Hornblower and The Atropos.

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

London: Michael Joseph, 1953. [Naval Fiction] FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.302 [2]. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the colour-illustrated dust-jacket by Val Biro, priced at 12/6. No inscriptions, light spotting endpapers, jacket is lightly worn with some rubs at joints. An attractive copy. Following the funeral of Admiral Nelson, Horatio Hornblower is posted to HMS Atropos, the smallest vessel in the Royal Navy, on a mission to recover treasure from the Mediterranean Sea. Item #75037

Price: £75.00