Long Before Forty
by C. S. Forester
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/missing
- Seller
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown, 1967. 1st US edition. Hardcover. Fair/missing. First US edition. Former library item, usual markings and stamps; missing dust jacket. Blue boards, quarter bound in white cloth with blue print on spine; gray end papers. Pages are clean and unmarked, other than library markings. Little, Brown hard cover, missing dust jacket; first US edition (stated); 253 pages. 8vo (5.75"""" x 8.5"""")ÊBefore C.S. Forester achieved literary success with his famous saga of Captain Horatio Hornblower and the great romantic novels such as THE AFRICAN QUEEN, he had a difficult time making his start as an author. LONG BEFORE FORTY is the account of his lonely struggle to learn how to write. The concluding section, ""Some Personal Notes,"" is a memoir of his creation of the famous Captain Hornblower.
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- Bookseller
- Bujoldfan (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 09152102forestercar
- Title
- Long Before Forty
- Author
- C. S. Forester
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- missing
- Edition
- 1st US edition
- Publisher
- Little, Brown
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1967
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Memoir, Writing
- Bookseller catalogs
- nonfiction;
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