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See below our stock of Patrick O'Brian First Editions, fine bindings, sets and other collectible material.
London: Collins, 1979. [Naval adventure] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.280. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine, in pictorial dust-jacket priced at £5.50. A clean, near fine copy. The sixth in the series, set off the New England Coast. Captain Jack Aubrey, RN, arrives in the Dutch..... More
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