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Lieutenant Hornblower
by FORESTER, C.S. (1899-1966)
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- first
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Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Michael Joseph, 1952. [Naval fiction] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.304. Publisher's mid-blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Val Biro, priced at 12/6. Contents clean, no owner names, jacket with one chip to crown, accordingly sunned to cloth beneath, spine panel toned. Very good. Lieutenant Hornblower emerges from his apprenticeship as a midshipman, to the new responsibilities thrust upon him by the fortunes of war between Napoleon and Spain. Enduring near-mutiny, bloody hand-to-hand combat with Spanish seamen, deck-splintering sea battles, and the violence and horrors of life on the fighting ships of the Napoleonic Wars, the young lieutenant distinguishes himself in his first independent command.
Synopsis
Lieutenant Hornblower (published 1952) is a Horatio Hornblower novel written by C. S. Forester, ISBN 1-85998-976-4. It is the second book in the series chronologically, but the seventh by order of publication. The book is unique in the series in being told not from Horatio Hornblower's point of view, but rather from Bush's. This helped Forester to explain Hornblower's unsuitable first marriage besides giving an objective view of Hornblower himself.
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- Bookseller
- Adrian Harrington Rare Books
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- 66477
- Title
- Lieutenant Hornblower
- Author
- FORESTER, C.S. (1899-1966)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- London: Michael Joseph, 1952
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Adrian Harrington Rare Books
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Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
About Adrian Harrington Rare Books
Adrian Harrington began trading in 1971, as part of Harrington Brothers in the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's fashionable King's Road. He moved to Kensington Church Street in 1997, and in 2014 Adrian relocated to the historic Hall's Bookshop in Royal Tunbridge Wells, occupying the first floor of this iconic building near The Pantiles area of the town. Hall's remains on the ground floor offering an exceptional range of quality used books.Adrian Harrington Rare Books deal in a wide selection of literature, modern first editions, leather bound library sets, children's and illustrated books, and fine and rare antiquarian and old books in all fields. We also offer a full and expert bookbinding and restoration service.Award-winning Ian Fleming Bibliographer Jon Gilbert curates our world-class stock of James Bond material, including first edition novels, film posters, original scripts and associated ephemera.We are always interested in buying quality books in our subject areas, from individual titles to complete collections.
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- First Edition
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- Octavo
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- Sunned
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- New
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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