Mr. Midshipman Hornblower
by Forester, C.S
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/Not Applicable
- ISBN 10
- 0140011153
- ISBN 13
- 9780140011159
- Seller
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Buttaba, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
Middlesex, England: Penguin Books, 1986. Book. Fair. Hardcover. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Softcover, reprint edition, 140gms, 253 pages. Book is in fair condition with moderate to heavy general wear and tear and moderate page discolouration/spotting throughout, small pen mark on the inside back page, some minor water damage, some external wear and tearing to spine, otherwise no other pre-loved markings. A fair to good reading copy..
Synopsis
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower (published 1950) is a Horatio Hornblower novel written by C. S. Forester. Although it may considered as the first episode in the Hornblower saga, it was written as a prequel, the first Hornblower novel, The Happy Return, being published in 1937.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Reading Habit (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ACTFIC20
- Title
- Mr. Midshipman Hornblower
- Author
- Forester, C.S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- Not Applicable
- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 0140011153
- ISBN 13
- 9780140011159
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Place of Publication
- Middlesex, England
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- HORATIO HORNBLOWER, NAVAL, ENGLISH FICTION, FORESTER, ACTION/ADVENTURE
- Bookseller catalogs
- English Fiction; Action/Adventure Fiction; Historical Fiction;
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...