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Hornblower and the Atropos
by C.S. Forester
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Michael Joseph, 1953. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5". None. A First Edition, first impression copy of the third of C. S. Lewis' Hornblowers series, Hornblower and the Atropos. A first edition, first impression copy of Hornblower and the Atropos, one of C. S. Forester's series following the adventures of Horatio Hornblower, a fictional Royal Navy officer during the Napoleonic Wars. The Hornblower series consists of twelve novels, of which one unfinished, and five short stories published between 1937 and 1967. Hornblower and the Atropos (1953) is the fifth novel in the series and third published. C. S. Forester was born in Cairo in 1899, lived in the UK and died in California, USA in 1966 (aged 66). He was an English novelist known for his writings on naval warfare. With unclipped dustwrapper. In the publisher's original brown cloth binding, with titles stamped in gilt to spine. externally very smart with minor shelfwear only and minor bumping to tail of spine. Dustwrapper is smart with slight shelwear and minor chipping to head of spine. Spine is slightly sunned and detaching to rear wrap, may detach with further handling. Internally, firmly bound. Minor faint scattered spotting to first few leaves, otherwise pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed
Synopsis
Hornblower and the Atropos is a 1953 historical novel by C.S. Forester. In this novel, Horatio Hornblower is assigned to the Atropos, the smallest vessel in the English navy that qualifies to be commanded by a post-Captain, as he hunts for treasure in the Mediterranean Sea.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 754A42
- Title
- Hornblower and the Atropos
- Author
- C.S. Forester
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Michael Joseph
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1953
- Size
- 7.5" by 5"
- Keywords
- fiction hornblower navy history hornblower
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Tail
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