The Yellow Admiral
by O'Brian, Patrick
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good 1st, clean and unclipped d/j (only slightly marred by residue of price stickers); red clothbound boards very good, gil
- ISBN 10
- 0002255618
- ISBN 13
- 9780002255615
- Seller
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About This Item
London: HarperCollins, 1997. 1st. hardback. Very good 1st, clean and unclipped d/j (only slightly marred by residue of price stickers); red clothbound boards very good, gilt titling on spine bright. Pages crisp and unmarked.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). 18th novel in a sequence hailed as the greatest series of historical novels ever written Ð sets the fall and rise of Jack Aubrey in brilliant counterpoint to the fall and rise of Napoleon Bonaparte. Life ashore may once again be the undoing of Jack Aubrey. Even JackÕs exploits at sea turn sour in the storm waters off Brest. Worst of all, in the spring of 1814 peace breaks out. But Stephen Maturin returns from a mission in France with news that the Chileans require the service of English officers. Jack is savouring this reprieve for his career when he receives an urgent despatch ordering him to Gibraltar: Napoleon has escaped from Elba.
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- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC25607
- Title
- The Yellow Admiral
- Author
- O'Brian, Patrick
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good 1st, clean and unclipped d/j (only slightly marred by residue of price stickers); red clothbound boards very good, gil
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0002255618
- ISBN 13
- 9780002255615
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1997
- Pages
- 262
- Keywords
- 1st, fiction, O'Brian
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- X weight
- 0.45 g
- Size
- 8vo (230 x 150 / 9\"\" x 6\"\")
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