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Master & Commander by Patrick O'Brian [Richard Patrick Russ] and Dell'Orco, First UK Edition with Dust Jacket

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A First UK Edition, [First Printing] of 'Master & Commander' by Patrick O'Brian [Richard Patrick Russ] et al. in Very Good+ condition in a Very Good condition pictorial dust jacket published by Collins in 1970

Master & Commander [Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin Series Number One] by Patrick O'Brian [Richard Patrick Russ] and Dell'Orco, First UK Edition with Dust Jacket

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Condition Summary: (Very Good+/Very Good) A very tidy, tightly bound book with clean boards and pages, in a tidy dust jacket. All notable faults: Book has paper lightly tanned at the edges. Pictorial dust jacket has 4 short closed tears, minor wear on the corners, archival tape on the corners, minor creasing on the corners and edges, very lightly sunned on the spine and minor browning

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Book Number B0014404
Title Master & Commander
Author(s) Author: O'Brian, Patrick [Richard Patrick Russ] Dust Jacket Design By: Dell'Orco

Patrick O'Brian [Pseudonym for Richard Patrick Russ] (1914 to 2000)—An English novelist and translator, best known for his Aubrey–Maturin series of novels set in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars, featuring Captain Jack Aubrey and physician Stephen Maturin

Edition and Format First UK Edition, [First Printing] Book edition identified by: Publisher's stated imprint information. Dust jacket edition identified by: Priced £1.50/30s on the front flap and The knights of Dark Renown reviewed on the rear panel. [References: Ptarick O'Brian: Critical Appreciation and a Bibliography by A. E. Cunnington, reference A9b]

Hardcover, Octavo (20-25 cm high). 350 printed pages in publisher's original blue cloth with gilt lettering on the spine, in pictorial dust jacket. ISBN 0002215268 [9780002215268]
Publisher(s) Collins, London, 1970
Series Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin Series Number One

Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin Series—A series of nautical historical novels set during the Napoleonic Wars and featuring Captain Jack Aubrey of the Royal Navy and his ship's surgeon Stephen Maturin. Titles include: Master and Commander, Post Captain, HMS Surprise, The Mauritius Command, Desolation Island, The Fortune of War, The Surgeon's Mate, The Ionian Mission, Treason's Harbour, The Far Side of the World, The Reverse of the Medal, The Letter of Marque, The Thirteen Gun Salute, The Nutmeg of Consolation, Clarissa Oakes, The Wine-Dark Sea, The Commodore, The Yellow Admiral, The Hundred Days, Blue at the Mizzen and The Final Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey

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The first of the Jack Aubrey And Stephen Maturin Series. Shipless lieutenant Aubrey is promoted to the rank of Commander and given a command for convoy duties. Lord Keith then allows Aubrey to cruise independently….

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