The Post-Captain

England: Tops'l Books, 1984 Pictorial card covers, b&w illstns by Peter Stuckey. Unmarked. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Thomas Tegg; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown;.....; T Keys, 1815. Near Fine. [viii] pp232 A new edition of 1815 of John Davis' novel of naval manners from the time of Nelson. This copy is neatly sympathetically rebacked in half calf over blue marbled boards with a blue leather spine label, edges rubbed but bright and clean.… Read more about this item

Tops'l, 1984. Paperback (No Dust Wrapper.). Good. A pleasant enough reading copy. Upper wrapper slighty curled with creasing to the corners. A somewhat scuffed and faded appearance overall. Text complete, clean and tight.. Paperback. Physically 8¼” x 5¾” (0.3 kg); 160pp; Introductory chapters and glossary by Colin Elliott. Cover design and sketches by Peter… Read more about this item

Tops'l Books. 1984 Tops'l Books first edition paperback; Very Good copy, appears unread; UK dealer, immediate dispatch . Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1984.

London: Thomas Tegg et al., 1815. First Thus. Full Leather. Very Good +/No Jacket. 12mo. Bound in full dark green calf with gilt decoration to spine and gilt decorative borders to boards, gilt to three edges, green ribbon bound in. Surface of leather cracking at hinges, but still firm, browning to very edges of endpapers, spot of damp… Read more about this item

Berkshire: Tops'l Books, 1984. First Thus . Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Cover design and sketches by Peter Stuckey. Reprint of book first published in the year of the Battle of Trafalgar, a comic saucy novel about the sailing navy written by one of it midshipmen. Complete with historical introduction and glossary. Firmly… Read more about this item

Breakwater Books, 1985. Softcover. Very Good.

Thomas Tegg, 1815. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo in modern 1/4 calf on marbled paper, spine title in gilt on a burgundy field, new endsheets, engraved frontis, sailing ship on the title page. Text block generally fresh with widely scattered light foxing.

Hardback. Acceptable.

Hardback. Very Good.

London: Thomas Tegg, 1806. First edition. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 5". None. The first edition of this work by John Davis, an uncommon work rebound in a handsome half calf binding. The first edition of this work, rebound in a half calf binding. All edges gilt. Ink inscription to the title page, dated… Read more about this item

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

SULHAMSTEAD, BERKSHIRE, UK: TopS'L Books. Paperback. A comic novel first published in 1805(the year of Trafalgar). The author was a midshipman on a Frigate. The book caricatures his superior officers and their actions in combat and in love. A romp of a novel and also a useful guide to life in the Nelsonian Navy. With a… Read more about this item

In overall good condition, no pages missing. Shipping can take between 2-6weeks for international deliveries. Hardback copies may or may not have dust jackets, please get in contact for more information.