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Lot 207

Sale 5670 - Fine Books
Sep 29, 2005 6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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$800 - 1,200
Price Realized
$325
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10 vols.


10 vols.
Forester, C.S. - Horatio Hornblower Titles: The Happy Return. [London]: Michael Joseph, (1937). 1st ed. Sm. 8vo, orig. green cloth; light to moderate wear, minor dust soiling. Book Society bookplate on front free endpaper recto. First Hornblower title. * Ship of the Line. Boston: Little, Brown, 1938. 1st ed. 8vo, orig. blue cloth; light wear, minor dust soiling, d/j (minor edge wear, price clipped). * A Ship of the Line. [London]: Micahel Joseph, (1938). 1st English ed. Sm. 8vo, orig. salmon cloth; light to moderate wear & dust soiling. * The Commodore. London: Michael Joseph, (1945). 1st ed. Sm. 8vo, orig. tan cloth; light wear, minor dust soiling, d/j (creased & scuffed, chipping to edges, cellotape repairs to verso, price clipped). * Commodore Hornblower. Boston: Little, Brown, 1945. 1st Am. ed. 12mo, orig. blue cloth; light wear, d/j (some creasing & edge wear, minor dust soiling, cellotape repairs to verso). * Lord Hornblower. Boston: Little, Brown, 1946. 1st ed. 12mo, orig. blue cloth; light wear, d/j (some edge wear, head of spine panel chipped away - negligible loss to lettering, sale price in black marker on spine panel, small cellotape repairs to verso). * Hornblower and the Atropos. Boston: Little, Brown, (1953). 1st ed. 12mo, orig. blue cloth; corners slightly bumped, d/j (occasional light edge wear). * Hornblower in the West Indies. London: Micahel Joseph, (1958). 1st English ed. Sm. 8vo, orig. navy blue cloth; minor wear, d/j (light edge wear, price clipped). * Hornblower and the Hotspur. Boston: Little, Brown, 1962. 1st Am. ed. 12mo, orig. blue cloth; light wear, d/j (minor edge wear, minor chipping & creasing to ends of spine panel). * Hornblower During the Crisis. Boston: Little, Brown, (1967). 1st Am. ed. 12mo, orig. sea-green cloth; minor wear, d/j (minor edge wear). The final Hornblower novel.

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