The Jervis Bay Goes Down

[No place]: (Privately Printed), 1941. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Mimeographed sheets in mimeographed bradbound wrappers. 11pp. Slight age-toning, else about fine. A poem written about a true incident in WWII during which a British Merchant ship sacrificed itself to save a larger convoy. Apparently privately printed by Fowler, and distributed to his friends, this was later published as… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1941. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. 12mo. Cloth. Slight sunning at the extremities, else near fine without dustwrapper.

New York: Random House, 1941. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Orig. blue cloth. 24 pp. Sunning to top and tail edges of boards, light bruising to tail edge. Acid migration to endpapers. Front hinge started. Darkening to gutter at title page. Dust jacket is price clipped, sunned and rubbed to… Read more about this item

NY: : Random House (1941). 1st edition, stated First Printing; 8vo. blue cloth covered boards, small hardcover; 24 pages; a poem honoring sinking of the Jervis Bay, November 5, 1940 who sacrificed herself deliberately to a Nazi battleship so a convoy of 29 ships could escape; a very good, clean, tight copy in a very good dustjacket with a… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1941 First edition, stated first printing. Book with offsetting/toning to endpapers and light toning to page margins, else in fine condition; dust jacket with a closed tear aside upper front spine-fold, small chip/crease aside upper back spine-fold, rubbing/wear to extremities, faint soiling to front cover, and toning to spine and cover margins, else fine.

New York:: Random House,, [1941].. First edition.. publisher's cloth in dust jacket.. Very good or better in a nice jacket with one small chip to the top of the front panel.. 8vo,. Inscribed by Gene Fowler in the year of publication.

NY: Random House; (1941). First Edition . Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Slight residue at edges of jacket and endpapers from old black-lined jacket protector. The jacket spine is also slightly sunned. A poem about the incident in November 1941 when the British ship Jervis Bay fought a German battleship to… Read more about this item

London: Methuen, 1941. Hardcover. Very good. Poem written for the radio, and then printed because of popularity. The "Jervis Bay" drew the fire of a German pocket battleship in the shipping lanes of the North Atlantic during WWII, allowing most of the convoy to scatter unharmed. Sml. 8vo, (viii) 8pp, frontis of the ship "Jervis Bay"

New York: Random House. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1941. First Printing. Hardcover. Approx. 5 1/2" wide by 8 1/8". DJ pieces included. ; 24 pages .

New York: Random House, 1941. Hardcover. Good. Second edition. Good. Hardcover, very thin, rubbed at spine ends and corners, spine and cover edges faded, loose hinges, pages browned. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

New York: Random House. Inscribed By Author Gene Fowler. CLEAN 1941 First Edition hard cover with Near fine price clipped dust jacket. . Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 1951.

New York: Random House, 1941. Hardcover. very good. 3rd printing. 24 pp. Dark blue cloth with gilt title on spine and on a white block on front board in A Very good dust jacket. Small 8vo with an inscription on front end paper to 'Hon. W.L. Mackenzie-King in appreciation of splendid leadership in Canada's thrilling war-effort' signed A.… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1941. First Edition. Fine in a very good dust jacket. A fine association copy, humorously inscribed by the author to his close friend, W.C. Fields, “To my kinsman, W.C., in memory of our week at Vassar. With Regards, Gene Fowler, Feb. 1941.”

Random House, January 1941. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. No marks or writing observed in text. Binding tight and square. Gently read. Dust cover missing Family-owned bookshop in Steubenville, Ohio: BookMarx Bookstore. Books shipped within 24 hours.

NY 1941 first edition (stated). Hardcover. Small octavo, 24pp., cloth. Owner label on front pastedown. VG, no DJ. .

New York: Random House, 1941. Second Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 24 pages. ; 5 3/8 x 8 1/8

No place of publication: no publisher, n.d. [1941]. Eleven pages; duplicated; on rectos only; in brad-bound wrappers; very good. Inscribed by the author to his daughter, “To Jane, with affectionate regards, Gene Fowler. This is a copy of the Ronald Colman recital, via radio.” Ronald Colman narrated this poem on February 8, 1941, and this piece was likely prepared… Read more about this item

New York: Random House [1941], 3rd printing. (Hardcover) Very good, no dust jacket. 24pp. Gilt lettering. Locale: Atlantic Ocean. (Poetry, Jervis Bay, Royal Navy, Shipping, War Poetry, World War 2).

NY: Random House, 1941 1st ed., 1st Prtg, 1941. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Flexbound. Good/No Jacket. Octavo, flex bound in blue cloth boards. Cover lightly faded and worn. Interior VG. No dj the sinking of this armed merchant cruiser by the Nazis. 24 pp. The poetry and newspaper account of one of the most heroic episodes relating to… Read more about this item

Random House, 1941-01-01. Hardcover. Good. . Cover and edges shows shelf wear. Pages are clean and intact.