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Every Man for Himself. 1st US in dj

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Carrol & Graf, New York, 1996, ISBN:0786703490:

Seller ID: 21734

BAINBRIDGE, Beryl. Every Man for Himself. New York: Carrol & Graf, (1996). First US Printing. Pp. (6),7- 224. 8vo, grey cloth spine. A novel about theTitanic disaster. Dame Beryl Margaret Bainbridge DBE (b. November 21, 1932 , Liverpool, England – d. July 2, 2010, London, England) was an English writer from Liverpool. Very good in dust jacket. 20.00
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Lively Poll : A Tale of the North Sea

By: BALLANTYNE, R. M.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: James Nisbet & Co., Limited, London, 0,:

Seller ID: 63079

BALLANTYNE, R. M. The Lively Poll : A Tale of the North Sea. London : JamesNisbet & Co., Limited, [n.d.]. Pp. 128, frontispiece, including plates 8vo , red pictorial cloth with gilt lettering to front and gilt title block to spine. See Quayle, R.M. Ballantyne: A Bibliography of First Editions p.113 for the 1886 first edition. Moderately rubbed, inner hinges cracked, light spotting and smudging throughout. As is. 30.00
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Coxswain's Bride or The Rising Tide : A Tale of the Sea and Other Tales. 6th thousand.

By: BALLANTYNE, R. M. BALLANTYNE, R.M.

Price: $60.00

Publisher: James Nisbet, London, 0,:

Seller ID: 63092

BALLANTYNE, R. M. The Coxswain's Bride or The Rising Tide: A Tale of the Sea and Other Tales. With Illustrations by the Author. Sixth Thousand. London: James Nisbet & Co., n.d. [orginally copyright in 1891 unsure of this edi tion]. Pp 234, including frontispiece, including [16] pp of ads + [3] pp ofplates. 8vo, pictorial brown cloth, gilt to spine and upper board. See Qua yle, R.M. Ballantyne: A Bibliography of First Editions p.97 for the first. In each of the three stories Ballantyne writes about the significance of faith in Christ to the lives of his characters. Two of the stories have a nau...
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Battle and the Breeze, or The Fights and Fancies of a British Tar

By: BALLANTYNE, R.M.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: James Nisbet, London, 1905,:

Seller ID: 76724

BALLANTYNE, R.M. The Battle and the Breeze, or The Fights and Fancies of a British Tar. London : James Nisbet, [n.d., ca. 1905]. Pp. (7),12-124,[1]-6 of ads. Illustrated. 8vo, pictorial red cloth. A juvenile nautical adventure book. See Quayle, R.M. Ballantyne: A Bibliography of First Editions p.110for the first. Name in ink to rfep, ffep, front paste-down, and two inside pages. Rear hinge broken and binding of spine has separated from cloth, so me foxing and soiling to pages, some pages torn or missing pieces around edges, soiling to covers, wear to edges, cocked. 10.00
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Sunk at Sea, or, The Adventures of Wandering Will in the Pacific

By: BALLANTYNE, R.M.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: James Nisbet, London, 1905,:

Seller ID: 74469

BALLANTYNE, R.M. Sunk at Sea, or, The Adventures of Wandering Will in the Pacific . London : James Nisbet, [n.d. - ca. 1905?]. Pp. (5),10-128,(2) of ads, frontispiece, including plates. Illustrated. 8vo, brightly illustrated blue cloth. See Quayle, R.M. Ballantyne: A Bibliography of First Editions p.106 for the first edition. Occasional marginal staining throughout, light wear to extremities, some bubbling to rear board, edge spotting, 1905 gift inscription to flyleaf, else very good. 20.00
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Gascoyne, the Sandal-Wood Trader : A Tale of the Pacific.

By: BALLANTYNE, R.M.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: James Nisbet, London, 1877,:

Seller ID: 76936

BALLANTYNE, R.M. Gascoyne, the Sandal-Wood Trader : A Tale of the Pacific. London: James Nisbet, 1877. Pp. [i]-vi,[1]-440,(16) of ads. 8vo, pictorial maroon cloth with gilt lettering to spine. See Quayle, R.M. Ballantyne: A Bibliography of First Editions p.51 for the first. Boards heavily rubbed, spine nearly detached, nearly broken in several instances throughout. A poor copy. 10.00
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Awfully Big Adventure. First Edition

By: BARTIMEUS

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Cassell and Company, Ltd., London, 1919,:

Seller ID: 62904

BARTIMEUS. An Awfully Big Adventure. London : Cassell and Company, Ltd., (1919). First Printing. Pp. 277. 8vo, blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. A collection of short stories and novellas for young adults - some based upon actual events - dealing with the war at sea during the First World War. Contents: 1. An Awfully Big Adventure ; 2. Behind the Veil: The Story of the Q Boats ; 3. "Not in the Presence of the Enemy" ; 4. The Action betweenH. M. S. Prize and German Submarine U-93 ; 5. The Forfeit ; 6. Supper Beer ; 7. The Way They Have ; 8. The Epitaph ; 9. The English Way ; 10. ...
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Beggars of the Sea : A Story of the Dutch Struggle. 1st pr.

By: BEVAN, Tom

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Thomas Nelson, London, 1904,:

Seller ID: 71102

BEVAN, Tom. Beggars of the Sea : A Story of the Dutch Struggle . London: Thomas Nelson, 1904. First Printing. Pp. [i]-viii,(3),10-336, frontis., + 3 p. of plates. Illustrated. 8vo, pictorial brown cloth with gilt lettered blue title blocks to front. Inner hinges cracked (front nearly broken), boardsrubbed with wear to extremities, light foxing and marginal smudging, gift inscription to half-title, else vg. 30.00
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Queerfella. First Edition in dustjacket

By: BONE, David

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Duckworth, London, 1952,:

Seller ID: 14869

BONE, David W. The Queerfella. London : Gerald Duckworth & Co., (1952). First Printing. Pp (6),7-288. 8vo, blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Smith & Weller, Sea Fiction Guide 273. The Queerfella is Sir David Bone's first full-length novel. "In the early years of this century the full-rigged ship Bryn Gower, one of the last sailing ships in British registry, makes a voyage from Liverpool to Calcutta with a cargo of steel rails, and homeward to Dundee, laden with jute. Hero of the story—the Queerfella himself—is a young seaman, Duncan Stirrat, who joins the ship roaring drunk at Garst...
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Benbow Was His Name. 1st UK in dj

By: BRAHMS, Caryl and Ned SHERRIN BENBOW, John SHERRIN, Ned

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Hutchinson, 1967,:

Seller ID: 26406

BRAHMS, Caryl and Ned SHERRIN. Benbow Was His Name : a story of tall ships in battle compiled from the literature of the sea and fashioned into a novel. L.: Hutchinson, (1967). First Printing. Pp 209. Illustrated. 8vo, black cloth. Vg-fine in dj. 30.00
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Between Two Shores. First Edition in dustjacket

By: BRAY, Donald

Price: $20.00

Publisher: William Kimber, London, 1983,:

Seller ID: 14965

BRAY, Donald. Between Two Shores. London : William Kimber, (1983). First Edition. Pp 252. 8vo, blue cloth. "When young Ned Davy of St Ives wins his captaincy by a successful sea fight with a French commerce raider, the beautiful corvette Le Faucon Gris, he sets his heart on one day commanding her. And he loses his heart elsewhere too - to a beautiful French girl he meets briefly and whose name he does not even know. Both loves seem impossible to attain... Set in the late eighteenth century, this is a fast-moving, thrilling story of smuggling and privateering between Cornwall and Brittany w...
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Auriga Madness. First Edition in dustjacket

By: CALLISON, Brian

Price: $28.00

Publisher: Collins, London, 1980, ISBN:0002220695:

Seller ID: 6992

CALLISON, Brian. The Auriga Madness. London : Collins, 1980. First Printing. Pp (4),5-223,(1). 8vo [135 x 215 mm], blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Brian Richard Callison (b. July 13, 1934, Manchester, England) former Merchant Navy officer and noted author of sea fiction. His tenth book. *'The Auriga was an ordinary ship, making a quite ordinary voyage across the NorthSea from Helsinki to the Firth of Forth. The crew was quite ordinary too. Oh, Assistant Steward Baird and Seaman Grainger were on the hot-headed side; Chief Cook Holmquist did seem eccentric to some; and Seaman Guy was extrav...
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Captain Thomas Johnstone 1772-1839 : Smuggler's Reach.

By: CLEUGH, James Rogues Gallery No.02

Price: $27.50

Publisher: Andrew Melrose, London, 1955,:

Seller ID: 16710

CLEUGH, James. Captain Thomas Johnstone 1772-1839 : Smuggler's Reach. London : Andrew Melrose, (1955). First Printing. Pp 318. Illustrated. 8vo, greencloth. Number Two in The Rogues Gallery series. An historical novel. Very good. 27.50
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Rover. 1st UK no dj

By: CONRAD, Joseph

Price: $85.00

Publisher: T. Fisher Unwin Ltd., 1923,:

Seller ID: 666

CONRAD, Joseph. The Rover. L.: T. Fisher Unwin Ltd., (1923). First UK Edition. Pp. 317. 8vo, dark green cloth, gilt lettering to front and spine. First edition with "g" missing from "go" on p 221 line 2. Previous owner's name inked to ffep, else a very nice copy. 85.00
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Rover. 1st US no dj

By: CONRAD, Joseph

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1923,:

Seller ID: 635

CONRAD, Joseph. The Rover. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1923. First US Edition. Pp. 286. 8vo, blue cloth, gilt decoration to front, gilt lettering to spine. Inkstamp and previous owner's name to ffep, else a vg, bright copy. 45.00
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The Rover. Limited, numbered, signed edition in dustjacked, glasseine, and slipcase.

By: CONRAD, Joseph

Price: $1,500.00

Publisher: Doubleday, Page & Company, Garden City, New York, 1923,:

Seller ID: 96794

CONRAD, Joseph. The Rover. Garden City, New York : Doubleday, Page & Company, MCMXXIII [1923]. First American Edition. Pp (12),1-371,(5), frontispiece portrait. 8vo, white vellum paper covered boards and spine, gilt vignette and lettering to front board and spine, blue tipped corners and vertical line to boards at spine, top edge gilt, in dustjacket, glasseine wrapper, and blue paper slipcase with whiet paper label to spine.
"This edition, signed by the author, is limited to three hundred and seventy-seven copies printed from type which was distributed immediately after printing. Th...
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Rover. 1st US in dj

By: CONRAD, Joseph

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Doubleday, Page & Company, New York, 1923,:

Seller ID: 97583

CONRAD, Joseph. The Rover. [Dj adds: "A Story of Napoleonic Times"]. GardenCity, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1923. First US Edition. Pp. (8) ,1-286,(2). 8vo, blue cloth, gilt decoration to front, gilt lettering to spine. "Peyrol, the rover, has left the lawless sea to endhis days in peace in the quiet village of his birth. But even that obscure section of the French coast has felt the pressure of Napoleon's naval wars with England. Swiftly by reluctantly, Peyrol is involved in a romance and a secret operation which rises to the great adventure of his life, eclipsing in dra...
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Tales of Hearsay. First Edition in dustjacket. .

By: CONRAD, Joseph.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: T. Fisher Unwin Ltd, London, 1925,:

Seller ID: 85895

CONRAD, Joseph. Tales of Hearsay. With a Preface by R.B. Cunninghame Graham. London : T. Fisher Unwin Ltd, (1925). First Edition. Pp (6),7-[288]. 8vo,green cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Contents : Preface. "The Warrior's S oul," "Prince Roman," "The Tale," and "The Black Mate". “There are two stories of the sea. In “The Black Mate” Conrad gives us wonderful portraits of the officers and crew on one of the old sailing ships of the 'eighties. In “The Tale” he takes the familiar episode a of a ship fog-bound off a dangerous coast in wartime, nosing her ...
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Nigger of the Narcissus. Heritage Press Edition.

By: CONRAD, Joseph. JONES, Howard Mumford, intro. SHEETS, Millard.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Heritage Press, New York, 1965,:

Seller ID: 112508

CONRAD, Joseph. The Nigger of the Narcissus. With an introduction by HowardMumford Jones and illustations by Millard Sheets. New York : The Heritage Press, (1965). First thus. Pp. (6),vii-[xix],(3),3-[162],(2), including sixfull-page colour illustrations, eight full-page black-and-white illustrati ons, and many smaller black-and-white illustrations to text. Large 8vo, white cloth spine, illustrated cloth boards depicting the three-masted Narcissus, black lettering to spine. "A ship sails from Bombay to England. On its voyage around the Horn it encounters a terrific storm, and, once out of ...
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Wildtrack. First American Edition in dustjacket

By: CORNWELL, Bernard

Price: $25.00

Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1988, ISBN:0399133755:

Seller ID: 15095

CORNWELL, Bernard. Wildtrack. New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, (1988). First American Printing. Pp. [1]-320. 8vo, black cloth spine with blue paper-covered boards, gilt lettering to spine. Bernard Cornwell, OBE (b. February 23,1944, London). "Month by grueling month, [the protagonist, Nicholas] Sandm an, wounded in the Falklands War, teaches himself to walk again, and heads home. Everything he has is gone -- his money, his wife, his children -- allbut his one great love: a 38-foot ketch called Sycorax. But to his horror the looted, vandalized shell of Sycorax lies rotting near Nick's former ...
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Keyword:LITERATURE FIRST NAUTICAL FICTION UNITED KINGDOM