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Lieutenant Hornblower
de C. S. Forester
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good Indeed/Very Good
- Librería
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
London: Michael Joseph, 1952. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 7.5" by 5". None. A First Edition, first impression copy of the second of C. S. Lewis's Hornblower series, Lieutenant Hornblower (1952). A first edition, first impression copy of Lieutenant Hornblower, 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. Lieutenant Hornblower (1952) is the second novel in the series and second 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.Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown that reads "To Trix on your 17th birthday with all my love and sincere best wishes. Berry. 31/8/52," with clipped dustwrapper (originally purchased as a present.) In the original publisher's blue cloth binding, with titles stamped in gilt to spine. Externally, very smart with slight bumping to head and tail of spine and some fainting to the spine and extremities. Dustwrapper is very smart, with minor close tear and some shelfwear. Internally, firmly bound. The odd spot to first and last few leaves, with faint offsetting to rear free endpaper, as usual. Some spotting to the edges, not affecting the text. With previous owner's inscription to front pastedown and clipped dustwrapper. Very Good Indeed
Sinopsis
Lieutenant Hornblower (published 1952) is a Horatio Hornblower novel written by C. S. Forester, ISBN 1-85998-976-4. It is the second book in the series chronologically, but the seventh by order of publication. The book is unique in the series in being told not from Horatio Hornblower's point of view, but rather from Bush's. This helped Forester to explain Hornblower's unsuitable first marriage besides giving an objective view of Hornblower himself.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 752A7
- Título
- Lieutenant Hornblower
- Autor
- C. S. Forester
- Ilustrador
- None
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Cloth
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good Indeed
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Michael Joseph
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1952
- Tamaño
- 7.5" by 5"
- Palabras clave
- C. S. Forester Hornblower First Edition History Hornblower Royal Navy
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- 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...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 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....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
