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COMMODORE HORNBLOWER. [INSCIBED AND SIGNED BY C.S. FORESTER IN THE MONTH AND YEAR OF PUBLICATION].
by Forester, C.S
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, (May) 1945., 1945.. Very good. - Octavo, 7-1/2 inches high by 5-1/4 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in blue cloth titled in gilt on the spine, in a pictorial dust wrapper illustrated by N.C. Wyeth. The dust jacket is very lightly soiled with a crease to the jacket's front inner flap. and minor creases to the edges. The head & tail of the jacket's spine are very slightly chipped. (iv) & 384 deckle-edged pages. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper.
First American edition of the fourth novel in the Horatio Hornblower series.
INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY C.S. FORESTER IN MAY 1945, THE MONTH AND YEAR OF PUBLICATION.
Synopsis
The Commodore (published 1945) is a Horatio Hornblower novel written by C. S. Forester. It was published in the United States under the title Commodore Hornblower.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 97966
- Title
- COMMODORE HORNBLOWER. [INSCIBED AND SIGNED BY C.S. FORESTER IN THE MONTH AND YEAR OF PUBLICATION].
- Author
- Forester, C.S
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Boston: Little, Brown and Company, (May) 1945.
- Date Published
- 1945.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- LITERATURE; C.S. FORESTER; COMMODORE HORNBLOWER; SIGNED; INSCRIBED; AUTOGRAPH; SIGNATURE; SIGNED IN MONTH OF PUBLICATION; N.C. WYETH; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATIONS; 1ST AMERICAN EDITION; 20TH CENTURY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; JUVENILE; NAVA
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About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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