Lot 518
Forester (C.S.) Flying Colours, first edition, signed by the author, 1938.
Estimate: £750 - 1,000
Description
Forester (C.S.) Flying Colours, first edition, signed by the author on title, original red cloth, light browning to spine, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, spine chipped at head, foot of spine with neat and expert restoration, light surface soiling to lower panel, a few short tears or nicks to foot with creasing, a little rubbing, 8vo, 1938.
⁂ First published earlier the same year in a single volume with A Ship of the Line, this edition is by far the rarer of the two editions, especially so signed.
Description
Forester (C.S.) Flying Colours, first edition, signed by the author on title, original red cloth, light browning to spine, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, spine chipped at head, foot of spine with neat and expert restoration, light surface soiling to lower panel, a few short tears or nicks to foot with creasing, a little rubbing, 8vo, 1938.
⁂ First published earlier the same year in a single volume with A Ship of the Line, this edition is by far the rarer of the two editions, especially so signed.
