FIRSTS Magazine, March, 2004, Volume 14, Number 3 (C.S. Forester Part Two)

Robin H. Smiley, 2004. Softcover. Very Good. FIRSTS: The Book Collector's Magazine. March 2004, Volume 14, Number 3 issue, an invaluable magazine resource for book collectors. Issue focuses on Collecting C.S. Forester, Part Two, which explores his personal life and writings from 1937 until the author's death in 1966, notably the Horatio Hornblower series. Cecil Scott Forester was the pen name of Cecil Louis Troughton Smith, an English novelist who rose to fame with tales of adventure and military crusades. (Part One is in FIRSTS February 2004 issue.) His most notable works were the Horatio Hornblower series, highlighted in this issue, and The African Queen (1935; filmed in 1951 by John Huston). An annotated bibliography of first editions from 1937 through two books published posthumously included. Copy is unmarked. Clean copy with minimal shelf wear. pp. 11" x 8 1/2". Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.