The Mary Deare

London: Collins, 1956. First Edition. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Basis for the 1959 film directed by Michael Anderson, starring Gary Cooper and Charlton Heston, and with screenplay by Eric Ambler. Very Good plus in a Very Good dust jacket. Owner name on the front endpaper. Slight lean, with light… Read more about this item

London: Collins. 1956. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Original green cloth lettered in gilt to the spine, in dustwrapper. Illustrated map endpapers. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents, except for a previous owner's name neatly in ink to the front free endpaper, clean throughout. The gilt lettering… Read more about this item

London: Collins, 1956. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Near fine with spine gilt dulled and a few small sunned spot on the spine in about very good dust jacket with chipping to the spine, some rub spots and toning to the rear panel. Signed on the title page and also Inscribed on a preliminary to poet Michael… Read more about this item

London: Collins, 1956. First Edition; signed by the author, in its original dust jacket. Very good book, in green cloth. Simply signed by the author to the title page. Dust jacket unclipped with price shown as 12s. 6d - but the head and tail of spine are chipped, and lesser so to corners. Now in removable clear… Read more about this item

London : Collins, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 256p. : 2 maps ; 21cm. Notes: Most later impressions have title: The wreck of the Mary Deare. Maps on lining papers. Subjects: Mary… Read more about this item

Collins, 1956. Book. Very Good. hardback. 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, very slight spotting to closed page edges else a very good tightly bound copy in a pictorial dust wrapper that is repaired to the reverse at head and foot of spine, dated signature of a previous owner on front free endpaper, the text is clean and unmarked, 256pp.

Readers Book Club, London, 1958. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Dust Jacket. Hardcover. 256 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Readers Book Club, London, 1958. Book Club Edition. *** CONDITION: This book is in fair condition but dust jacket is not included. More specifically: Covers have moderate creasing. Edges of boards have moderate wear. Spine has moderate… Read more about this item

London: Collins, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. A classic Naval thriller often referred to as, The Wreck Of The Mary Deare. 8vo. 256 pp. A near fine copy in green cloth, (previous collector's neat, small name to the front free endpaper) gilt titles to the spine in a bright, fresh neatly… Read more about this item

London: Collins, 1956 A near fine reprint copy in a very good price clipped dust jacket.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG+/VG.Neat,handwritten blue ink familial gift presentation inscrptn+contempraneous date to reverse of front free endpaper,but no price-clip to dw/dj.Colour pictorial illustrated front+spine of dw/dj with capitalised,white-lettered author name and other white-lettered title to front panel,spine/ backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered author name,title and publisher's name to foot of same;rear panel with a slightly grubbed white background with publisher's advert… Read more about this item

London: Collins, 1956. First Edition. Signed and inscribed by Hammond Innes to his wife, fellow author and actress, Dorothy Mary Lange. Inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the dedication page: “My dear, Here at last is your own book with my grateful acknowledgment to your ownership of it and my love, Ralph. 9th July 1956.”… Read more about this item

London: Collins, 1956. First Edition. Hammond Innes’s personal copy, signed by him on his bookplate affixed to the dedication page. Very good copy with a touch of use and a very faint scattering of spots to the cloth in a near fine dust jacket with some minor fading to the spine, a hint of darkening to the rear panel,… Read more about this item

London: Collins, 1956. First Edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Green boards. Fine in very good plus dust jacket. First Edition. 1 vols. 8vo.

Collins, 1956. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1956. No Edition Remarks. 256 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over green cloth with gilt lettering. Light tanning to pages and minor foxing to text block edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with light crushing to spine ends. Lettering is partially faded. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped dust… Read more about this item

Collins, 1956. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1956. 2nd Impression. 256 pages. Purple pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Inscription to front endpaper. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are… Read more about this item

Collins, 1956. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1956. 256 pages. Purple pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and… Read more about this item

Collins, 1956. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1956. Second Impression. 256 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over green cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are mildly foxed & tanned throughout. Heavier to text block edges. Text is clear. Binding is firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with bumping to corners. Light tanning & crushing to spine. Gilt lettering remains bright and clear. Unclipped jacket.… Read more about this item

London: Collins, 1956 VG/VG. 8vo. original green boards gilt (leaf edges and outer leaves spotted, prev. owner's name to FFE, slight bumping) in dustwrapper (extremities rubbed, some spotting); pp. 256, with an endpaper map. A very good copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG/VG.

London: Collins, 1956 A near fine first edition copy with just a trace of foxing in the edges and endpapers. The dust jacket is unclipped and bright, minor wear to the spine ends.

London, England: Collins Publishers, 1956. Book. Good. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Medium hardcover with green boards and pictorial dust jacket, first edition, 420gms, 256 pages, map endpapers. Book is in good condition with general age-related wear and tear and moderate to heavy page discolouration/spotting throughout. Boards are in good condition with… Read more about this item