert are worsening, Bolitho is eager to quit the land less than three months after his return home. But even his beloved old ship Hyperion, hastily restored from an ignominious existence as a hulk, is full of tormenting memoirs and lost faces." - from the dj. Inked checkmarks to the "Also by Alexander Kent" leaf (verso half-title), else vg in nicked Canadiandj. Signed without inscription by Kent on the title page. 40.00
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KENT, Alexander In Gallant Company. 1st US edition, signed
G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1977,
KENT, Alexander. In Gallant Company. First US Edition. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, (1977). Pp. [1]-287,(1). Maps to pastedowns and ffep, rfep. 8vo, blue cloth covers with gilt lettering to spine. Owner's name in ink to ffepand inside page, some spotting to top edge, else vg in vg, price-clipped d j. Signed without inscription to title page. 70.00
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KENT, Alexander Inshore Squadron. 2nd US imp in dj.
G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1979,
KENT, Alexander. The Inshore Squadron . NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, (1979). 2ndimpression. Pp. 256. 8vo, blue cloth. Freshly appointed Rear Admiral Bolit ho deals with the power politics present in the various naval squadrons in 1800 in this volume from the highly successful Bolitho series. Minor sunning to top edge, else vg in nicked, unclipped dj. 15.00
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KENT, Alexander BOLITHO) Inshore Squadron. signed. 1st UK in dj.
Hutchinson, London, 1978, ISBN:0091345804
KENT, Alexander. The Inshore Squadron . London: Hutchinson, (1978). First UK Printing. Pp. [1]-256. Map endpapers. 8vo, blue cloth with gilt letteringto spine. "In September 1800 Richard Bolitho, a freshly appointed rear-adm iral, assumes command of his own squadron -- but, as the cruel demands of war spread from Europe to the Baltic, he soon realizes that his experience, gained in the line of battle, has ill-prepared him for the intricate manoeuvring of power politics. Under his flag the Inshore Squadron has to ride out the bitter hardship of blockade duty and the swift, deadly encounters with the enemy. An old hatred steps from the past to pose a personal threat tohim, but at the gates of Copenhagen, where his flag flies amidst the fury of battle, Bolitho must put all private hopes and fears behind him." - fromthe dj. Vg-fine in clean, crisp, unclipped dj. Signed without inscription by Kent on the title page. With illustrated red and white "Richard Bolitho"bookmark laid in at front. 130.00
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KENT, Alexander BOLITHO) Inshore Squadron. signed. 1st US in dj.
G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1979,
KENT, Alexander. The Inshore Squadron . New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, (1979). First American Printing. Pp. [1]-256. Map endpapers. 8vo, blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. "In September 1800 Richard Bolitho, a freshly appointed rear-admiral, assumes command of his own squadron -- but, as the cruel demands of war spread from Europe to the Baltic, he soon realizes that his experience, gained in the line of battle, has ill-prepared him for the intricate maneuvering of power politics. Under his flag the Inshore Squadron has to ride out the bitter hardship of blockade duty and the swift, deadly encounters with the enemy. An old hatred steps from the past to pose a personal threat to him, but at the gates of Copenhagen, where his flag flies amidst the fury of battle, Bolitho must put all private hopes and fears behind him." - from the dj. Top edge very slightly sunned, gift inscription toffep, else vg in very lightly edgeworn, unclipped dj. Signed without inscr iption by Kent on the title page. 100.00
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KENT, Alexander BOLITHO) Man of War. double-signed. 1st UK in dj.
William Heinemann, London, 2003, ISBN:0434010081
KENT, Alexander. Man of War . [Dj adds: The new Bolitho novel from our greatest living naval writer]. London: William Heinemann, (2003). First UK Printing. Pp. (10),1-276,(2). 8vo, black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. "Antigua, 1817, and every harbour and estuary is filled with ghostly ships, the famous and the legendary now redundant in the aftermath of war. In this uneasy peace, Adam Bolitho is fortunate to be offered the seventy-four gun Athena, and as flag captain to Vice-Admiral Sir Graham Bethune once more follows his destiny to the Caribbean. But in these haunted waters where Richard Bolitho and his 'band of brothers' once fought a familiar enemy, the quarry is now a renegade foe who flies no colours and offers no quarter, and whose traffic in human life is sanctioned by flawed treaties and men of influence. And here, when Athena's guns speak, a day of terrible retribution will dawn for the innocent and the damned." - from the dj. Canadian and British prices on jacket. Vg-fine in clean, crisp, unclipped dj. "Double signed"by Kent, first under his pseudonym, and then under his actual name, Dougla s Reeman, without inscription, on the title page. 50.00
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KENT, Alexander Only Victor. 1st Cdn in dj.
Stoddart, Toronto, 1990,
KENT, Alexander. The Only Victor. (Toronto): Stoddart, (1990). First Canadian Edition. Pp. (10),1-340,(2). 8vo, blue cloth covers with gilt lettering to spine. "In February 1806 the frigate carrying Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho drops anchor of the shores of southern Africa. It is only four months since the resounding victory over the combined Franco-Spanish fleet at Trafalgar, and the death of England's greatest naval hero. Bolitho's instructions are to assist in hastening the campaign in Africa, where an expeditionary force is attempting to recapture Cape Town from the Dutch. [...] A secret mission to Denmark almost ends in disaster. [...]. The Only Victor follows chronologically Honour This Day." - from the dj. Remainder dot to btm edge, rubber number stamp to top edge, stamp price to endpaper, else vg in vgdj. 15.00
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KENT, Alexander Only Victor. 1st Canadian, signed
Stoddart, Toronto, 1990, ISBN:0773723897
KENT, Alexander. The Only Victor. (Toronto): Stoddart, (1990). First Canadian Edition. Pp. (10),1-340,(2). 8vo, blue cloth covers with gilt lettering to spine. "In February 1806 the frigate carrying Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho drops anchor of the shores of southern Africa. It is only four months since the resounding victory over the combined Franco-Spanish fleet at Trafalgar, and the death of England's greatest naval hero. Bolitho's instructions are to assist in hastening the campaign in Africa, where an expeditionary force is attempting to recapture Cape Town from the Dutch. [...] A secret mission to Denmark almost ends in disaster. [...]. The Only Victor follows chronologically Honour This Day." - from the dj. Owner's name in ink to ffep, slight wear to top and bottom of spine, else vg in vg dj. Signed by author without inscription to title page. 75.00
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KENT, Alexander Relentless Pursuit. 1st UK in dj.
Heinemann, 2001, ISBN:0434008842
KENT, Alexander. Relentless Pursuit. L: Heinemann, (2001). First Printing. Pp 323. 8vo, black cloth. "It is December 1815 and Adam Bolitho's orders are unequivocal. As captain of His Majesty's frigate Unrivalled of forty-six guns, he is required to "repair in the first instance to Freetown, Sierra Leone, and reasonably assist the senior officer to the patrolling squadron. [...] The sea is his element, the ship his only home, and a reckless, perhaps doomed attack on an impregnable stronghold his only hope of settling thebitterest of debts." -from the dj. Fine in price-clipped dj. 25.00
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