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The Far Side of the World [Aubrey-Maturin 10]
by O'Brian, Patrick [Pseud. Patrick Russ]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- G+/VG+
- ISBN 10
- 0002227118
- ISBN 13
- 9780002227117
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: Collins, 1984 G+/VG+. 8vo. plain brown gilt (ex-library with FFE excised, fore-corner of half-title clipped, single rsm to verso title page, tape marks to pastedowns, tanning to paperstock) in dustwrapper (price-clipped by publisher with replacement £9.95 label, spine a little sunned, but clean & unworn); pp. 372 (last blank). A good reading copy in a decent dustwrapper. The tenth Aubrey-Maturin novel.. First Edition. Hard Cover. G+/VG+.
Synopsis
The Far Side of the World (1984) is an historical novel and tenth in the Aubrey-Maturin series. It was first published by HarperCollins in 1984. The novel provided part of the title and some of plot-structure for the 2003 Peter Weir film, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World.
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- Seller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
(AU)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 023267
- Title
- The Far Side of the World [Aubrey-Maturin 10]
- Author
- O'Brian, Patrick [Pseud. Patrick Russ]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - G+
- Jacket Condition
- VG+
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0002227118
- ISBN 13
- 9780002227117
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- Patrick O'Brian Far Side of the World Aubrey Maturin Naval Napoleonic Historical Fiction
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