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Flying Colours. Including A Ship Of The Line
by FORESTER, C.S. (1899-1966)
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Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Michael Joseph Ltd., in conjunction with The Book Society Ltd., 1938. [Maritime fiction] TRUE FIRST EDITION; the first trade edition was published a day later, without "A Ship of the Line." Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.304; [2]; 5-284; [6] blanks. Publisher's green cloth, titled in silver to spine and upper, green typographic dust-wrapper priced at 8/6. Contents clean with a few small spots to edges of text block, bookplate, jacket with light edge wear, lightly worn at crown, generally quite bright and fresh. The second and third Horatio Hornblower adventures.
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- Bookseller
- Adrian Harrington Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 67192
- Title
- Flying Colours. Including A Ship Of The Line
- Author
- FORESTER, C.S. (1899-1966)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- London: Michael Joseph Ltd., in conjunction with The Book Society Ltd., 1938
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About the Seller
Adrian Harrington Rare Books
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Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
About Adrian Harrington Rare Books
Adrian Harrington began trading in 1971, as part of Harrington Brothers in the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's fashionable King's Road. He moved to Kensington Church Street in 1997, and in 2014 Adrian relocated to the historic Hall's Bookshop in Royal Tunbridge Wells, occupying the first floor of this iconic building near The Pantiles area of the town. Hall's remains on the ground floor offering an exceptional range of quality used books.Adrian Harrington Rare Books deal in a wide selection of literature, modern first editions, leather bound library sets, children's and illustrated books, and fine and rare antiquarian and old books in all fields. We also offer a full and expert bookbinding and restoration service.Award-winning Ian Fleming Bibliographer Jon Gilbert curates our world-class stock of James Bond material, including first edition novels, film posters, original scripts and associated ephemera.We are always interested in buying quality books in our subject areas, from individual titles to complete collections.
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- Spine
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- Edges
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
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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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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