Reverse Medal, First Edition (32 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. The eleventh volume in the uniform edition of author's highly acclaimed series. Full number line 1-10. Light blue boards and dark blue cloth to spine with guilt to type. Light tanning to board edges and front board and a few marks. Sharp corners, clean interior and tight binding - appears unread. Jacket is unclipped with light fading to spine. 1st Printing.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Thus. 1966. 172pp plus 4pp publisher's ads. First published in Paris in 1893, 'Teleny' has been attributed to Oscar Wilde but it seems more likely to have been written by one or more of his friends though Wilde may have helped to edit it. Facsimile of the original title-page and a 12 page introduction by H. Montgomery Hyde. Pages browned. No inscriptions. Binding tight. An excellent copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. First Edition / Second Printing. The first five titles in the Aubrey-Maturin series were published in both the UK and US. No subsequent titles were issued until Norton published the Letter of Marque in 1990. The first US appearance for the remaining novels (from The Fortune of War through The Reverse of the Medal), was in 1994 as part of the Norton Uniform Edition. This is the true first edition/second printing of the Norton Uniform Edition with the $22.50 price on the dust jacket (later issues show $24.00 or no price on the dust jacket), a second printing indicated by the number line down to "2", the list of titles through "The Wine Dark Sea" on the copyright page, and "11-94" on the rear dust jacket panel. Buff colored spine with "XI" at the bottom. The book is Near Fine with just two very minor "smudges" on the rear board. The mylar protected dust jacket is also Near Fine with just modest shelf wear. We grade our books conservatively to insure your satisfaction. Photos available on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. P/C DJ.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. First Edition/First Printing. The first five titles in the Aubrey-Maturin series were published in both the UK and US. No subsequent titles were issued in hardcover until Norton published the Letter of Marque in 1990. The first US appearance in hardcover for the remaining novels (from The Fortune of War through The Reverse of the Medal), was in 1994 as part of the Norton Uniform Edition. This is the true first hardcover edition/first printing of the Norton Uniform Edition with the $22.50 price on the dust jacket (later issues show $24.00 or no price on the dust jacket), a first printing indicated by the number line down to "1", the list of titles through "The Wine Dark Sea" on the copyright page, and "11-94" on the rear dust jacket panel. Buff colored spine with "XI" at the bottom. The book is in Fine condition, almost certainly unread, with no noted flaws. The dust jacket is also in Fine condition. Once of the nicest copies we have seen. We grade our books conservatively to ensure your satisfaction. Additional photos available on request.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Green boards with gilt titles to the spine. 1st edition. Clean pages that have a bit of age toning. Professional seller. All pictures are of the actual book that is for sale. Books are dispatched in cardboard packaging and dust jackets are placed in removable protective covers.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Reading copy, an ex library hardback with the usual remains of stickers, tape marks on boards, pages age tanned, no inscriptions. 256 pages.

Hard Cover. Condition: G. Dust Jacket Condition: VG-. First Edition. G/VG-. 8vo. brown cloth (ex-library in reinforced binding, labels to endpapers, rsm to verso title page, paperstock toned, as usual, a few marks, wear to tail edge) in dustwrapper (priced £10.95, rubbed and a little worn at extremities, slight sunning to spine); pp. 256. A reading copy. The tenth Aubrey-Maturin novel.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Dust wrapper with a little edge & corner wear and light marks, small tear to front bottom corner. Top, Tail and Fore edge plus page margins of pages a little tanned - small stamp/writing to Tail Edge. Internally Good - Quick flick through pages could not see any issues, clean and tidy copy in tight binding. Unclipped dust wrapper will be fitted with removable archive acetate film. ** 486g ** All orders are sent with a tracking /signature service for your peace of mind, so that you can keep tabs on your parcel. For overseas customers - on some sites we use, parcels weighing over the standard rate may incur an additional charge and we will then contact you with the additional shipping fee required. This is for the postage only we do not charge you for our time or our excellent packaging, which we are noted for. Dispatched in cardboard mailers within 24/48 Hours Mon - Friday 2pm, except bank holidays, otherwise next business day - excellent service guaranteed. AANBE13732; Aubrey-Maturin; ; pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very Good Plus in a Very Good Plus dust jacket. First Edition/First Printing. The first five titles in the Aubrey-Maturin series were published in both the UK and US. No subsequent titles were issued in hardcover until Norton published the Letter of Marque in 1990. The first US appearance in hardcover for the remaining novels (from The Fortune of War through The Reverse of the Medal), was in 1994 as part of the Norton Uniform Edition. This is the true first hardcover edition/first printing of the Norton Uniform Edition with the $22.50 price on the dust jacket (later issues show $24.00 or no price on the dust jacket), a first printing indicated by the number line down to "1", the list of titles through "The Wine Dark Sea" on the copyright page, and "11-94" on the rear dust jacket panel. Buff colored spine with "XI" at the bottom. The book is in Very Good Plus condition with some light scattered foxing to the inside of the dust jacket and the boards. There is an embossed stamp and signature from a former owner on the front free endpaper. The text is clean and fresh without markings, underlining, or marginal notations. There is some light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. The dust jacket is Very Good Plus with some light shelf wear. We grade our books conservatively to insure your satisfaction. Additional photos available on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. First edition. An ex-library copy. Book has stamps to free front endpaper, , copyright page and envelope to rear endpaper. Binding generally tight with a trace of water spotting to top edge. Exterior of boards show tape shadows from jacket protector as usual. . Jacket is price-clipped; faded at spine except where labels have been skillfully removed. Some water marks to top of rear panel. No wrinkling fromsame( barely visible). With these faults.a good reading copy and place holder !!!

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. First Edition/First Printing. The first five titles in the Aubrey-Maturin series were published in both the UK and US. No subsequent titles were issued in hardcover until Norton published the Letter of Marque in 1990. The first US appearance in hardcover for the remaining novels (from The Fortune of War through The Reverse of the Medal), was in 1994 as part of the Norton Uniform Edition. This is the true first hardcover edition/first printing of the Norton Uniform Edition with the $22.50 price on the dust jacket (later issues show $24.00 or no price on the dust jacket), a first printing indicated by the number line down to "1", the list of titles through "The Wine Dark Sea" on the copyright page, and "11-94" on the rear dust jacket panel. Buff colored spine with "XI" at the bottom. The book is in Near Fine condition with some rippling to the spine and light bumping to the tail of the spine. There is an embossed stamp on the title page. The text is clean and fresh without markings, underlining, or marginal notations. The dust jacket is Near Fine with some light shelf wear. We grade our books conservatively to insure your satisfaction. Additional photos available on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardback first edition in very good condition. Dust jacket in very good condition and now protected by a removable plastic covering. See seller images.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. First Edition. First edition, hardcover, has a a few cracks to the binding with a slight lean but remains solid, mild bumps to the spine ends and cover corners, age toning to the text block, and rubbing with a few smudges to the covers. Overall, a Good+ copy in a Near Very Good, unclipped dust jacket, which has bumps with creased, short tears to the spine ends and cover corners, rubbing with a few smudges to the covers, and a sticker shadow to the back. The jacket is wrapped in Mylar.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. A sharp copy of the First Edition in a like jacket. Dollar price sticker to the flap, covering the UK price printed below. ; 141 X 28 X 222 millimeters; 256 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Very Good in a Fine dust jacket. First UK Edition. Export edition with no price on the dust jacket. Not an ex-library copy. The book is Very Good with some age-toning to the pages and a stain to the fore-edge of the text block. The stain is limited to the fore-edge and does not extend to the pages themselves. If not for the stain the book would be graded Near Fine. The mylar protected dust jacket is in Fine condition with no shelf-wear, markings or fading. The nicest dust jacket on this title that I have seen. We grade our books conservatively to insure your satisfaction. Additional photos available on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition. Book 11 of the Aubrey/Maturin novels, 1986. Dust jacket with small top wrinkleand aging, US price sticker of $16.95 covering UK price of £10.95 that can be seen through the sticker. Some fading on the dust jacket spine, pages show age tanning. Included is a Patrick O'Brian bookmark from American publisher Norton.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition (export). Pages and edges tanned.; 141 X 28 X 222 millimeters; 256 pages; Export edition, no price on blurb.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Jacket by Arthur Barbosa (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, slight lean, some slight yellowing to page block, not price clipped (£10.95), no inscriptions, internally clean and tight, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 256pp. On dry land, having been drawn into the half worlds of London's criminal underground and of government espionage, Jack Aubrey faces perhaps the greatest challenge of his life. With rumours of peace running rampant, Captain Jack Aubrey chances his luck on the stock exchange. However, when his plans go awry, Marshalsea prison awaits. Can Dr Stephen Maturin rescue his friend from a politically motivated trial and the enormous disgrace of standing in the stocks and being struck from the Navy List? The eleventh Aubrey / Maturin book by master storyteller Patrick O'Brian (1914-2000), please note the stock photo is of a later impression. Very scarce in this first impression.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good in Very Good DJ. First edition. First edition, very good + green cloth hardcover shows touch of soil at page egdes, couple of tiny wrinkles at bottom page corners, name and date at top corner of front pastedown tucked under flap, along with mild age toning to pages, in a near fine dust jacket (price at flap) that shows a faint wrinkle at edge of frotn flap and just a touch of shelf wear. 256 pages. Remains an attractive copy of this installment in the famed series featuring Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. DJ in archival cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. True first British printing with original unclipped (priced to publisher's sticker) jacket (£10.95). Jacket has minor patchy edge/shelf wear, the odd very small mark, fading to/near spine, the odd minor crease/rub to edges and a little pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine and to corners. Boards are near fine (having been well protected by the jacket) with a little fading to tail of spine, a hint of pushing to corners and minor pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Pages are (very) tanned (due to quality of paper used). Very occasional small mark to pages. No other faults. A nice copy. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Ex library copy of the first edition, lacks first blank page & title page has also been removed, age tanning to page edges, wrapper is complete, not price clipped, slight fading to spine, some marks to rear panel, removable library plastic protector applied, photos available on request.

Hard Cover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: F-. First Edition. VG+/F-. 8vo. original green boards gilt (some spotting, paperstock toned, as usual, gutter separation at final leaf) in dustwrapper (publisher's label £10.95, a trifle rubbed, slight sunning to spine); pp. 256. A very good copy. The tenth Aubrey-Maturin novel.

1st edition dust jacket As New octavo 256pp., Returning from South America, Jack Aubrey finds himself led into the half worlds of the London criminal underground in this most unconventional of Patrick O'Brian's lauded naval series. This has a library binding with reinforced hinges. Paper toning as usual o/w 'as new'.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Fontana, 1979 - 1992; Harper Collins, 1994-1997. Softcover. Condition: Near Fine to Fine: very clean and bright covers; no previous owner's marks or gift inscriptions; very clean and tight text blocks with no spotting; light occasional tanning to pages. HMS Surprise, third impression, December 1979; The Mauritius Command, second impression, April 1979; Desolation Island, first impression, 1979; The Fortune of War, first impression, 1980; The Surgeon's Mate, first impression, 1981; The Ionian Mission, first impression, 1982; Treason's Harbour, first impression, 1984; The Far Side of the World, first impression; 1985; The Reverse of the Medal, first impression, 1987; The Letter of Marque, first impression, 1989; The Thirteen-Gun Salute, first impression, 1990 (9-2); The Nutmeg of Consolation, first impression, 1992 (9-1); Clarissa Oakes, first impression, 1994 (9-1); The Wine-Dark Sea, first impression, 1994 (9-1); The Commodore, first impression, 1997 (9-1).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. BARBOSA (illustrator). 1st Edition. 255pp. Green cloth boards with gilt titles and colophon to spine in unclipped dustwrapper. No inscriptions. Both volume and wrapper very lightly worn at spine extremities. Gathering cracked but robust at final page between 254 and 255. Closed edges tanned. Otherwise a lovely early copy in Barbosa wrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. 8vo. [6], 7-256 pp. Green cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of £10.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. First trade edition. The sixteenth of O'Brian's acclaimed Aubrey/Maturin novels. Textblock a touch toned, a small erasure on the free front endpaper; jacket with just a touch of edge wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First UK edition and first printing. Both book and jacket are in excellent condition being without owner inscriptions, tears, creasing or price clip (Original Price: £10.95). The book has a protective clear plastic cover.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Printed green wrappers. Sticker on rear wrap reading "New Price NF 18". Slight toning on the spine, a little rubbing on front wrap, very good or better. Gay erotic novel issued in The Traveller's Companion Series.