Patrick O'Brian / The Far Side of the World First Edition 1984
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The Far Side of the World [First Edition] Author: O'Brian, Patrick Title: The Far Side of the World [First Edition] Publication: London: Collins, 1984 Description: First edition. Octavo, original green cloth boards with gilt-stamped titles to spine, original dustjacket (illustrated by Arthur Barbosa), pp (viii), 371 (iv). The dustjacket is lightly edgeworn; the rear panel has a crease to the corner, and some scattered light marks to this rear side. The dustjacket is price-clipped (indicating a second isue), with the publisher's price 9.95 on a sticker next to the clip. Between the front free endpaper and the halftitle page, and at the same point before the rear free endpaper, there is the beginning of a split: this does not affect the rest of the book. The boards are very clean. The pages are toned as usual, but are completely clean. Very good condition in like d.j. The first edition of the tenth book in the wonderful Aubrey-Maturin series. The novel takes place in what Patrick O'Brian calls in his author's note an extended 1812a or 1812b, during the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812. The novel provided part of the title and some of the plot-structure for the acclaimed Peter Weir film, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. Many O'Brian enthusiasts consider this the best book in the sequence. A sought after first edition. Seller ID: 106606 Subject: Literature Muir Books Established in 1973, we deal in old, rare, out-of-print and interesting books... as well as art
- Publisher: Collins
- Year: 1984
- Condition: Very Good
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