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Hornblower and the Atropos
by Forester, C.S
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Good Plus
- Seller
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Baldwinsville, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1953. First Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Coleman, Ralph Pallen [jacket]. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1953. First edition; the Little Brown first American edition preceded the Michael Brown first UK edition. Octavo, 325 pp. Aqua cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial jacket by Ralph Pallen Coleman. Book has previous owner's stamp on endpapers and a neat little old booksellers stamp, for the collector of those, else Near Fine - bright, tight and handsome. Scarce dustjacket is ragged at all edges, on spine slit, is price-clipped but was re-stamped with the $ 3.75 price; jacket is just good plus but essentially complete. Rare true first edition of C. S Forester's fifth Horatio Hornblower installment, in which that memorable character recives his first command, the 22-gun sloop Atropos. His first assigment is a bit staid: his ship will serve as flagship for the funeral procession of Lord Nelson. Shortly, however, the Atropos is part of the Mediterranean Fleet's harassment of Napoleon, recovering treasure that lies deep in Turkish waters and boldly challenging a Spanish frigate several times her size. L26n
Synopsis
Hornblower and the Atropos is a 1953 historical novel by C.S. Forester. In this novel, Horatio Hornblower is assigned to the Atropos, the smallest vessel in the English navy that qualifies to be commanded by a post-Captain, as he hunts for treasure in the Mediterranean Sea.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Singularity Rare & Fine
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000477
- Title
- Hornblower and the Atropos
- Author
- Forester, C.S
- Illustrator
- Coleman, Ralph Pallen [jacket]
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1953
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- first Edition, hornblower, Adventure, Nautical, maritime, Tall Ships Classics, Men's Adventure, War & Military, General, Military
- Bookseller catalogs
- Classics of Fiction From All Eras;
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