Lieutenant Hornblower

by C. S Forester

£175 · Offered by Adrian Harrington Rare Books

First edition

London: Michael Joseph, 1952. Naval fiction LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo 19 x 13cm , pp.304. Elegantly hand-bound in blue half calf, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, matching cloth-covered boards, sewn two-colour endbands. Edges of text block toned else a clean copy in an attractive recent leather binding. Lieutenant Hornblower emerges from his apprenticeship as a midshipman, to the new responsibilities thrust upon him by

• Binding: Leather

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