Adventures John Wetherell by Forester (62 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Dustwrapper has a few tiny chips and is now protected by a layer of clear, non adhesive plastic.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Author (illustrator). First Edition. Copy in red cloth on boards in unclipped D/J. Jacket spine lightly sunned. Jacket lightly creased and chipped around edges. Illustrated end papers. Free of inscriptions. Clean text with b/w illustrations.

Blue Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None Present. 275 pages, spine faded.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition first printing octavo hardback. 276 pp illustrated Very Good condition in Near Very Good unclipped dust jacket (couple of small closed tears at corners) Previous owner's inscription on first blank page.

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,600grams, ISBN:

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. A near fine first edition hardcover copy in a good plus dustcover. Some light rubbing on the dustcover but with a straight spine, a tight binding and clean, bright and spotting-free pages. Please see photos.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Hardcover in fair condition. Ex-Library. Inside pages slightly loose from spine. Very readable. 275 pages.

Hardback. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG- DW. 1st Edition. Rebound in plain green cloth probably by W.H. Smith. BUT a very clean tight copy. Clean dustwrapper perhaps a bit trimmed.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 22 x 15 cm; 275 pages of this ex library book, pages are fine but the hardcover is stained and its spine is loose.

First Edition. Red cloth, faded gilt titles on spine. Decorative end papers. Used - Very Good. VG hardback (no dust jacket).

First edition. Owner's name dated 1954 on half-title page; binding tight; slight wear to cloth on spine Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket).

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First paperback edition. Some evident shelfwear but pages remain tight, bright, and without markings. See photos.

Paperback. Solid, clean copy, no tears or m.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Michael Joseph, London, 1954. Hardback. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. . First Edition. THE ADVENTURES OF JOHN WETHERELL Edited with an Introduction by C. S. Forester. Michael joseph, London 1954 First edition. 276pp Illustrated Hardback. This copy is in very good condition bound in red cloth with bright gilt titling to the spine and decorative cartouche to the front. Rugby school bookplate to verso half title.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Hardback. The Adventures of John Wetherell. Previous owners name and date written neatly to inside cover. Red cloth with gilt lettering. John Wetherell was a native of Whitby, one of thirteen children of Nathan Wetherell, a wahling captain. He was born in 1780, and his father died in 1789 - killed, according to Wetherell, in a skirmish with Eskimos in Davis Stait. Wetherell himself died, probably in New York, sometime after 1834. He left behind him an autobiogtaphy, in three volumes of manuscript amoutningaltogether to a thousand pages. Illustrated. 275 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.).

275pp, stiff paper covers. Publisher: Edited by C.S.Forester, the creator of Hornblower, this is the lively diary of a British seaman who was impressed into the Royal Navy to fight the French at the beginning of the nineteenth century.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. John Wetherell (illustrator). First Edition. THE ADVENTURES OF JOHN WETHERELL Edited with an Introduction by C. S. Forester. Michael joseph, London 1954 First edition. 276pp Illustrated Hardback. This copy is in very good condition bound in red cloth with bright gilt titling to the spine and decorative cartouche to the front. The price clipped dust wrapper has a little edge wear but is other wise fine. First published in 1954, The Adventures of John Wetherell, is part of a much larger manuscript professing to be a diary kept by seaman John Porritt Wetherell, a native of Whitby, England who was born in 1780 and died sometime after 1834. John Wetherell's records of his nautical life have been long sought after by readers interested in this period of history, and fortunately C. S. Forester acquired the manuscript and selected the most well-written and unforgettable passages for publication in this book. The Adventures of John Wetherell focuses on the period when he was pressed into service on the HMS Hussar and was held captive as a prisoner of war in Givet, France after the Hussar was shipwrecked. For many, life on board ship during the early 19th century was almost unendurable, and although John Wetherell served under a particularly brutal captain, his situation was not atypical. In contrast, life as a prisoner of war, though no picnic, had it's advantages. Though prisoners in Givet often suffered from lack of exercise, most had enough to eat and a place to sleep and were able practice, their trades (or learn new ones) and do business with townspeople, learn subjects like French, navigation, and music, form bands, and even marry. Over 2300 British seamen survived over 10 years of imprisonment in Givet and were marched back through France with their divisions, billeted in small towns - the prison band often performing wherever they stayed - before eventually returning to England and the homes and lives they treasured so dearly. An observant and sensitive account, John Wetherell's diary is a tribute to the fortitude and spirit of those courageous seamen. Ref BB3.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Softcover. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Reading crease to spine. Pages unmarked.

Condition: Good. 1953. No Edition Remarks. 379 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Black and white illustrated plates throughout. Ex-Libris plate stuck to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Pages and plates are lightly tanned throughout. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends.

Hard with Dust Jacket. Condition: Very good in good+ dust jacket. With 7 plates illustrating drawings by the author. (illustrator). First impression. Very good in good+ dust jacket. DJ a little chipped to head and tail of spine. Rear panel a little marked. Bookplate to front pastedown. 275pp.

Condition: Very Good. Octavo, softcover, near fine in turquoise pictorial wraps. Giftable. The authentic diary of a 19th century British seaman. Wetherell describes shipboard life with great good humour, revealing himself as a cheerful, straightforward observer with a gift as a raconteur. Historically interesting and highly entertaining. 275 pages. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good+. William Anderson cover (illustrator). 1st Edition thus. Larger trade paperback, pictorial blue/white covers.Age-toned paper, a bit of handling. No names, clean text. Solid reading copy. English sailor fighting French at start of 19th Century. 21400 shelf 275 p. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Sepia Tone Illus (illustrator). 1st. 1st American edition; dj w/lite war, unclipped price, in mylar; rusr c w/browngilt titles; illustrated end papers; 379 clean, unmarked pages.

Hardback. 1st Edition. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. DJ is mildly age-toned with light rubbing to spine edges. Bookplate to Front Pastedown. Previous owner's details to half-title page. Illustrated with Black and White plates. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 275 pages. The diary of a British seaman who was pressed into the navy to fight the French at the beginning of the 19th century.

Condition: Good. First edition copy. . Good dust jacket. In protective mylar cover. (Adventure, Prisoners of War, Seafaring Life).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Edited and with an Introduction by C.S. Forester. Very Good in a Fair jacket, clipped, generally toned, larger chips on the spine and rear panel, some tape repairs. Orange cloth, lightly faded at the edges. Square and firmly bound, former owner's name on the second front endpaper, clean otherwise. Wetherell's diary during his time fighting for the British during the Napoleonic Wars.

1st edition, 2nd impression. Binding tight; dust jacket worn & chipped at edges, with yellowed spine. Dust jacket by Biro. Used - Good. VG hardback in Good dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good.

Hard Cover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG-. First Edition. VG+/VG-. 8vo. original burgundy cloth gilt (slightly rubbed & flecked, occ. spots & marks, else clean and bright throughout) in dustwrapper priced 18s. net (a little rubbed and frayed, closed tear to top edge front panel, slightly sunned & toned); pp. 276 (last blank), with illustrations. A very good copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. 275pp, illustrated. Wetherell was a 19C seaman born in Whitby, with a life at sea and he was impressed into the navy against Bonaparte. Clean and tight in unclipped wrapper. 800g.