Hornblower and The Atropos.

FORESTER, C.S. (1899-1966).

Boston: Little Brown and Company. 1953. [Naval Adventure] INSCRIBED FIRST US EDITION, from the Forester Family Archive. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.[8] 325 [3]. INSCRIBED by Forester in black ink to his wife, Dorothy, on the front flyleaf. Bookplate of the Forester, Troughton-Smith family archive to pastedown. Publisher's green cloth titled in gilt to spine. With the illustrated dust-jacket priced at $3.50. Toning to edges, a little light general wear. Jacket sunned to spine, with creasing, chipping and a rectangle of loss to the upper edge of the front panel. Internally clean and fresh. As we have discovered with the family-related Hornblower titles, the jacket suffered somewhat, nevertheless a lovely association copy, housed in a leather-spined clamshell box. Item #40588

Price: £625.00