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MONSARRAT**, NICHOLAS: : THE MASTER MARINER: BOOK 1 - RUNNING PROUD.** [Author SIGNED copy.]

LONDON.CASSELL LTD.,1978.

ISBN 0304296090.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn. [Author died the following year,1979.] FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn,but author's dedication,signature and date: 'To Lucky Jock Nicholas Monsarrat 1978' to front free endpaper and price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,white background with red and brown lettering and a bright,crisp gilt compass design illustration to upper panel of dw/dj,with author's portrait colour,thumbnail painting by John Bratby,RA (1977) to rear panel; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edge and corners - no nicks or tears present.Spine/backstrip of dw/dj with inevitable but light fading of lettering.Production fault(?) to front pastedown and ffe - of an accidental small diagonal tear/rip to bottom of ffe's gutter's edge - tear folded and then diagonally pasted back under the bottom edge of front pastedown; partially exposing the paper hinge covering of the signatures.Top+fore-edges bright,crisp and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - would appear unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp- cornered,publisher's original,plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn,5-524pp [paginated] includes 7 chapters,7 b/w line drawings (ships),7 double-page b/w maps - all by Peter McClure.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,dedication,prose extract,contents list/table,and 8pp blanks at rear. Matthew Lawe,master mariner,whose spectacular act of cowardice in the midst of Drake's defeat of the Spanish Armada brought upon him a wild witch's curse that he stay on earth until his guilt was purged. In unending pursuit of salvation,Matthew sailed with Hudson on his last doomed voyage in search of a North-West Passage through the frozen wilderness of the North American continent; fought as a bucaneer under Henry Morgan in the Caribbean; served Samuel Pepys as he trandsformed rotting hulks,pressed men and professional time-servers into the King's Navy; stood at Captain Cook's right hand as he navigated the narrows of the St. Lawrence to carry General Wolfe to the storming of Quebec,followed him as he charted unknown seas,watched his violent death on a Hawaiian beach. In due course,Matthew became an intimate of Nelson's household as the sea captain farmed his Norfolk acres in premature retirement,served under him when war with the French took him back to sea,to victory on the Nile,to Naples and Emma,and to Trafalgar. Matthew Lawe embodies the spirit of British seamen who mastered the seven oceans during the last four hundred years, whose appetite for adventure carried the fame of Britain across the world.But,while they were mortal,for Matthew there was no rest. The full story of 'The Master Mariner' cannot be told within the compass of one volume.'Running Proud' is the first half of this epic novel,carrying Matthew from the Armada to Trafalgar.The uncommon second half or volume,'THE MASTER MARINER: Book 2 - Darken Ship: The Unfinished Novel.' UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn (1980) see my book ID rja562115 for an example. Please contact seller,because of the heavier weight and the value of this item, for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. US customers please be aware: US standard AIR postage from UK to US can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. 1/2 to 2/3rds of standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving long before the quoted 42 days - but not always.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn.
'To Lucky Jock Nicholas Monsarrat 1978'

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