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STOCKWIN**, JULIAN: : A SEA OF GOLD

LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON,2018.

ISBN 9781473641075.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 1.] FINE-/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,colour pictorial artwork by Larry Rostant,illustrated dw/dj panels with author's capitalised,glossy, white-lettered name and capitalised,blocked,gilt -lettered title to front of dw/dj,and capitalised,matt,white-lettered A THOMAS KYDD NOVEL legend to front's top edge.Spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered author name and title as the front's,a miniaturised,colour thumbnail illustration from front's illustration and publisher's red-lettered name and red-lettered initialled,illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with 5 critics' red+ white lettered reviews over a repeated colour illustration detail from the front panel of dw/dj.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright, crisp and clean with no ageing/toning or any foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound – pristine with no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean/unblemished,sharp-cornered, original plain red cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked gilt-lettered spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,xi-xiiipp+1-382pp [paginated] includes Dramatis Personae list,67 chapters, Author's Note and a Glossary; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,an epigram [ 'In quest of Fortune on the faithless Main / Where Life's whole Comfort is the hope of Gain . . .' Anon, NAVAL CHRONOCLE 1801] with,to it's reverse,a first page of a double-page Western Europe b/w map with a b/w map inset of Minorca on the 2nd page,2 further single-page regional b/w maps - Catalan Coast and Basque Roads respectively,and to the rear 4pp blanks. Author's 21st Thomas Kydd novel.               Visually,the external appearance is exceptional,and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It really is an exemplary example for it's brightnesss, cleanliness and lack of detracting faults.        1809. After his heroic actions during the retreat to Corunna, Captain Sir Thomas Kydd is the toast of London society.Here he falls in with the legendary frigate captain, Lord Thomas Cochrane.So begins a relationship, professional and personal, that will be unlike any that Kydd has known: a relationship that will lead him, almost simultaneously, to first glory, then ruin.                                            The French fleet is massing in the Basque Roads in a near impregnatable position. The Admiralty orders Cochrane to command an attack, to the chagrin of more senior officers who object to being overlooked and Cochrane's reputation for daring. Cochrane insists that his new friend, Kydd, is in the forefront of the assault armada, a motley collection of rocket, bomb and fire ships that will set the anchorage ablaze - this despite Kydd's almost pathological fear of fire.  The fallout from what follows will see Kydd financially ruined, with only his former shipmates, his oldest friend of all, Nicholas Renzi, and the whisper of hidden Spanish treasure promising the sea of gold that he needs to save himself.                                  Please contact the seller,particularly ALL overseas buyers,for correct [insured or uninsured at own risk] shipping/P+p quotes BEFORE placing your order,especially if ordering any multiples. N.B. ALL buyers please note,stock(s') shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the order,especially if the item is offered either P+p included/FREE.                 ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: US 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 US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **                                                                                                                                                    

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

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