Lord Hornblower

by C. S Forester

$35 · Offered by Adrian Harrington Rare Books · No longer available

First edition

London: Michael Joseph, 1946. Naval Fiction FIRST EDITION, first impression. Crown Octavo 19 x 13cm , pp.224. Publisher's mid-brown cloth with silver titles to spine. With dust-jacket from the 4/6 cheap edition. No inscriptions. Light wear/toning. Very good indeed. The Admiral's face was grim as he gave Commodore Hornblower his orders. Hornblower knows he must not fail. Yet neither man dreamt, on that windy autumn day in 1813, that the mission would result

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