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1958 Hornblower in the West Indies
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Description
First Edition, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper
A first edition, first impression copy of Hornblower in the West Indies, 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 in the West Indies (1958) is the last novel in the series and the ninth 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.
Condition
In the original publisher's blue cloth binding, with titles stamped in gilt to spine. Externally, in excellent condition with minor bumping to head and tail of spine only. Dustwrapper is very smart, with minor shelfwear and slight closed tear to head and tail of spine and extremities. Faint spotting to fly leaves and internal to wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean throughout, with faint offsetting to endpapers and minor markings to the edge, not affecting the pages. With unclipped dustwrapper.
Fine
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