Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies
by Forester, C. S
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Near Fine
- Seller
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SANTA BARBARA, California, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little Brown, 1958. Bumped corners and head of spine. Tight and square with no markings. Minor edgewear to jacket and light rubbing to rear panel. In mylar. . Book Club. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
Hornblower in the West Indies, or alternately Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies is one of the novels in the series CS Forester wrote about fictional Royal Navy officer Horatio Hornblower. All the other novels in the series take place during the 1793–1815 wars with revolutionary and Napoleonic France. This one takes place when Britain is at peace, May 1821 - October 1823. Hornblower has been promoted Rear-Admiral and has been named in command of the West Indies station, i.e.
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- Seller
- Timothy Norlen Bookseller (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 010424
- Title
- Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies
- Author
- Forester, C. S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- Book Club
- Publisher
- Little Brown
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1958
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Classic Author's;
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About the Seller
Timothy Norlen Bookseller
Biblio member since 2019
SANTA BARBARA, California
About Timothy Norlen Bookseller
I am a internet based bookstore that specializes in Modern First Editions, film sources, Mystery and Detective fiction and Western Americana. I have approximately 10,000 books, primarily first editions with about 1300 of them signed by the author. I try and stock only books that are sound, clean and attractive.
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- Jacket
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- Rubbing
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
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- 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....