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Desolation Island Hardcover - 1998

by Patrick O'Brian


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The breakfast-parlour was the most cheerful room in Ashgrove Cottage, and although the builders had ruined the garden with heaps of sand and unslaked lime and bricks, and although the damp walls of the new wing in which this parlour stood still smelt of plaster, the sun poured in, blazing on the covered silver dishes and lighting the face of Sophie Aubrey as she sat there waiting for her husband.

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  • Title Desolation Island
  • Author Patrick O'Brian
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 368
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, London
  • Date May 5, 1998
  • ISBN 9780002221450
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A beautiful copy of the first impression of the first UK edition [Collins London 1978]. This book is the fifth in the Jack Aubrey series and, as such, a very collectible title. The book is in fine condition, has no remainder marks, a tight and square binding, no owner inscriptions or highlighting and no staining or marking. The dust jacket is nearly fine. The jacket is neatly price-clipped, with no creases, chips or tears. The spine of jacket is lightly sunned but there is absolutely minimal shelf wear. It is now protected by a Gaylord archival cover that is easily removable. Please contact us if you have further questions.
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