The Hundred Days
by O'Brian, Patrick
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good 1st, clean and unclipped d/j; red clothbound boards very good, gilt titling on spine bright. Pages crisp and unmarked.
- ISBN 10
- 0002257890
- ISBN 13
- 9780002257893
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About This Item
London: HarperCollins, 1998. 1st. hardback. Very good 1st, clean and unclipped d/j; red clothbound boards very good, gilt titling on spine bright. Pages crisp and unmarked.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). Following The Extraordinary Success Of The Yellow Admiral, This Latest Aubrey-Maturin Novel Brings Alive The Sights And Sounds Of North Africa As Well As The Great Naval Battles In The Days Immediately Following Napoleon's Escape From Elba. Aubrey And Maturin Are In The Thick Of The Plots And Counterplots To Prevent His Regaining Power. Coloured By Conspiracies In The Adriatic, In The Berber And Arab Lands Of The Southern Shores Of The Mediterranean, By Night Actions, Fierce Pursuits, Slave-Trading And Lion Hunts, The Hundred Days Is A Masterpiece.
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- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC31115
- Title
- The Hundred Days
- Author
- O'Brian, Patrick
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good 1st, clean and unclipped d/j; red clothbound boards very good, gilt titling on spine bright. Pages crisp and unmarked.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0002257890
- ISBN 13
- 9780002257893
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1998
- Pages
- 271
- Keywords
- 1st, fiction, O'Brian
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- X weight
- 0.47 g
- Size
- 8vo (230 x 150 / 9\"\" x 6\"\")
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