Val Biro Cover (5 results)

Soft cover. Condition: New. New condition color illustrated softcover wraps. Includes Dedication and Author's Note. Illustrated with a preliminary page black-and-white map. Mariner's Library Fiction Classics. "Characters as rich as Patrick O'Brian's and as timeless as Forester's Hornblower." "In the tradition of C.S. Forester, ex-sailor Richard Woodman brings history to life in a rousing tale of daring deeds and clashing cutlasses. It is the summer of 1804 and Napoleon is massing his vast army for the invasion of England. His powerful Combined Fleet is preparing to meet Admiral Nelson's British Fleet in the Battle of Trafalgar. In the annals of history this battle completely decimated the Combined Fleet, ranking second in destructiveness only to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Captain Nathaniel Drinkwater, newly appointed commander of the frigate Antigone, is preparing for battle off the French coast, as part of Admiral Nelson's highly effective blockade. As the fleets draw together, Drinkwater is unprepared for the irregular role destiny deals him when he becomes a prisoner of the French and takes the brunt of the British bombardment in the orlop of an enemy ship." - from the rear outer cover. "There will not be a better novel of naval warfare until Rochard Woodman's next book appears." - Times Literary Supplement. "There is no doubt that Nathaniel Drinkwater rates up there with the best of the nautical world." - Midwest Book Review. Biro, Val (cover art); Sanchez, Jesse (cover design) (illustrator).…

Hard Back. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. An ex-library copy of this novel with a withdrawn/sold stamp. 247 clean pages. Wonderful wrap-around art work by Val Biro. A good reading copy. Val Biro: Cover (illustrator). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book Club Edition. Wheatley, Dennis. The Irish witch. A Roger Brook story. London: The Book Club, 1974. Hardback, VG, in unclipped dustjacket, a little sunned to the spine, with light shelfwear. Red boards with gilt lettering to spine. Binding strong. 446pp., contents clean and bright. Roger Brook is a fictional secret agent and gallant of the Napoleonic Wars who is later identified as the Chevalier de Breuc, created in 1947. His series covers events from a dozen years before the French Revolution to the fall of Napoleon. The series is written from Brook's perspective, who is an aide-de-camp to Napoleon himself. RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing. Val Biro (cover) (illustrator).…

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original chocolate paper covered boards, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Contains 421 printed pages of text. Spine tips scuffed. Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with two small closed tears to the upper edges, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0340237783 MODERN FIRST EDITIONS.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Paul Capon was a prolific author and scriptwriter in several genres, including historical and science fiction. 'Lord of the Chariots' is the third volume in his Sarm series, following Warriors' Moon and The Kingdom of the Bulls, which takes characters from ancient Britain to Crete and Phoenicia. They brought the ancient world alive for young readers, similar to the work of Rosemary Sutcliff but with a wider geographical focus. Scarce.Good / Very Good condition overall. Blue cloth binding, slightly bumped at corners. Pictorial dustjacket, protected with plastic film and in good condition. Binding remains firm. Foxing and marks to block edges.…