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Patrick O'Brian (Richard Patrick Russ) | First Editions
1914 - 2000
See below our stock of Patrick O'Brian First Editions, fine bindings, sets and other collectible material.
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Post Captain.
London: Collins, 1972. [Naval fiction] First Edition. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.414. Publisher's cloth in original pictorial jacket. No inscriptions or price-clipping. Minor sunning to extremities of book and jacket, tiny rub to crown. Overall a bright, near fine copy. The second in the long-running Jack Aubrey series. Patrick O'Brian..... More
The Far Side of The World.
London: Collins, 1984. [Naval Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[8]; 371; [5]. Publisher's dark green cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Arthur Barbosa, clipped and re-priced at £9.95 by the publisher. Edges toned with some spotting. Jacket spine lightly sunned. Near fine... More
Treason's Harbour.
London: Collins, 1983. [Naval Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.320. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated with an image taken from a print in the National Maritime Museum, priced at £7.95. Some spotting and browning to edges. Jacket spine very slightly sunned..... More
The Wine-Dark Sea.
London: Harper Collins, 1993. [Naval Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.[6]; 261; [5]. Publisher's purple cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Geoff Hunt, priced at £14.99. Some toning and spotting to edges. Near fine. At the opening of a voyage filled with disaster..... More
The Nutmeg of Consolation.
London: Harper Collins. 1991. First Edition. Octavo, pp. 315. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. Pictorial dust wrapper shows, presumably, a view of the Cornelie from the deck of the eponymous Nutmeg of Consolation, with titles to front cover and spine, rear cover shows Binyon's review..... More
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