Seller: Muhresell, Avon, CT, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1st printing. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Visually checked for defects and deviations -- Found: general edge-wear.
Language: English
Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 1991
ISBN 10: 039330762X ISBN 13: 9780393307627
Seller: Jen's Books, Douglas, WY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Trade Soft Cover Edition. Bright And Clean Soft Covers, No Names Or Marks, The Book Has A Square And Solid Binding. no.
Language: English
Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 1994
ISBN 10: 0393037045 ISBN 13: 9780393037043
Seller: Hopkins Books, Nashua, NH, U.S.A.
First Edition
First American hardcover edition, published by Norton, 1994. First published in 1977, this is the American hardcover reprint, a first printing of this edition. The fourth novel in the Aubrey/Maturin series. In this one, Aubrey is ashore without a command, until Maturin arrives with secret orders for him to take a frigate to the Cape of Good Hope to mount an expedition against the French held islands of Mauritius and Le Reunion. Cover art by Geoff Hunt. Dust jacket is not price clipped. Jacket has a small closed tear of about 1/4 inch at the head of the spine panel, and also another closed tear at the bottom right front corner, about 1/2 inch - see photos, and also a crease down the vertical length of the spine panel. Jacket has been protected with a clear, removable cover. Cover boards have some mild edge wear along the bottom edge and to the tips of the corners. No former ownership marks, no writing on the text pages. Not a remainder, not a library discard copy. Bottom edge of the text block has a faint smudge, about the size of a raisin - see photos. Binding is tight. Attached are some photos of the copy we have in our inventory.
Language: English
Published by Harper Perennial, London, 2007
ISBN 10: 0007879725 ISBN 13: 9780007879724
Seller: Darkwood Online T/A BooksinBulgaria, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Reprint; First Printing. Light reading and cover corner creases, slight shelf wear, some foxing to edges of reading block. ; First printing of Harper Perennial mass market edition with number 1, 2007. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. Cover photo by Jeff Cottenden. ; The Aubrey and Maturin Series; Vol. 4; 352 pages; From half pay to flying a Commodore's pennant, Aubrey is happy to get his feet back on a deck again, and have the chance of attacking the French in the Indian Ocean. Mass Market PB.
Language: English
Published by Harper Perennial, London, 2007
ISBN 10: 0007879725 ISBN 13: 9780007879724
Seller: Darkwood Online T/A BooksinBulgaria, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Reprint; First Printing. First printing of Harper Perennial mass market edition with number 1, 2007. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside, appears unread and near as new. Cover photo by Jeff Cottenden. ; The Aubrey and Maturin Series; Vol. 4; 352 pages; From half pay to flying a Commodore's pennant, Aubrey is happy to get his feet back on a deck again, and have the chance of attacking the French in the Indian Ocean. Mass Market PB.
Language: English
Published by Harper Perennial, London, 2007
ISBN 10: 0007879725 ISBN 13: 9780007879724
Seller: Darkwood Online T/A BooksinBulgaria, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
First Edition
Paperback. Condition: New. Reprint; First Printing. First printing of Harper Perennial mass market edition with number 1, 2007. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. Brand new unopened book. Cover photo by Jeff Cottenden. ; The Aubrey and Maturin Series; Vol. 4; 352 pages; From half pay to flying a Commodore's pennant, Aubrey is happy to get his feet back on a deck again, and have the chance of attacking the French in the Indian Ocean. Mass Market PB.
Language: English
Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 1994
ISBN 10: 0393037045 ISBN 13: 9780393037043
Seller: Southampton Books, Sag Harbor, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 1994. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good with previous owner writing bottom page ends and previous page folds. Dust jacket is very good with sticker on back cover, smudges, and shelf/edge wear.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.
Published by fontana, 1978
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS, Webster, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Paperback. first edition. very good, creases paperback,
Language: English
Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 1991
ISBN 10: 039330762X ISBN 13: 9780393307627
Seller: The Good Books Store, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1991 edition. fine, like new.
Language: English
Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 1994
ISBN 10: 0393037045 ISBN 13: 9780393037043
Seller: Enterprise Books, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition; First Printing. Book and DJ As New. NO defects. NO notes or ANY markings. Not clipped ($22.50) No stickers. ; Book 4; 348 pages.
Condition: Fair. First Edition. Captain Jack Aubrey is ashore on half pay without a command-until Stephen Maturin arrives with secret orders for Aubrey to take a frigate to the Cape of Good Hope under a commodore's pennant, there to mount an expedition against the French-held islands of Mauritius and La Reunion. But the difficulties of carrying out his orders are compounded by two of his own captains-Lord Clonfert, a pleasure-seeking dilettante, and Captain Corbett, whose severity pushes his crew to the verge of mutiny.; Schoon en fris binnenwerk, echter buitenkant boekblok met lichte roestpuntjes.
Seller: Riverside Books, Halesworth, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First printing in this edition. No ownership names, the dustwrapper is price clipped with some wear to extremeties.
Seller: Buckle's Books, Cambridge, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression hardback with dustjacket. No damage, internally clean. Very good condition.
Published by Harper Collins, 1998
Seller: Babushka Books & Framers, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A good clean copy of this book which has an ink inscirption on the inside front cover. The dust jacket is clean and the book is tightly bound.
Published by Fontana, 1978
Seller: The Last Post Bookshop, Holbrook, NSW, Australia
First Edition
Pamphlet. Condition: Very Good. First Fontana Paperback. Pages 268, 2 maps. A Captain Jack Aubrey novel. Crease in top corner of back cover. Illustrated Cover.
Seller: Bookman Orange, Orange, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st U.S. edition.
Language: English
Published by The Folio Society, London, United Kingdom, 2009
Seller: PW Books, Andover, HANTS, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Folio Society edition, first printing, 2009. First thus. No jacket as issued. With original slipcase. Illustrated. Blue slipcase is near fine with the odd small mark and the odd minor bump/minor scratch. Boards are fine with no faults. Pages are clean and the binding is tight. No internal faults. A nice copy. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted.
Language: English
Published by NEW YORK NY STEIN AND DAY PUBLISHERS PUB 1978., 1978
ISBN 10: 0812824768 ISBN 13: 9780812824766
Seller: JOHN LUTSCHAK BOOKS, BURLINGTON, WI, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. VERY GOOD+ IN A NEAR FINE D.J. A JACK AUBREY NOVEL BOOK HAS SLIGHT DAMPING TO THE SPINE HEEL WITH A TOUCH OF COLOR OFFSET TO THE ENDPAPERS AND VERSO OF D.J. BUT IS OTHERWISE A FRESH AND CLEAN COPY WITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE BINDING OR THE TEXT. OTHER THAN THE OFFSET MENTIONED ABOVE THAT DOES NOT AFFECT RECTO, AND SOME MODEST TONING TO THE FLAPS, D.J. IS FINE. AND IS NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. AN EXCELLENT CLEAN, BRIGHT, UNFADED COPY WITH NO REMAINDER MARK. FIRST EDITION (COPYRIGHT PAGE: "FIRST PUBLISHED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 1978). Binding is HARDCOVER.
Published by Folio Society, United Kingdom, 2009
Seller: Ardis Books, Fareham, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardback. Condition: Fine. Neil Gower (illustrator). First Printing. 2009 First Printing. Fine Hardback. Fine Slipcase. Still sealed in original shrinkwrap, unopened since purchase. Bought by previous owner as each book was published, so assumed first printing. Bound in buckram. Blocked with a design by Neil Gower. 300 pages. 12 pages of colour and black & white plates. Book size: 9" x 6.25". UK Postage £3.40; Airmail to most of the Rest of the World £35.00. If ordering from overseas, please check any additional tax and import duties payable in your country, which will be additional to the costs given here.
Published by Folio Society, 2009
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
Hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First edition. 1st thus 2009. Slightly better than very good condition with no wrapper. Blue decorated covers. Gilt title boxes. Colour & b/w illustrations. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed and a few minor marks to one end and spine. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!
Published by Collins, London, 1977
Seller: Leakey's Bookshop Ltd., Inverness, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Poor. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 8vo. Pp 268. Original cloth. Unclipped d/w. Ex public library with stamps etc. Not the worst of ex public library copies.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good in Very Good DJ. First edition. First American printing, vwery good hardcover shows mild foxing at page edges, bit of stiffness to pages, light stain at bottom corner of front pastedown and some other light trace wear, in very good + dust jacket (price at flap) that shows same faint staining at bottom of corner of front flap, couple of faint stains at bottom portion of spine and light bit of edgewear including tiny tears. 268 pages. Still an attractive copy of this 4th installment in the ever popular and highly regarded Aubrey/Maturin series.
Published by Fontana, London
Seller: M&B Books, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
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).
Published by 2009, 2009
Seller: THE BOOKSNIFFER, Lewes, East Sussex, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Sumptuous new slipcased edition from Folio, and a First Edition First Printing thus. It is to be hoped that all twenty volumes will be issued in this series. A remarkable and beautiful production, on special paper, in a true heirloom edition, in a smart slipcase. Frankly stunning, and reassuringly permanent. Elegant typography, acid proof paper, and, for the first time, an issue that reflects the detail and scholarship of this unmatched sequence of historical novels. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng.
Published by Easton Press, U.S.A., 2007
Seller: SkylarkerBooks, DAYTON, NV, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1ST. Outstanding Copy - Easton Press Edition. Charcoal Leather With Gold Lettering. Book Is In Fine Condition. Boards Are Clean, Not Bumped. Fore Edges Are Clean. Interior Is Clean And Legible. Not Remaindered. Book.
Published by Stein and Day., New York, 1978
ISBN 10: 0812824768 ISBN 13: 9780812824766
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition; First Printing. First American edition. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. (Couple tiny specks of foxing at edges. A few short edge tears in jacket. ) Fourth book in the Jack Aubrey series. ; 5 1/2" X 8 1/2"; 268 pages.
Published by Collins, London., 1977
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
Proof copy of the first edition. Octavo. pp [x], 268. Plain red wrappers. The fourth Jack Aubrey story.Bottom corners of covers slightly creased. Very good indeed in near-fine dustwrapper slightly creased at head of spine.
Language: English
Seller: Crystal Springs Books, Phoenix, AZ, U.S.A.
First Edition
5 American printed books preceding the Norton uniform editions. MASTER AND COMMANDER. First Edition. printed and published in America (Lippincott 1969) before English edition published. VG+/VG. Book has shelf wear on corners and on spine ends, slight bump on lower edge of front cover and very light scattered foxing on the top of the text block. Dust Cover front is almost pristine, marred only by a barely visible tightly closed tear next to spine. Folded portion of the front Dust Cover and the back of the Dust Cover shows paper aging and some dirt and creases. POST CAPTAIN. First Edition. (Lippincott 1972). NF/VG. Very slight soiling on front board. Dust Jacket has shelf wear on corners, small chips and creases on spine. Stain on spine behind the letter "C" in "Captain" (minimal distraction). HMS SURPRISE. First edition. (Lippincott 1973). VG/VG-. Very slight shelf wear and soiling to the bottom of the front boards. Light soiling to the back boards and the base of the spine. Very small area of shelf rub on the bottom of the back board. Dust Jacket shows shelf wear on the corners, folds and at the top and bottom right edge of the spine. Small (1/4" X 3/8") paper loss on the D. J. at the bottom right edge of spine and bottom left corner of the front of the D.J. Small closed tears, creases and edge wear at top and bottom of the spine and D.J. THE MAURITIUS COMMAND. First Edition. (Stein and Day 1977). VG/NF. Slight wear and fading to the front and back boards. Foxing to the top and side of the text block. Shelf wear to corners. Dust Jacket has slight shelf wear to corners and the top and bottom of the spine. Very small paper loss at the bottom of the spine. DESOLATION ISLAND. First Edition. (Stein and Day 1978). Unread. NF/F. Light foxing to top and side of text block. Slight fading to bottom of back boards.
The fourth book in the Aubrey-Maturin series. A VG+ book, showing some fading to the spine. few spots of foxing on endpapers but generally clean internally. VG+ DJ some minor fading to spine, unclipped.
Published by London Collins 1970, 1970
Seller: John Atkinson Books ABA ILAB PBFA, Harrogate, United Kingdom
First Edition
A full set of all 20 novels in the Aubrey/Maturin series. All are first edition, first printings and all are in very good to fine condition in original wrappers. Comprising: 'Master and Commander' - First edition, first printing. Published by Collins in London, 1970. This is a very good copy. The dust wrapper, designed by Dell'Orco, has two closed tears to the spine and foreedge. It has not been price clipped, however, and shows the original £1.50 net (or) 30s. net price. There are some light handling marks throughout the wrapper, too. It is the first issue with 'The Knights of Dark Renown' review on the rear. The boards, in the original publishers woven cloth, are free from notable chips and marks. There is slight toning to the front preliminaries, with very light foxing also present. The text blocks are slightly foxed. It is free from previous owners ink and is, overall, in very good condition; 'Post Captain' - First edition, first printing. Published by Collins in London, 1972. This is a very good copy. The dust wrapper has some wear to the top edges and one closed tear to the rear panel. It has not been price clipped, and shows the original £1.80 net. The boards, in the original publishers woven cloth, are free from notable chips and marks. There is slight toning to the front preliminaries, with foxing also present to the top edge. The text blocks are slightly foxed. It is free from previous owners ink and is, overall, in very good condition; 'HMS Surprise' - first edition, first printing published by Collins in 1973. A very good book without inscriptions in a like unclipped wrapper with a small chip to the corner of the front flap. Some rubbing to the extremities. A little faded on the spine. 'The Mauritius Command' - First edition, first printing published by Collins in 1977. A near fine book without inscriptions in a very good lightly faded spine - some light wear to the extremities; 'Desolation Island' - first edition, first printing published by Collins in 1978. A near fine book without inscriptions in a near fine unclipped wrapper none faded spine; 'The Fortune of War' - a first edition, first printing published by Collins in 1978. A near fine book without inscriptions in a near fine clipped wrapper; 'The Surgeon's Mate' - a first edition, first printing published by Collins in 1980. A near fine book without inscriptions - spotting to top edge, in a very good unclipped wrapper which is lightly faded on the spine. The rarest in the series; 'The Ionian Mission' - a first edition, first printing published by Collins 1981. A near fine book with spotting to the top edge. No inscriptions. In a near fine unclipped wrapper which is lightly faded and has some spotting to the rear flap; 'Treason's Harbour' - a first edition, first printing published by Collins in 1983. A near fine book without inscriptions, with spotting to the top edge in a unclipped near fine wrapper which is a little faded to the spine; 'The Far Side of the World' - a first edition, first printing published by Collins in 1984. A near fine book without inscriptions in a very good unclipped first issue dust wrapper with fading to the spine and not price clipped showing £8.95; 'The Reverse of the Medal' - a first edition, first printing Collins in 1986. A near fine book without inscriptions - spotting to the top edge. In a very good unclipped wrapper with a fading to the spine; 'The Letter of Marque' - a first edition, first printing published by Collins in 1988. A near fine book without inscriptions in a near fine unclipped faded wrapper; 'The Thirteen Gun Salute' - a first edition, first printing published by Collins in 1989. A very good book without inscriptions with spotting to the page edges. In a very good unclipped wrapper, a little rubbed and faded; 'The Nutmeg of Consolation' - a first edition, first printing published by Collins in 1991. A near fine book in like unclipped wrapper; 'Clarissa Oakes' - a first edition, first printing published by Collins in 1992 - a near fine book with spotting to the top edge in like unclipped wrapper; 'The Wine Dark Sea' - a first edition, first printing published by Collins in 1993. A near fine book in like unclipped wrapper; 'The Commodore' - a first edition, first printing published by HarperCollins in 1994. A fine book in like unclipped wrapper; 'The Yellow Admiral' - a first edition, first printing published by HarperCollins in 1997. A fine book in like unclipped wrapper; 'The Hundred Days' - a first edition, first printing published by HarperCollins in 1998. A fine book in like wrapper with faded spine; 'Blue at the Mizzen' - a first edition, first printing published by HarperCollins in 1999. A fine book in like unclipped wrapper. A superb set of the first printings of the greatest historical adventures ever written.