Adventures by Wetherell John (23 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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

Condition: Fair. 1954. 2nd Impression. 275 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Black and white illustrated plates throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and plates are lightly tanned throughout. Tears to some page edges, text remains unaffected. Pencil inscription to half-title page. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Very slight crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has light edge-wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking. …

Condition: Good. : Este libro presenta el auténtico diario de John Wetherell, un marinero británico del siglo XIX que ofrece una visión fascinante y humorística de la vida a bordo durante las Guerras Napoleónicas. A través de sus relatos, Wetherell se revela como un observador perspicaz y un narrador nato, describiendo con detalle sus experiencias como prisionero de guerra en Francia y sus travesías marítimas.Editado y con una introducción del reconocido autor de literatura naval C. S. Forester, esta obra es tanto un documento histórico de gran valor como una pieza de entretenimiento excepcional. La narrativa captura la esencia de la historia marítima británica y las vicisitudes de los hombres que sirvieron en la Royal Navy durante una de las épocas más turbulentas de Europa. EAN: 9780718138448 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Historia|Literatura y Ficción|Arte y Cultura Título: The Adventures of John Wetherell Autor: John Wetherell| C. S. Forester Editorial: Penguin Books Idioma: en Páginas: 272 Formato: tapa blanda.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. 379pp. Illustrations. A tight, VG copy in a VG dust jacket but for a small chip at the crown of the spine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First edition stated. Edited and with an introduction by C. S. Forester. Jacket has allover moderate soiling, heavier at folds. Rubbed at folds, shelfwear to edges with a shallow chip to head of spine. Short closed tear to top edge of front cover. Waterstaining to spine and small pencil notation to back cover. Brick red cloth boards have some shelfwear at edges, corners bumped. Some toning at head and tail of spine. Gilt spine titling a bit dulled. Some dust soiling to top edge of textblock and subtle foxing to foreedge. Book slightly cocked. Interior age-toned but clean and tight.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. None. First Edition. The diary of a 19th Century British seaman in the Napoleonic Wars at sea. Book is fine and unmarked. Jacket has a small horizontal spine chip and is prize clipped, but otherwise whole, bright and clean, and protected by a plastic Brodart cover. As is, an attractive copy. …

Condition: Good. 1954. 2nd Impression. 275 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Ex-Libris plate stuck to front free endpaper. Contains black and white illustrated plates. Binding remains firm. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Foxing overall.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. VG octavo hardcover in a like dj. Mark free stated first edition. 379pp. Illustrated. Nautical nf.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Please see any and all photos connected with this listing. Cover and spine are good with only mild shelf/rub wear. No dog-eared corners. Solid Binding. All pages intact and legible. Clean. No store stamps. --- --- The Authentic Diary of a 19th Century British Seaman - Edited and with an introduction by C. S. Forester. . .…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First British Edition. No markings. Price 18s on jacket flap. No later printings stated. Wear to jacket edges and piece missing from spine. In a protective cover. Fraying to red spine edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Stated First Edition. Price clipped DJ has insect damage (book unaffected), some soiling, chipped head if spine; Sepia plates of drawings by Wetherell, illustrated endpapers, DJ in Mylar, hinges intact; 379 pages; Autobiography of John Wetherell. Born in Whitby in 1780, Wetherell first joined the British merchant navy serving and trained and qualified as a ships's carpenter, before being impressed into the Royal Navy. He saw service on HMS Hussar, but after she went aground on the coast of France he was captured and made a prisoner-of-war and spent most of the next eleven years at Charlemont Givet Prison.…

Condition: Good. 1954. First Published. 275 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Black and white illustrated plates throughout. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscription to half-title page. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Spine is in good condition. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Water staining to rear panel. Light tanning overall.…

Hard with Dust Jacket. Condition: Very good in good+ dust jacket. 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. With 7 plates illustrating drawings by the author. (illustrator).

Hardback. Condition: Fine. 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. 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. John Wetherell (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. First English edition (U.S. edition precedes). Owner's stamp on the half-title, else about fine in very good dustwrapper with a creased tear on the front panel and a little ink remnant on the rear panel.

First Edition. VG+/VG- (minus) , book front board lightly scraped, two small dark smudges top rear board, front/spine/rear board top edges lightly faded, previous ownerÕs name & address fep. DJ spine darkened, some mild cornerwear, head/foot of spine slightly creased and worn, rear panel rubbed, small light spot front panel, small piece missing top corner rear inside flap. Overall a tight solid sound copy with DJ protected in mylar. ; 8vo, brown cloth, dec. Eps, unclipped DJ, 379pp. Illustrated. …

8vo. 275, [1] pp. Illustrated title, numerous plates. Red publisher's cloth, gilt lettering, illustrated endpapers (minor shelfwear, slight scuffing), w/ d.j. (minor age toning, creasing to fore-edges), VG/VG copy, from the library of David Engen, w/ ownership markings on half-title. First edition of this diary transcribed by Forester "of a 19th-Century British seaman, impressed into His Majesty's Service to fight Bonaparte," and held by the French as prisoner for over 10 years at Givet after the HMS Hussar was shipwrecked.…

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: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Doubleday, Garden City/New York, 1953. First edition. First printing. A fine copy in a near-fine jacket. A clean copy in a price-clipped jacket (not book club edition). Comes with archival-quality jacket protector. Note: Jacket has a couple short closed tears at extremities, and a darkened spine (as pictured). Dust jacket designed by Edward Gorey. Illustrations by the author, Wetherell. F3000A. …

Condition: Good. A lot of dirty marks, a few small tears and some shelf wear on jacket. Also some shelf wear on cover and foxing on outer edges of pages. Content is fine.

Condition: Good. Light shelfwear. The textblock is a little fragile from the spine. Remains fine to read and use, a sound enough copy.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Three exciting first editions from C. S. Forester, together with their original dust wrappers. Collection comprised of: (1954) The Adventures of John Wetherell; (1957) The Naval War of 1812; (1959) Hunting the Bismarck. All works are the first edition and bound in the publisher's original cloth. Each edition is also accompanied by its original dust wrapper, the examples to The Adventures of John Wetherell and The Naval War of 1812 being unclipped and the example to Hunting the Bismarck being clipped. The Adventures of John Wetherell is illustrated with seven plates. The Naval War of 1812 features twelve plates, including the frontispiece. Hunting the Bismarck is illustrated with maps in the text. The first two works also feature colour-illustrated endpapers. Collated, complete. Three exciting naval works from acclaimed English novelist Cecil Louis Troughton Smith, most commonly referred to by his pen name C. S. Forester. The Adventures of John Wetherell is the authentic diary of a nineteenth-century seaman during the Napoleonic Wars, edited, and containing an insightful introduction, by Forester. The Naval War of 1812 and Hunting the Bismarck each provide engaging accounts of their significant moments in European and American naval history. In the publisher's original cloth bindings, encased in their original dust wrappers, the examples to The Adventures of John Wetherell and The Naval War of 1812 being unclipped and the example to Hunting the Bismarck being clipped. Externally, lovely condition with minor shelf wear and light marking. Dust wrappers to John Wetherell and Bismarck feature minor edge wear. Bismarck shows a small chip to the spine and further rubbing to the joints. The Naval War is affected with a more sizeable chip to the top edge. All examples feature the odd mark, The Naval War being subtly more spotted. Internally, firmly bound with the exception of very slight fragility around page 160 of The Naval War. Bright and clean copies with the occasional spot, and stronger discolouration to the half-title page of Bismarck. Very Good Indeed. John Wetherell (illustrator). book.…