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MAN of WAR.** [Author SIGNED copy.**]
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MAN of WAR.** [Author SIGNED copy.**] Hardcover - 2007

by MALLINSON**, ALLAN:

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  • Signed
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UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn.[Complete number line 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1.] FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn but author's handwritten black ink signature - without dedication - to title page and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,colour pictorial artwork by Chris Collingwood,illustrated dw/dj with dark blue,gilt and black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks, tears or splits present.Slight sunning/fading to a horizontal,narrow band across top edges of front panel of dw/dj due to presence of a smaller book's proximity,when stored on shelf,and inevitable sunning/ fade to spine/backstrip too.Top edges light,faint toning with some minute dust-soiling flecks,fore-edges unaffected and bright and clean; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip,a black+silver striped headband and immaculate grey+black illustrated endpapers (Ship's side elevation plan).UK,8vo HB+dw/dj, SIGNED,1st edn,vii-viiipp+1-349pp [paginated] includes foreword, 22 (XXII) chapters,an afternote: Navarino; plus [unpaginated] half-title,author SIGNED title page,contents list/table with maps list to its reverse,verso+recto of last page of foreword,title separator page with a Mediterranean region b/w map to reverse,and to the rear; Matthew Hervey Curriculum Vitae with blank revere,and a further 4pp blanks.Captain Sir Laughton Peto,recently engaged to Matthew Hervey's sister, Elizabeth,has just taken command of HMS Prince Rupert,the only three-deck line-of-battle ship in commission.He is the proud master of a wooden fortress whose formidable firepower is the equal of Bonaparte's grand battery at Waterloo. But his passage to the Ionian - where Admiral Codrington is assembling an Anglo-Russian-French fleet to evict the Turks from Greek waters - will not be smooth sailing.First he must exercise his crew,most of whom have not seen action before.He has also been entrusted with the safe passage to Malta of the admiral's youngest daughter.Six months on,and Matthew Hervey is in London recovering from another bout of malaria and the wound from his battle with the Zulu.All is set fair for his marriage to the eminently suitable Lady Lankester, and his subsequent return to active duty at the Cape.But trouble lies ahead as familial commitments clash with affairs of the heart,and Hervey finds himself embroiled in a military enquiry that can,at best, spell personal embarrassment,and that could result in public humiliation. As the cataclysmic battle of Navarino Bay looms ever closer for Peto and his crew,Hervey faces a crisis that could change both his life and his military career.... Please contact seller,because of the weight and the value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included or FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **
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Allan Mallinson was a serving cavalry officer. He is also the author of Light Dragoons, a history of four regiments of British Cavalry, one of which he commanded, and a regular reviewer for The Times, The Spectator and The Literary Review.

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“Matthew Hervey has now joined Bernard Cornwell’s Sharpe, and Patrick O’Brian’s Jack Aubrey as a creation of superlative skills and character.”
–Birmingham Post

“[Mallinson is] the heir to Patrick O’Brian and C.S. Forester.”
–Observer

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