Desolation Island [Aubrey-Maturin 5]
by O'Brian, Patrick [Pseud. Patrick Russ]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- F-/F-
- ISBN 10
- 081282590X
- ISBN 13
- 9780812825909
- Seller
-
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
New York: Stein and Day, 1979 F-/F-. 8vo. original black cloth backed boards gilt (edges a trifle rubbed & sunned, faint speckling) in dustwrapper (slightly rubbed); pp. [viii (last blank)], 276. A near fine copy. The fifth Aubrey-Maturin novel.. First US. Hard Cover. F-/F-.
Synopsis
Desolation Island is a name that has been used for several islands. The largest and best known is Kerguelen Island in the Indian Ocean. Desolation Island is a novel in the Aubrey–Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018368
- Title
- Desolation Island [Aubrey-Maturin 5]
- Author
- O'Brian, Patrick [Pseud. Patrick Russ]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - F-
- Jacket Condition
- F-
- Edition
- First US
- ISBN 10
- 081282590X
- ISBN 13
- 9780812825909
- Publisher
- Stein and Day
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- Patrick O'Brian Desolation Island Aubrey Maturin Naval Napoleonic Historical Fiction
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- Gilt
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