HORNBLOWER AND THE ATROPOS
by C.S. FORESTER
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good /Good Plus
- Seller
-
THETFORD, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
LONDON: MICHAEL JOSEPH. First printing. Hard cover with illustrated dust jacket. Moderate wear/rubbing, small tears on DJ edges. Small closed split on top section of back of DJ/DJ spine. Not price clipped. Clear plastic protective covering over DJ. Brown boards with gilt titles on board spine. Slight foxing on page edges. Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1953.
Synopsis
Hornblower and the Atropos is a 1953 historical novel by C.S. Forester. In this novel, Horatio Hornblower is assigned to the Atropos, the smallest vessel in the English navy that qualifies to be commanded by a post-Captain, as he hunts for treasure in the Mediterranean Sea.
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Details
- Bookseller
- TARPAULIN BOOKS AND COMICS
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013730
- Title
- HORNBLOWER AND THE ATROPOS
- Author
- C.S. FORESTER
- Illustrator
- VAL BIRO(JACKET ART)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- MICHAEL JOSEPH
- Place of Publication
- LONDON
- Date Published
- 1953
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
TARPAULIN BOOKS AND COMICS
Biblio member since 2005
THETFORD, Norfolk
About TARPAULIN BOOKS AND COMICS
I am a bookseller of predominantly used(second hand) books. I specialise in Science Fiction, Fantasy, Graphic Novels, British and American comics, TV and Film books and magazines. I also sell other varieties of fiction and non-fiction. Including historical novels, poetry, history books, native american history, new age, philosophy, motivational books, classics.
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- 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....
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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