O'brian patrick cunningham a e editor (5 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. First USA edition, first impression. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners slightly bruised, not price clipped ($23.95), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy. 176pp. Patrick O'Brian is author of the Aubrey / Maturin novels, set during the Napoleonic wars. They are acknowledged by critics and readers alike as classic works of fiction and have attracted an increasingly wide audience. Patrick O'Brian is also a translator of note and the author of several biographies and other works of non fiction. Quite a scarce book. Jacket by Geoff Hunt (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 9.50x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. fine hardcover copy in a fine slipcase 1st edition. Does exactly what it says on the cover, critical appreciations and a bibliography.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Limited edition: this copy is number 40 of 50 copies. SIGNED by Patrick O'Brian on the limitation page. Octavo, half bound in black leather with red leather and gilt lettering and borders on the spine, black cloth covered boards, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Housed in a black cloth covered slipcase with a color illustrations on the front side. Fine in a fine slipcase. ; 175 pages.…

First Edition. First edition. Number 16 of only 50 numbered and specially bound copies SIGNED BY O'BRIAN (there was also a "collector's edition" of 250 copies). Handsomely bound in three-quarter leather, with marbled endpapers and all edges gilt. Includes an autobiographical piece, four poems and two stories by O'Brian. Illustrated with a color frontis photograph and six black-and-white photographs of O'Brian, a profile of the H.M.S. Surprise and various black-and-white decorations. According to the editor, Arthur Cunningham, the bindings for this edition were produced in 5 different colors (10 of each color) and with 5 different marbled endpapers. Of the 50 copies, 20 were set aside for presentation, leaving only 30 copies offered for sale. Fine in fine slipcase. Signed.…