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KENT**, ALEXANDER [pseud Douglas Reeman]: : CAPTAIN RICHARD BOLITHO,RN: Three Complete and Unabridged Novels:1778 Sloop of War,1782 To Glory We Steer,1784 Command A King's Ship

LONDON.HUTCHINSON,1978.

ISBN 0091341302.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,omnibus,1st edn.(1st edn thus.)FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, glossy laminated,colour pictorial wrap- around artwork by Chris Mayger illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges generally bright and clean,contents bright,tight and clean. Bright,clean,tan rexine(?) boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters in black blocks,to spine/backstrip and bright,crisp, blocked gilt copperplate/calligraphic 'R Bolitho' signature to upper board and b/w calligraphic,subject chronological biography illustrated endpapers.UK,thick 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,6-691pp [paginated] includes 3 complete,unabridged novels in Pts 1+2 and epilogue; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,contents list/table, author introduction,4pp blanks to rear. Together,the three novels cover the years from 1778,the date of Bolitho's first independent command,to 1784 - the years in which the young Bolitho is tested to the full and during which he is moulded to achieve the senior ranks of flag captain, squadron commodore,and rear admiral in other stories. Want more Alexander KENT titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS and MODERN FIRSTS2 and SIGNED catalogues. Please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,omnibus,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

KENT, Alexander : Captain Richard Bolitho, RN : Three Complete and Unabridged Novels: 1778 Sloop of War, 1782 To Glory We Steer, and 1784 Command A King's Ship

Hutchinson, 1978

A fine copy in a fine d.w.

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