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Hornblower and the Atropos
by Forester, C.S
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very good/very good
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1953. First Edition. Cloth. Very good/very good. First edition of Hornblower and the Atropos by C.S. Forester.. Octavo, 325pp. Teal blue cloth, title in gilt on spine. Stated "First Edition" on copyright page. Solid text block, faint dampstain to bottom corner and spine. In the publisher's dust jacket, $3.50 retail price on front flap, sunning to spine, dampstain and rippling to rear cover. Shelf wear. A bright example.
Synopsis
Hornblower and the Atropos is a 1953 historical novel by C.S. Forester. In this novel, Horatio Hornblower is assigned to the Atropos, the smallest vessel in the English navy that qualifies to be commanded by a post-Captain, as he hunts for treasure in the Mediterranean Sea.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13104
- Title
- Hornblower and the Atropos
- Author
- Forester, C.S
- Illustrator
- First edition of Hornblower and the Atropos by C.S. Forester.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1953
- Keywords
- The African Queen, Napoleon and his court, Plain Murder Forester, Payment Deferred Forester, The African Queen first edition, C.S. Forester first edition
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
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