The Commodore
by Forester, C S
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+ with no dust jacket; Missing DJ, sunned spine, corners bumped and rubbed, ink stamp plus original owner name and date 194
- ISBN 10
- 0316288942
- ISBN 13
- 9780316288941
- Seller
-
Blagoevgrad Region, Bulgaria
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About This Item
London: Michael Joseph. Good+ with no dust jacket; Missing DJ, sunned spine, corners bumped and . rubbed, ink stamp plus original owner name and date 1945 to front . endpaper, light foxing to endpapers and edges of reading block. ; Light . brown cloth boards with silver gilt lettering to spine. Nice tight copy. . War economy standard with usual poor paper quality.. 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. First Printing; The Hornblower Series; 272 pages; 1812 and the Admiralty put Hornblower in command of a squadron and send him on a diplomatic and military mission to the Baltic to protect trade and stop Napoleon's expansion into Sweden and Russia. ; 0316288942 .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Books in Bulgaria
(BG)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21904
- Title
- The Commodore
- Author
- Forester, C S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ with no dust jacket; Missing DJ, sunned spine, corners bumped and rubbed, ink stamp plus original owner name and date 194
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0316288942
- ISBN 13
- 9780316288941
- Publisher
- Michael Joseph
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1945
- Bookseller catalogs
- wooden ships;
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