Bryant Samuel Illus (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. No Jacket. Third Printing. VG- in cloth (front inner hinge weak) 8vo 436pp Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Illustrated by B/w illus. (illustrator). Book.

FIRST EDITION, super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.…

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.…

First edition, octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.…

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to title plate & dark green lettering to spine, green fish motif to front board, frontispiece, xvi + 273pp, illus, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, ex-libris plate to front pastedown) in d/w & removeable protective clear plastic cover, scruffy (very heavy chipping to edges with some loss, heavy creasing to covers, moderate tanning to edges).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1967 first edition, lacking dust jacket. cover shows minor wear at the corners. pages lightly tanned, clean and unmarked.

The maps were published on pages 35, 45, and 57 of C. S. Forester's The Hornblower Companion (subtitled "An Atlas and Personal Commentary on the Writing of the Hornblower Saga with illustrations and maps by Samuel Bryant"). The work was first published in 1964. There are additional vignettes which are published within the text, and one unpublished example. Samuel Hanks Bryant (1906-1996) was an American illustrator and artist specialising in naval and military subjects. He largely worked for the Houghton Mifflin Company where he was involved with numerous publications including Churchill's The Second World War, and, later, Tolkien's The Road Goes Ever On. The maps offered here comprise: Map 17 ("The Mediterranean"). There are five additional vignettes, of which four are published on p. 34. Map 22 ("Second Engagement Between Lydia and Natividad"). There are three additional vignettes, which are published on p. 44. Map 28 ("Riga"). There are three additional vignettes, which are published on p. 56. Original drawings (maps c. 335 x 246 mm) on "Bainbridge Board" artist's board (c. 470 x 365 mm). Drawn in ink, with some corrections in gouache, occasional lettering panels laid down, some transfer lettering, each board signed ("Samuel H. Bryant"). Two maps with tracing paper covers with artist's marks. All with black paper covers bearing map number. Together with printed book. Some occasional adhesive tape marks, occasional browning to transfer lettering, short tears to tracing paper, minor loss to black paper covers; fine and unfaded drawings, together with a fine copy of the printed book in a near-fine jacket.…