New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1996. Fine condition in a bright, shiny, Fine dust jacket. Clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. Not a book club edition. Not price clipped ($24.00). No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. A novel featuring Jack Aubrey. Sequel to THE COMMODORE. "First Edition" is so stated, with complete number row (1234567890) on the copyright page. From the Dust Jacket: "Worst of all, in the spring of 1814, peace breaks out, and this feeds Jack's private fears about his career: the prospect of being 'yellowed,' or nominally promoted to the rank of admiral without any squadron to command… he receives an urgent dispatch ordering him to Gibraltar: Napoleon has escaped from Elba." The opening paragraph reads: "Sir Joseph Blaine, a heavy, yellow-faced man in a suit of grey clothes and a flannel waistcoat, walked down St James's Street, across the park, and so to the Admiralty, which he entered from behind, opening the private door with a key and making his way to the large, shabby room in which he had his official being.". First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Fine dust jacket. Illus. by Hunt, Geoff (jacket art). 8vo. 262pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

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Bookseller: About Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 013598
Title: The Yellow Admiral
Author: O'Brian, Patrick
Illustrator: Hunt, Geoff (jacket art)
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine condition
Jacket Condition: Fine dust jacket
Edition: First Printing of the First Edition
ISBN 10: 0393040445
ISBN 13: 9780393040449
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1996
Size: 8vo. 262pp

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