P Fitzgerald Oconnor (24 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. David Chalmers (illustrator). Uncorrected Prool. Corners bit creased, front edge front cover bit ragged, spine a little faded and frayed at ends. Small stain front edge. Illustrated with drawings.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Chalmers David (illustrator). 1st Edition. Hardback 1st ed 1st printinting. Both book and dustwrapper are in very good condition. The d/w is a little edgeworn with 1 small triangular piece missing.

Hardback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 5.5 x 8"; 126pp; red cloth with gilt; dustwrapper chipped, two small tears without loss; dusty edges, good copy;

Red Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Minus. 1st Edition. 126pp. A first edition with wrapper. Illustrated with several drawings and a frontispiece page by David Chalmers. Light shelf wear to the head and tail of the spine, hidden under the wrapper. A few page corner tips have been turned, leaving neat creases. The pages are otherwise clean and tight. Dust wrapper is not price clippedA few short tears from the wrapper edges, now repaired with acid free archival tape to the reverse of the wrapper. A couple of small 0.5 cm areas of loss from the head of the front of the wrapper. The wrapper remains bright and fresh. A very good copy.

Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with light toning. Previous owner name to first blank page. Good DJ with some edge wear.

Condition: Good. 1951. First Edition. 196 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over red cloth boards with lettering. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pencil markings to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Lettering is bright and clear. Minor tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket. Panels and spine have light edgewear with tears and creases. Minor loss to spine and edges. Visible wear marks to spine and panels.

Condition: Fair. 1953. 1953 Reprint. 272 pages. No dust jacket. Grey cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with common faults. Text is legible throughout. Some issues present such as cracking, inscriptions, inserts, moderate foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Binding remains firm. Boards have noticeable shelf wear with rubbing and corner bumping. Moderate tanning and marking.

Condition: Fair. 1953. Reprinted. 272 pages. No dust jacket. Grey cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white plates. Clean pages and plates with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Moderate tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Lettering is darkened. Visible wear marks to boards. Boards are bowed.

Condition: Good. 1953. Reprinted. 272 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over grey cloth. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears, chipping and creasing.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1953). (1953) 1953 reprint. 8vo (132 x 203mm). Pp272. B/w photograph plates, b/w line illustrations, maps. Grey boards, spine titled in pale green. Stains and use else good working copy. Lacks dust-wrapper. "Completed in January '52, [this book's] publication was postponed because it was then learned that another book which embraced the subject of shark hunting was about to come out. This was Mr. Maxwell's well illustrated 'Harpoon at a Venture'. Since Mr. Maxwell's tilt at the sharks took place in the same area as my own, since we both used the London Zoological records for some of the biological details we have pondered or enlarged on in our separate tales, and since my meeting with these great fish came about through one Harry Thomson who had once been with Mr. Maxwell, there were perhaps a few of the introductory aspects that we saw with similar eyes. But on comparing the two books now, almost a year later, I feel that our ventures sailed on somewhat different courses. So off to the printers it goes: as originally written, apart from a little tidying up - as it has lain in my publisher's office for many too many months." Chapters include: A few moments in February '51; Shark fever, 1950-1951; Preparation, March and April '51; The Minch and disaster, May; SHARK-O!; The Minch and competition, June; The hour glass; Sharks and ships and sealing wax, June; The final fling. .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 8vo, first edition, pp,272, portrait frontispiece and illustrations, white titled grey cloth, pictorial clipped dust-jacket which has some edge-wear.

Condition: Good. First edition. Light wear to boards. Content has toning to page ends. DJ with some edge wear, teras and fading.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Reprint. 272 Pages. The jacket is shelf rubbed and edge worn, with closed tears along the edges. It is protected in cellophane. The boards show little wear. They are strong and sturdy. Internally, there is a previous owners inscription on the front end pages. Clean and complete. Tightly bound [Ak]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Good +. No Jacket. First Edition. Ex Libris plate to front pastedown. 272 pages internally clean and tightly bound. (WY-U12).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Hardback. Dust Jacket Condition: Good dj. Reprint.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Very Good Hardback. Dust Jacket Condition: Good - dj. Reprint.

Hardback. Printed pages: 196. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Dust jacket: Rubbing and light soiling. Slight staining to edges of front board. Some tears to edges. Unclipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Good. Book: Red cloth binding. A couple of small dents to spine, foxing to top page edge. Very clean text throughout. Inscribed and signed by the author to front free endpaper, above this is a previous owner's name. Very scarce novel set in a fictional West Highland village. . Overall book condition is Very Good. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £12.00; USA £15.00; Oceania £16.00; Rest of World £16.00. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 5.25 x 7.5 inches (13 x 19 cm). Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. UK hardback third impression. Good+ with light staple rust from where two-page handwritten author letter kept in place at ffep. The jacket is unclipped with small nicks and creases. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 8vo. 118 pages. Hardback with a blue and black dust jacket. DJ shows some rubbing and wear. With bends at the top and bottom edges of the DJ. Corners are bumped. Inside front and rear covers are toned. Text is clean and sound.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 2nd Edition. Shark - O! By P. FitzGerald O'connor. Hardcover, very good condition, minor marks, and shelf wear, dust jacket scuffed, chipped, and closed tears to edges. Publisher: Secker & Warburg, London, 1953, 2nd impression The author writes about fishing for Basking Sharks in the Atlantic. The only book on the subject I have seen so far. surprisingly the insight by the author of the biology and behavior of this shark was highly enlightened for the time the book was written (1950's). I was surprised that even then, fisherman were beginning to see that the oceans were being 'fished out', a truly relevant issue today. An interesting book for anyone interested in sharks and their history.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Impression. 272 pages. Illustrated. A firm, straight, clean book. Jacket price clipped, now protected in a clear mylar sleeve.

Hardcover. Stated First. Blue cloth in dj, vg/vg, a bit of edge wear to dj. Ex-Lib Sea; 3404.

No Binding. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: None. This is an original movie review that measures approximately 8 x 11 and is in VG or better condition. Size: 10 x 13. Paper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo (crown). Orange cloth with black fin and wave in lay, titled in black on spine, 255pp, with five in-text maps, bookplate on front free endpaper, a small smudge on bottom half of title-page, corners, tips, are lightly bruised with some gentle wear at outer edges and spine ends, but in fact a very good copy in a very good d/w, front inner jacket clipped, some tearing at spine head, a small hole in mid jacket with general wear. The author recounts his adventures in a small, 4 crew boat in search of the 5 tonne basking shark on the Atlantic Ocean and harrowing tales that emerge.