Hercules, My Shipmate

Hercules, My Shipmate: A fabulous crew of gargantuan Greeks, singing, drinking, wenching and fighting their wat through the ancient world, brought to life by a brilliant scholar and storyteller.

New York: Creative Age Press, 1945. First US Edition. Hardcover. Very Good /Good. A forgotten masterpiece by the author of I, Claudius and Claudius the God. No statement of additional printings as is common for this publisher, but low price on jacket ($3.00) - so assumed First Printing. In beige cloth with blue panels to front board and… Read more about this item

New York: Creative Age Press , 1945. ....Beige cloth with green and gilt on boards, tight and square, 464 pages, maps for end papers, former owners name tag taped to ffep, speckled edges, dusty top, small light stain front edge bottom, minor edge wear/rubbing, dust jacket has minor chipping, two closed cuts along spine, light soiling, price clipped, any image… Read more about this item

Notations on the fep. Pages unmarked.

New York: Creative Age Press, 1945. Near Fine/Good. Gilt cloth. Frontis and endsheet maps. First US edition, and first edition under this title. Blue sprinkled edges faintly dusty, else about fine in lightly edgeworn dust jacket with a few nicks and tears. HIGGINSON & WILLIAMS A57b.

Poet and novelist and collector of Greek myths writes a novel of Jason and the Argonauts, featuring a fierce Hercules among them

New York: Creative Age Press, 1945. Hardcover. Fine. Originally pubishined in England as "The Golden Fleece:" "A story full of sly humor and bawdy detail, in this case with a bit more casual slaughter and mass copulation" than other historical novels set in Greece. Purports to tell the true story of the voyage of the Argo and Jason… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1945. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Owner name on the front pastedown, owner bookplate on the verso of the front free endpaper, bumping to the spine ends and corners, very good in a very good dust jacket with edgewear including a bit of loss to the spine ends and some small… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1945. Presumed First Edition. No indication. In brown cloth covers with black lettering on spine. Square and intact binding. Clean and unmarked endpapers and text pages. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown.Lightly browned page edges. Lightly bumped ends of spine. Jacket: Intact with price of $4.50 on upper front flap. Light to moderate… Read more about this item

New York: Creative Age Press, 1945. Hardcover. Very Good in Better than Good unclipped, chipped and edgeworn dust jacket; foxed throughout; corners and bottom and top of spine bumped. 8.5 x 5.75 x 1.5 inches. First Edition, First Printing Retells the Greek myth of the adventures of Jason, Hercules, Orpheus, and the other Argonauts on their quest… Read more about this item

Creative Age, 1945. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Octavo, 8 1/4" tall, x + 464 pages, tan cloth; with map end papers plus a map on front free end paper. A very good minus, sturdy hard cover with minor shelf wear, binding solid, BUT the fly-leaf has been cut away (inscription?) and paper moderately yellowed. In a… Read more about this item

1/1/1945. Hardcover w/DJ. New York: Creative Age Press, 1945. 1st edition. Dust jacket in protective cover; head of spine missing 1/2""; closed 2"" vertical tear repaired on the inside with tape; edges creased and worn; corners bumped and chipped; tan cloth with turquoise and gilt on cover and spine; cover soiled; maps on endpapers; library stamp on ffep and… Read more about this item

1945. GRAVES, Robert. HERCULES MY SHIPMATE. NY: Creative Age Press, Inc., [1945]. 8vo., light-gray cloth, stamped in turquoise and gilt, in original dust jacket; 464 pages. First American Edition. Edges speckled in blue- as issued. [Higginson & Williams A57b]. The number of copies printed is unknown, probably not many since this is a war-time publication. Very Good (covers nice;… Read more about this item

New York, NY: Creative Age Press, Inc., 1945. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo. x + 464 pp, Invocation, Prologue, L. (50) titled chapters, Historical Appendix. Binding tight, pages clean and unmarked, text block age toned very slightly at the edges, with a few fox speckles, too, ancient maps e.p.'s, impressed green baclground stamp with gilt design and… Read more about this item

Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Collectible - Very Good. NY: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1945. Presumed 1st US but not stated. Hardcover. 8vo. 464 pgs. Very good in a near very good dust jacket. Corners and spine ends bumped and lightly worn. Pages browned. Binding sound. Jacket has light edgewear and soil. Small light waterstain to rear panel at… Read more about this item

Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1982. Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Grosset's Universal Library, 1945. UL-19, 464 browning pages, blue pictorial, white and black ltrs, edges browned, hole in lower corner of edges (like a bookworm went through and left). A fabulous crew of gargantuan Greeks, singing, drinking, wenching and fighting their way through the ancient world.. 1st Thus?. Trade Paperback. G++.

Grosset & Dunlap, 1945. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust… Read more about this item

Creative Age Press. Used - Very Good. 1945. Cloth, dj, octavo, x and 464 pp. Chipping to dj, with discoloration at rear and to flaps. Pages are toned, with a few instances of foxing, otherwise clean. Binding is solid. Very Good. (Subject: Literature.)

Farrar Straus Giroux, 1982. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.