FORESTER, C.S.

Mr Midshipman Hornblower.

London: Michael Joseph, 1958. Horatio Hornblower commences his career in the Royal Navy as an inexperienced midshipman in January 1794. Through a series of challenges and adventures both in and out of combat, Hornblower discovers he is actually talented in both seamanship and leadership. People initially thought Hornblower a dullard but later grew to respect him. Although it may be considered as the first episode in the Hornblower saga, it was written as a prequel; the first Hornblower novel, The Happy Return. Pp.253, toning to pages.Red cloth, dustwrapper (design by Donald Green) has edgewear and 1cm tear to top of spine at front. G+/G+.

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Book number: 49257

Catalogue: Fiction: : Naval

Keywords: Forester Mr Midshipman Hornblower Naval Fiction Novel 50737 Fiction: : Naval

KENT, ALEXANDER.

Form Line of Battle!

London: Hutchinson, 1971. 0090950801. 2nd impression. The second installment of Captain Richard Bolitho's adventures at sea. "Beneathe the Mediterranean sun, and often in sight of the enemy coast, Bolitho and his tired old ship face one conflict after another - and when at last the ill-fated campaign collapses in failure it is the Hyperion, outgunned and outnumbered, which takes her rightful place in the line of battle." Pp.320, maps to endpapers. Brown cloth, dustwrapper has edge wear and cosed tear to lower front edge. VG/Good.

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Book number: 49242

Catalogue: Fiction: : Naval

Keywords: Alexander Kent Form Line of Battle Captain Richard Bolitho Hyoperion Naval Adventure Fiction 50726 Fiction: : Naval

KENT, ALEXANDER.

Heart of Oak. (signed).

London: William Heinemann, 2007. 9780434013517. 1st edition. "It is February 1818, and Adam Bolitho longs for marriage and a safe personal harbour. with so much of Britain's fleet redundant, he knows he is fortunate to be offered H.M.S. Onward, a new 38-gun frigate whose first misson is not war but diplomacy, as consort to the French figate Nautilus." Pp.xii/253, signed by author to title page, slight toning to pages. Blue cloth, dustwrapper has a removable clear protective wrap/ VG/VG.

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Book number: 49243

Catalogue: Fiction: : Naval

Keywords: Alexander Kent Signed Heart of Oak Naval Fiction Bolitho 50727 Fiction: : Naval

KENT, ALEXANDER.

Passage to Mutiny.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1976. 1st American edition. Ninth Richard Bolitho novel. Chronologically in Bolitho's career it follows "Command a King's Ship". Pp.319, owner's name to inside front board, spotting to closed page edges. Turquoise cloth, bumps to corner tips. Dustwrapper, edges worn with chipped losses to top and tail of spine. G/G.

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Book number: 49250

Catalogue: Fiction: : Naval

Keywords: Alexander Kent Pasage to Mutiny Richard Bolitho Naval Historical Fiction Novel 50729 Fiction: : Naval

KENT, ALEXANDER.

Richard Bolitho - Midshipman.

London: Hutchinson, 1975. 0091229707. 1st edition. "England is at peace with her old enemies, France and Spain, but the growing menace of piracy across the trade routes, worsened by rich and brutal trade of slavery between Africa and the Americas, make sea travel no less perilous." Pp. 159, owner's name to inner rear endpaper, illustrated endpapers. Blue cloth, dustwrapper price-clipped with creasing to inner folds. VG/G+.

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Book number: 49259

Catalogue: Fiction: : Naval

Keywords: Alexander Kent Richard Bolitho Midshipman Naval Fiction Novel 50739 Fiction: : Naval

KENT, ALEXANDER.

Signal-Close Action.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1974. 1st American edition. Seventh of the Richard Bolitho novels. "Duringhe weeks and months in which the squadron faces the hazards of the weather and French broadsides alike, Bolitho knows that far more than his own future is at stake. A fleet, even a nation, could depend on his decisions, and when he places his squadron between the Nile and the power of France, he must accept the price of the challenge." Pp.320, owner's name to half-title page. Blue cloth has minor wear to top and tail of spine. Dustwrapper price-clipped with edge tears and wear to top and tail of spine. VG/Good.

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Book number: 49249

Catalogue: Fiction: : Naval

Keywords: Alexander Kent Signal Close Action Richard Bolitho Naval Fiction 50730 Fiction: : Naval