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O'Brian, Patrick : Desolation Island

Collins, London, 1978

ISBN 0002221454

276 pages (complete). A rare hardback copy of the fifth Jack Aubrey novel. In very good condition. The dustjacket is neat with mild shelving wear. The boards are handsome and pleasant. The papertrims have faint handling marks. Within, the contents are as new throughout. They are tight, very clean, clear, confident and certain. A generous copy. fk. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Good

1st Edition.

O'Brian, Patrick : Desolation Island

Collins, London, 1978

ISBN 0002221454

276 pages (complete). A pleasing copy of this first edition Jack Aubrey story from O'Brian. The dustjacket is benign. It has some wear, light sunning to the spine. It is decent and sure. The boards are tidy and healthy. The frontispage has a previous retailer stamp. The pages are most agreeable. They are tight, fresh, clean, clear, congenial. fk. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Good

First Edition.

O'BRIAN**, PATRICK: : DESOLATION ISLAND.**

LONDON.FONTANA/COLLINS,1979.

ISBN 0006155863.

UK,12mo p/back,1st edn. [Originally and first published by William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., London,1978,UK,8vo HB+dw/dj.This is the first p/back edn,1979.] VG+.No owner inscrptn,price to rear cover not removed.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, wrap-around seascape pictorial colour artwork by Paul Wright,illustrated card covers with white+yellow lettering; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping or creasing - no nicks,tears or splits present.Reading creases to spine/ backstrip,a faint,small oblique angle crease to front lower corner.Top edges inevitably dust-soiled and toned but almost foxing/spotting free,fore-edges ubiquitously toned - as usual/ normal - but to a lighter degree and with minimal,faint sporadic foxing/spotting; contents bright and clean notwithstanding page-edge toning,tight,solid and sound with no intentional dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners. UK,12mo p/back,1st edn,1-276pp [paginated] includes 10 chapters,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,2pp blanks and to the rear,publisher's adverts for these authors (all 4 of O'Brian's first titles in this saga), Dudley Pope and Herman Wouk,and Fontana Order form to reverse of that last advert. The 5th Aubrey/Maturin maritime adventure, following on from the preceding 'The Mauritius Command.' 'Master and Commander',being their debut. Captain Jack Aubrey is in a hellfire rage with the Admiralty.Bound for Australia,his new ship "Leopard," a fifty-gunner and her skipper's pride,carries a cargo of convicts below the waterline. Among them is a beautiful and dangerous woman. And a floating time-bomb - a killer disease which will ravage the ship from hold to wardroom. A highly collected and prolific book author,and an early title from his 21- volume Jack Aubrey/ Stephen Maturin epic in O'Brian's detailed and enthralling,bold style and will be an important and welcome addition to that canon. Please contact seller,because of the smaller size and lighter weight,for correct 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 receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if item(s) offered P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: US Standard AIR 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. 1/2 to 2/3rds of standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving long before the quoted 42 days - but not always. **

UK,12mo p/back,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

O'BRIAN, Patrick : Desolation Island

Collins, 1978

First Edition. Near fine (neat 3 line stamp fep, unit price '350') in fine unfaded d/w.

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