Fiction

Hornblower and the Hotspur – C.S. Forester – First Edition 1962

First edition published by Michael Joseph, London in 1962. Octavo, 266 pages, blue cloth covered boards, very good dust jacket, top page edge toned otherwise very clean.

The tenth volume in the Hornblower series and we make it third in chronological order. The last finished Hornblower novel “Crisis” being incomplete at Forester’s death.

Set in 1803 with war with France imminent Hornblower is promoted to Commander and given the Sloop HMS Hotspur. Sent off to enforce the blockade at Brest … does his usual super job not without difficulty and danger. Cornwallis considers him for promotion to Post-Captain … a position achieved when he executes his plan to deliver false documents to the French … it all had a bearing on “Trafalgar”.

Hornblower’s career develops with bravery and cunning

$40.00

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Jacob’s Ladder – E Phillips Oppenheim – 1921

An early Oppenheim published by Burt, New York just a few months after the first. Super condition.

Octavo, 303 pages, exceptionally clean, perfect dust jacket.

Jacob Pratt does it tough financially after his brother cannot repay a sizeable sum. Years later he is in the money courtesy of the same brother who has struck oil in the US of A.

He decides to manage his money carefully but still develop a new interest – saving people from the “sharks” of the world. It leads to some interesting situations including being held captive in a Scottish tower. Some good life lessons in this one!

Oppenheim intrigue and money advice wrapped up in adventure.

SO SORRY SOLD

$70.00

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The Box with Broken Seals – E Phillips Oppenheim -1920

A 1920 edition published by A L Burt, New York having been first issued the year before. Very difficult to find in its dust jacket and a great example.

Octavo, 300 pages, plus publisher’s catalogue.

Set against the backdrop of WWI secret despatches have gone missing. English Secret Service operative James Crawshay is on the job with American Sam Hobson tagging along. A fast moving dangerous plot.

The fate of WWI is up for grabs.

$80.00

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What Happened to Forester – E Phillips Oppenheim – Scarce First Edition 1930

A first edition published by Little Brown, Boston in 1930.

Octavo, 260 pages, in better than very good condition – still with its original wrap around yellow promotional slip.

A series of ten interconnecting short stories about the strange goings on concerning the disappearance of Major Andrew Forester retired from the army. A dashing chap who likes adventure and skirts the law.

Lots of conspiracy and dark characters.

Scarce and well presented Oppenheim

$140.00

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Up the Ladder of Gold – E Phillips Oppenheim – 1931

A first US edition published by Little Brown, Boston in 1931 one year after the UK First.

Dedicated to P.G. Wodehouse – “To my friend “Plum” Wodehouse – who tells me what I can scarcely believe, that he enjoys my stories as much as I do his”.

Octavo, 312 pages, overall a very good copy albeit a couple of edge chips and some repair and age to the dust jacket.

“The amazing story of the man who made war impossible” Protagonist Warren Rand is a mysterious businessman of dimensions to more than rival Murdoch. He controls newsprint, dominates stock markets and world economies … buys more gold than they can dig up … until his real purpose is revealed!

Oppenheim with an underlying message that resonates today

$90.00

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The Green Bay Tree – Louis Bromfield – 1926

Published by Grosset & Dunlap, New York in 1926 having been first published two years earlier. Octavo, 341 pages, absolutely super condition in a complete and very decorative dust jacket.

No one really knows any one else. There is always a part that remains secret and hidden, concealed to the deepest part of the soul. An epic saga like novel based around the lives of Julia Shane and her two daughters in rapidly changing times.

Louis Bromfield (1896-1956) on of the great American authors of the first half of the 20thC. After returning to America as a WWI hero he took to writing and this book was the first great success among many. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1927. He was also a framer and conservationist, his Malabar Farm in Ohio is magnificent and supported by an active Foundation today. Bromfield mixed with many of the movers and shakers of the day. Bogart and Bacall were married at Malabar Farm.

$50.00

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Hornblower and the Hotspur – C.S. Forester – First Edition 1962

Jacob’s Ladder – E Phillips Oppenheim – 1921

The Box with Broken Seals – E Phillips Oppenheim -1920

What Happened to Forester – E Phillips Oppenheim – Scarce First Edition 1930

Up the Ladder of Gold – E Phillips Oppenheim – 1931

The Green Bay Tree – Louis Bromfield – 1926

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