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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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The Fortune of War.
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
The Nutmeg of Consolation.
London: Collins, 1991. [Naval Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 14cm), pp.315; [5]. Publisher's dark blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Geoff Hunt, priced at £13.99. Pictorial wrapper shows, presumably, a view of the Cornelie from the deck of the eponymous Nutmeg of Consolation..... More
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