Obrian Patrick Russ Richard Patrick (16 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. HarperCollins 1999 First Edition First Printing Slightly bumped at top and base of spine and page edges a little browned else Fine book in slightly rubbed Dust Jacket ''. Time is gaining on him. His spirits, his energy, his zest for life and its pleasures are not what they were. He has reached the top of the Captain's list and the odds agains promotion to flag rank are lengthening On the other hand . '' The last Jack Aubrey book. Book.…

Cloth Bound Boards. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1950 First Edition, First Printing - 1st state binding. Size 12mo, 7.25" tall, 216 pages. Publisher's original green cloth covered boards with dark blue titling to the spine. No Dust jacket. Condition about good, the spine is faded, there is mildew like fading to the lower outer corners of the covers, more so to the front cover than the back. There is a small gift inscription to the front end-paper. The pages are toned otherwise clean throughout. Thirteen short stories about countryside: several with a theme of fishing and fox-hunting in Ireland and Snowdonia, The Drawing Of The Curranwood Badgers, and the others on wild-fowling, shooting and poaching. Patrick O'Brian was born Richard Patrick Russ, changing his name by deed-poll in 1945. He wrote several books under his birth-name and a great number as Patrick O'Brian. Binding A - first state, with green cloth covers and blue titling to the spine.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. States "First published September 1934." Second book, published when he was 19 (his first, "Caesar: The Story of a Panda Leopard," was published when he was 16) by the author who would later change his name to Patrick O'Brian, best-known for his Aubrey-Maturin novels of Nelson's navy. Color frontispiece and eight B&W internal (matte) illustrations are all firmly in place. "Good plus" original dust jacket is price-clipped, and is missing a narrow, 3-1/2 X 3/8- inch strip from bottom of rear panel, affecting no text. Previous owner's name, "Ivor G.M.G. Dorward," stamped to bottom of FFE and also to bottom page edges. Ivor Gardiner Menzies Gordon Dorward (1927-1983) grew up to become a prominent architect in Glasgow. The first two "Richard Russ" books are sought-after by O'Brian collectors. We also offer illustrator Tunnicliffe's "Sketches of Bird Life," separately. 84 pp. This volume now reduced from $350. As with all our items priced higher than $90, this item will be shipped "signature required.". Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe (illustrator).…

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original maroon cloth covers, gilt lettering to the spine. 8vo 9½'' x 6¼'' 76 pp. ISBN 0001922475. Colour and monochrome illustrations throughout. Ex-library with bookplate removed from the front and rear end papers, one stamp only to the front free end paper and copyright pages. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper which has been protected in brown paper, not price clipped £1.75. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ROYAL NAVY (RN).…

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original maroon cloth covers, gilt lettering to the spine. 8vo 9½'' x 6¼'' 76 pp. ISBN 0001922475. Colour and monochrome illustrations throughout. Ex-library with front end paper missing, stamps only to the copyright page. Very Good condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper which has been protected in brown paper, now removed leaving the paper fresh and bright, not price clipped £1.75. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protectioN. Member of the P.B.F.A. ROYAL NAVY (RN).…

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original claret paper covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Full printer's code 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2. Contains 262 pp. Age darkened closed page edges. Very Good condition book in Fine condition art work dust wrapper, not price clipped, £15.99. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. MODERN FIRST EDITIONS.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Collins 1989 First Edition First Printing Slightly bumped at top and base of spine, slight spine lean, page edges lightly browned and slightly marked and small translucent paper flaw on front free end paper else Fine book in slightly rubbed Dust Jacket . ''. Jack Aubrey's career seems at last to be on course for entering harbour. All his life he has triumphed, often sensationally, over the dangers of the sea and the violence of the enemy. But his rashness, his indiscretion have time and time again enabled his rivals to prevent him reaping his just rewards. ''. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Collins 1978 First Edition First Printing Bruised at top and base of spine and lower corners, top page edges a little marked and page edges lightly age-darkened else Fine book in slightly rubbed Dust Jacket, with a light crease in the front flap and a little wear at the top fold tips. ''. Jack and his company have exchanged the Indian Ocean for colder and lonelier seas. Stephen Maturin's intelligence woirk involves him with a beautiful and dangerous woman sentenced to transportation. thrilling chase through an Antarctic storm. outmanned and outgunned. ''. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). Red cloth lettered in black at the spine and upper board. Tall 8vo. vii, 89pp. With a colour frontispiece and thirteen plates of black and white drawings. The top edge dust soiled, and with a touch of wear to the head of the backstrip and to several corner tips. A sliver of light partial toning and spitting to the free endpapers, and with a little spotting to two or three preliminary and concluding leaves. The binding a little tender at two gatherings, and one plate leaf detached and laid-in. A good copy. No dust wrapper. The author's first book, published at the age of just fifteen.…

hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket. The sixteenth novel in O'Brian's acclaimed Aubrey/Maturin series continues Captain Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin's maritime adventures during the Napoleonic Wars, here voyaging across the Pacific with espionage, pursuit and scientific intrigue. A fine copy in fine jacket. Book.…

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original scarlet cloth covers, black lettering to the spine and the upper panel, top edge dyed dark green. 8vo. 8½'' x 6½''. Contains viii, 89 printed pages of text with colour frontispiece and 13 monochrome illustrations throughout. Old ink name to the front free end paper, the tissue guarding the frontispiece has darkened, light fox spotting to the closed page edges, spine not faded, corners sharp and in Very Good sound and tight condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. CHILDREN'S & JUVENILE.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First American Edition. Hardcover; 8vo; 87 pages. First US edition (from U.K. sheets) of Patrick O'Brian's first novel.Orange cloth hardcovers with green text on spine and upper board. Lightly scuffed edges, corners gently bumped. Yellowing interior. Foxed, lightly in text, more thickly near front and back, including title page. Colour frontispiece. 13 b+w illustrations. In a paper jacket, with blue titles and a colour plate pasted to front. Yellowed and lightly to moderately scuffed. 1 chip missing from tail-edge of spine. In a mylar jacket. NPC, $2.00 on flap. VG/G+. Rountree, Harry (illustrator). Book. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Small4to, first edition, pp,vii,87, coloured frontispiece and illustrations by Harry Rountree, black titled red cloth, pictorial unclipped dust-jacket which is a little toned, some very mild foxing, a crisp copy. The story of a Panda Leopard written by Patrick Russ aged sixteen who was the son of a London doctor. He later changed his name.…

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. 1st 1934. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper. Blue cloth, white titles. Colour frontis. 8 b/w plates. Written when Russ was 19 years old, he later wrote under the pseudonym of Patrick O'Brian. Superb Tunnicliffe illustrations. REDUCED PRICE. Top and tail of spine slightly faded. Spine slightly bumped. Last few pages lightly foxed else contents fine. Original brown wrapper with pictorial onlay is price-cut and very slightly nicked at top and tail of spine. A lovely copy of this rare title. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Tunnicliffe, C.F. (illustrator).…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. 1st 1930. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. This is Patrick O'Brian's first book, written when he was still in school, under his real name 'Patrick Russ'. Red cloth with green titles. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations. Caesar is a cub in the Tibetan forests; it follows his early wild life, how he became an orphan and also tells of his capture and taming. REDUCED PRICE. Spine and cover edges are faded, with some more fading starting to affect front and back covers. Light foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. In 2ND issue dustwrapper with colour pictorial onlay to front. The wrapper is showing browning, to same parts that are faded undernath. A few light marks but complete with no tears or chips. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Rountree, Harry (illustrator).…

First edition, first impression, second issue jacket. Patrick O'Brian's story of a panda leopard born in the Tibetan forests is his first book, written when he was 15 years old and before he changed his name from Richard Patrick Russ. "I did it mostly in my bedroom and a little when I should have been doing homework" (jacket blurb). Octavo. Colour frontispiece and 13 black and white plates Original red cloth, titles to spine and front board in black. With dust jacket. Spine gently rolled, free endpapers partially tanned, some spotting to contents and edges of text block. A very good copy in a lightly chipped and tanned jacket with four tape repairs to the verso.…