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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Gallows Thief.
London: Harper Collins, 2001. [Historical Fiction/Crime novel] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[vi]; 281 [1]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. With a nineteenth century coloured map of London as endpapers. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the illustrated..... More
The Last Kingdom.
London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 2004. [Historical Fiction] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xiv; 333 [5]. With a sketch-map and a list of place names to preliminaries. Publisher's black cloth with bronze titles to spine, and orange endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at £17.99. Contents clean, no inscriptions, very..... More
The Pale Horseman.
London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 2005. [Historical Fiction] FIRST EDITION, First Impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xiv; 351 [3]. With a sketch-map and a list of place names to preliminaries. Publisher's navy cloth with silver titles to spine, and pale blue illustrated endpapers. With the photographic dust-jacket, priced at £17.99. A fine, as-new..... More
Sharpe's Escape. Richard Sharpe and the Bussaco Campaign, 1810.
London: Harper Collins, 2004. [Historical fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[10] 351 [7]. SIGNED by the author in blue ink to title page. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine, and blue endpapers. With the dust-jacket reproducing a painting by James Prinsep Beadle, priced..... More
Sharpe's Havoc.
Gladestry: Scorpion Press, 2003. [Modern Literature] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, number 40 of 85 in a special binding signed by the author. Octavo (25 x 16cm), pp.[16]; 379; [6]. Quarter bound in red leatherette lettered in gilt to spine with marbled paper over boards. Map of Wellesley's Campaign in Northern Portugal..... More
Sharpe's Havoc. Richard Sharpe and the Campaign in Northern Portugal, Spring 1809.
London: Harper Collins, 2003. [Historical fiction] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xiv; 380 [6]. 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..... More
Sharpe's Prey.
Blakeney: Scorpion Press, 2001. [Modern Literature] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, number 38 of 90 in a special binding signed by the author. Octavo (25 x 16cm), pp.[10]; 260; [4]. Quarter bound in red leatherette lettered in gilt to spine with marbled paper over boards. Map of Copenhagen illustrated by Ken Lewis..... More
Sharpe's Prey. Richard Sharpe and the Expedition to Copenhagen, 1807.
London: Harper Collins Publishers, 2001. [Historical Fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. 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..... More
Sharpe's Prey. Richard Sharpe and the Expedition to Copenhagen, 1807.
London: Harper Collins Publishers, 2001. [Historical Fiction] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 261 [3]. INSCRIBED by the author in blue ink to title page: 'For Alan | with all good wishes | Bernard Cornwell.' Publisher's black cloth with silver titles to spine, and maps to..... More
Sharpe's Prey. Richard Sharpe and the Expedition to Copenhagen, 1807.
London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 2001. [Historical Fiction] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 261 [3]. 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. A fine, as-new copy. Sharpe dabbles in espionage when he is sent..... More
Sharpe's Tiger.
London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 1997. [Historical Fiction] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.303 [1]. Publisher's red cloth lettered in gilt to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by David Scutt, priced at £16.99 to front flap. A crisp, fine copy. The fourteenth Sharpe novel, but the very first chronologically, in..... More
Sharpe's Tiger. Richard Sharpe and the Siege of Seringapatam.
Blakeney: Scorpion Press, 1997. [Modern Literature] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, number 79 of 99 in a special binding signed by the author. Octavo (25 x 16cm), pp. [2]; 303; [1]. Quarter bound in red leatherette lettered in gilt to spine with marbled paper over boards. Illustrated map of the Siege of..... More
Sharpe's Trafalgar. Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805.
London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 2000. [Historical Fiction] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 277 [3]. With battle plan and illustrated endpapers. Publisher's navy cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by David Scutt, priced at £16.99. A fine, as-new copy. Ensign Richard Sharpe is returning by..... More
Sharpe's Trafalgar. Richard Sharpe and the Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805.
London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 2000. [Historical Fiction] SIGNED FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 277 [3]. SIGNED by the author in black ink to the title page. With battle plan and illustrated endpapers. Publisher's navy cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by David Scutt, priced..... More
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