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Bernard Cornwell | First Editions
1944
Bernard Cornwell, OBE (born 23 February 1944) is an English author of historical novels, and a history of the Waterloo Campaign. He is best known for his novels about the Napoleonic Wars rifleman, Richard Sharpe.
The first 11 books of the Sharpe series (beginning in chronological order with Sharpe's Rifles and ending with Sharpe's Waterloo, published in the US as Waterloo) detail Sharpe's adventures in various Peninsular War campaigns over the course of 6–7 years. Subsequently, Cornwell wrote a prequel quintet – Sharpe's Tiger, Sharpe's Triumph, Sharpe's Fortress, Sharpe's Trafalgar and Sharpe's Prey – depicting Sharpe's adventures under Wellington's command in India, including his hard-won promotion to the officer corps, his return to Britain and his arrival in the 95th Rifles, and a sequel, Sharpe's Devil, set six years after the end of the wars.
See below our stock of Bernard Cornwell First Editions and signed copies.
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Fools and Mortals.
London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 2017. [Historical Fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 369 [5]. SIGNED by the author in black marker to title page. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine, and patterned endpapers. With the dust-jacket designed by Holly Macdonald, priced at £20.00. 'Signed by the Author'..... More
Gallows Thief.
London: Harper Collins, 2001. [Historical Fiction/Crime novel] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[vi]; 281; [1], blank. With a nineteenth century coloured map of London as endpapers. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine, illustrated dust-jacket. With signature of the author in black ink to the title-page. Signature..... More
Sharpe's Escape. Richard Sharpe and the Bussaco Campaign, 1810.
London: Harper Collins, 2004. [Historical fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Royal octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[x]; 351; [7], blank. Signed by the author in blue ink to the title-page. Publisher's dark grey cloth with gilt titles to spine, blue endpapers, pictorial dust-jacket. Signature obtained in person upon release. An as-new/unread copy..... More
Sharpe's Fortress. Richard Sharpe and the Siege of Gawilghur, December 1803.
London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 1999. [Historical Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.302 [2]. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine, and illustrated map endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated by David Scutt. Jacket priced-clipped. Lighter toning than usual to text block. Near fine. The last of Richard Sharpe's trio of..... More
Sharpe's Fury.
London: Harper Collins, 2006. [Historical Fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[6]; 407; [3]. Publisher's cloth, pale blue endpapers, pictorial dust-wrapper. Signed by the author to the title page. Autograph obtained in person upon release. An as new/unread copy, carefully warehoused by ourselves since publication. Another episode in..... More
Sharpe's Havoc. Richard Sharpe and the Campaign in Northern Portugal, Spring 1809
London: Harper Collins, 2003. [Historical fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[xiv]; 380; [6], blank. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine, illustrated dust-jacket depicting showing The Battle of Fuentes d'Onoro, 1811, priced at £17.99. An as-new/unread copy, warehoused by ourselves since publication. Sharpe's Havoc is set during..... More
Sharpe's Honour.
London: Collins, 1985. First Edition. Octavo, pp.320. Red cloth with gilt titles to spine, in pictorial dust wrapper designed by Ian Robertson, showing a broken telescope and a citadel on an opposing hill. Internally clean, with nominal tanning. A fine copy. A devious French general attempts to turn the tide..... More
Sharpe's Prey. Richard Sharpe and the Expedition to Copenhagen, 1807.
London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 2001. [Historical Fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 261 [3]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine, and maps to endpapers. With the dust-jacket illustrated by David Scutt, priced at £16.99. Text block toned..... More
Sharpe's Trafalgar. Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805.
London: Harper Collins, 2000. [Historical Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[viii]; 277; [3], blank. With battle plan, illustrated endpapers. Publisher's hardcover in dust-wrapper. An as new/unread copy, warehoused by ourselves since publication. In chronological order it is the fourth book in the epic Sharpe saga. In this episode..... More
Sharpe's Trafalgar. Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805.
London: Harper Collins, 2000. [Historical Fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[viii]; 277; [3], blank. Autograph of Bernard Cornwell in in black ink to the title page. With battle plan and illustrated endpapers. Publisher's hardcover in dust-wrapper illustrated by David Scutt. Signature obtained in person upon release. An..... More
Sharpe's Triumph. Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Assaye, September 1803.
London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 1998. [Historical Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[2] 298 [4]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by David Scutt, priced at £16.99. Text block gently toned. A fine copy. The most significant moment in Sharpe's career, when he saves General..... More
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