AUD 
CAD 
EUR 
HKD 
PLN 
SGD 
CHF 
USD 
+44 01225 448831
1964 The Young Hornblower
What Our Customers Say...
Description
First Edition, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper
The first omnibus edition of The Young Hornblower, comprising 'Mr. Midshipman Hornblower,' 'Lieutenant Hornblower,' and 'Hornblower and the Atropos,' the first three novels in 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.
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 unclipped dustwrapper.
Condition
In the publisher's original cloth binding, with titles stamped in gilt to spine. Externally, very smart with minor shelfwear only. Dustwrapper is smart, with minor chipping yo extremities and slight shelfwear. Minor mark to top cover and internal to wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Minor faint spotting to fore edge, not affecting pages. With unclipped dustwrapper.
Near Fine
Delivery & payment
We send all of our books via courier which is a fully tracked and insured service. In our experience we find this to be the most reliable and quickest form of delivery. Our primary courier is DHL, but we are able to accommodate special requests if required, including postal delivery for items under 2kg. See More Details