FORESTER, C. S.

Lieutenant Hornblower

London: Michael Joseph, 1952. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (19cm). Original blue cloth, titled in gilt, with original black dust jacket; plain endpapers; 304pp; list of Forester titles opposite t.p. Straight and tight, lightly rubbed at edges, paper lightly mellowed: Near Fine. Jacket (price-clipped) rubbed at extremities, lightly spine-sunned, creased at spine, with two short tears neatly mended with tape to verso: Very Good. The seventh published Hornblower novel, second in the series chronology, and the only entry not narrated by Hornblower himself. The UK edition preceded the first US edition by a month.

Price: $125.00

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