By C. S. Forester
London   Michael Joseph
7.5" by 5" 304pp.
The second novel in the popular Hornblower series by C. S. Forester, a lovely first edition and impression. In the unclipped dust wrapper.
By C. S. Forester

1952 Lieutenant Hornblower

London   Michael Joseph
7.5" by 5" 304pp.
The second novel in the popular Hornblower series by C. S. Forester, a lovely first edition and impression. In the unclipped dust wrapper.
£120.00
: 0.5kgs / : 781A65

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First Edition, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

A first edition, first impression copy of Lieutenant Hornblower, one of C. S. Forester's series following the adventures of Horatio Hornblower, a fictional Royal Navy officer during the Napoleonic Wars. 

The Hornblower series consists of twelve novels, of which one unfinished, and five short stories published between 1937 and 1967. Lieutenant Hornblower (1952) is the second novel in the series and second published.

C. S. Forester was born in Cairo in 1899, lived in the UK and died in California, USA in 1966 (aged 66). He was an English novelist known for his writings on naval warfare.

With the unclipped dust wrapper.

Condition

In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally excellent with only minor shelf wear and some bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. The dust wrapper is very smart with only minor shelf wear, and a faint sunning to the spine, unclipped. Internally, firmly bound. With a minor spotting to the fore edge, affecting only the odd margin. the pages are otherwise bright and clean.

Very Good Indeed

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