Desolation Island: A Jack Aubrey Story
by O'BRIAN, Patrick
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 081282590X
- ISBN 13
- 9780812825909
- Seller
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
NY: Stein & Day Pub, 1979. Bound in black cloth and blue boards, stamped in gold. Housed in a colorful, nautical dust jacket. The first edition of this, the fifth Jack Aubrey book. Uncommon in this protected condition. 276 pp.. First U.S.Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.
Synopsis
Desolation Island is a name that has been used for several islands. The largest and best known is Kerguelen Island in the Indian Ocean. Desolation Island is a novel in the Aubrey–Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian.
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Details
- Bookseller
- abookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0913737
- Title
- Desolation Island: A Jack Aubrey Story
- Author
- O'BRIAN, Patrick
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First U.S.Edition
- ISBN 10
- 081282590X
- ISBN 13
- 9780812825909
- Publisher
- Stein & Day Pub
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- Jack Aubrey
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nautical; Addbooks01;
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- Fine
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