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The Mauritius Command
by O'Brian, Patrick
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Deep River, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
London: Collins, 1977. First Edition. First Printing Fine in dark green paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine with the head and heel of the spine very faintly faded. There is a prior owner's name, date and price in ink on the first free end page. In a fine dust jacket with the price clipped from the front flap. The 4th volume in the Aubrey/Maturin canon which opens with Aubrey "on the beach" waiting for a command. After suffering through less than domestic bliss he finally is given command of a naval frigate and sent with secret orders to the Cape of Good Hope. "His ultimate destination is to capture the French island bases of Reunion and Mauritius in the Indian Ocean." A splendid copy!
Synopsis
The Mauritius Command is a historical naval novel by Patrick O'Brian. It is fourth in the series of stories that follow the partnership of Captain Jack Aubrey and the naval surgeon Stephen Maturin. It retells in fictional form the real campaign carried out by the Royal Navy in 1810 under Commodore Josias Rowley.
Reviews
On Apr 11 2019, AVL Books said:
I loved this whole series. I read them all and wish it kept going.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Town's End Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TB31857
- Title
- The Mauritius Command
- Author
- O'Brian, Patrick
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1977
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About the Seller
Town's End Books
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Deep River, Connecticut
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- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
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