The Wine-Dark Sea by Patrick O'Brian - 1993

ont> Harper Collins : London, 1993 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First edition.. An exceptional copy of the first edition of the sixteenth novel in Patrick O'Brian's historical nautical series, 'The Wine-Dark Sea'. Held in the original unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition of this work. Held in the original publisher's unclipped dustwrapper. 'The Wine-Dark Sea' is a historical fiction novel, set during the Napoleonic Wars, and the War of 1812. This novel sees the ships 'Surprise' to Peru on an undercover mission, during which Jack Aubrey, the captain of the ship, navigates the ship through an undersea volcanic eruption on a mission. Part of the Aubrey-Maturin series, a series of nautical historical novels. Written by Patrick O'Brian, who was best known for writing this series, a total of twenty novels being published in the series during his life. Dustwrapper design by Geoff Hunt. Condition: In the original publisher's cloth binding, held in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart. A little light edge wear to the dustwrapper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Overall Condition: Fine in a Fine dustwrapper.