In His Majesty's Service Lettered Edition
$500 · Offered by Grim Oak Press
Signed · Limited edition
Author : Naomi Novik Artist : Daniel Govar Note: There is a limit of one copy per customer/household. Note #2: Priority shipping is recommended for our Lettered Editions. Book Description: • Stamp-signed by Naomi Novik and signed by Daniel Govar • Dust jacket: N/A • Leather-bound: foiled boards • Hubbed spine • Upgraded endpapers • 10 full-color interior plates • 1 full-color fold-out plate • Satin ribbon sewn into binding • 60# high-quality paper used • Clamshell included • 78 copies available Together in one volume, here are the first three novels in Naomi Novik’s New York Times bestselling Temeraire series, combining the gripping history of the Napoleonic era, the thrill of Anne McCaffrey’s Dragonriders of Pern books, and the excitement of Patrick O’Brian’s seafaring adventures. Capt. Will Laurence is serving with honor in the British Navy when his ship captures a French frigate harboring a most unusual cargo–an incalculably valuable dragon egg. When the egg hatches, Laurence unexpectedly becomes the master of the young dragon Temeraire and finds himself on an extraordinary journey that will shatter his orderly, respectable life and alter the course of his nation’s history. Thrust into England’s Aerial Corps, Laurence and Temeraire undergo rigorous training while staving off French forces intent on breaching British soil. But the pair has more than France to contend with when China learns that an imperial dragon intended for Napoleon–Temeraire himself– has fallen into Brit
- Binding: Hardcover
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