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Hornblower in the West Indies
de FORESTER, C. S
- Usado
- First
- Estado
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- Librería
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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London: Michael Joseph, 1958. First U.K. Edition. First printing. Octavo (20cm). Original blue paper over boards, titled in gilt, in original pictorial dust jacket; plain endpapers; 283pp; list of Forester titles opposite t.p. Straight and tight, lightly rubbed, dampstain to top edge not visible on pages, minor browning and pencil marks to endleaves: around Very Good. Jacket unclipped (priced 15s.) with minor dampstaining to spine and corner of lower rear cover, lightly sunned, edges rubbed, with one or two small chips: Good or better. The ninth published Hornblower novel and the final full-length novel in the books' internal chronology, preceded by a month by the first US edition, titled Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies.
Sinopsis
Hornblower in the West Indies, or alternately Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies is one of the novels in the series CS Forester wrote about fictional Royal Navy officer Horatio Hornblower. All the other novels in the series take place during the 1793–1815 wars with revolutionary and Napoleonic France. This one takes place when Britain is at peace, May 1821 - October 1823. Hornblower has been promoted Rear-Admiral and has been named in command of the West Indies station, i.e.
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- Librería
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 56730
- Título
- Hornblower in the West Indies
- Autor
- FORESTER, C. S
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First U.K. Edition
- Editorial
- Michael Joseph
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1958
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Modern Fiction;
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
