Author: C.S. Forester
Title: Hornblower in the West Indies
Description: London, Michael Joseph, 1958. First edition. Cloth. A First Edition, first impression copy of the last of C. S. Forester's Hornblowers series, Hornblower in the West Indies. A first edition, first impression copy of Hornblower in the West Indies, 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. Hornblower in the West Indies (1958) is the last novel in the series and the ninth 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. In the publisher's original navy blue cloth binding, with titles stamped in gilt to spine. Externally, in excellent condition with minor shelfwear only. Dustwrapper is very smart, with only minor shelfwear. Spine is slightly sunned and the occasional faint spot internal to wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Minor faint spotting to rear pastedown and edges, affecting only the occasional page to the gutter. Slight off setting to free endpapers. With unclipped dustwrapper. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Keywords: Hornblower Forester First Edition Fiction Forester Napoleon None


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