This is a fine, complete and unmarked copy of the first printing of the first edition of the 15th of Patrick O'Brian's famed Aubrey/Maturin novels in a fine unpriced-clipped dustjacket (14.99 pounds net) and a custom-made slipcase.
[The slipcase was not part of the original first-edition copy but was made by the late Peter Carstens, South Africa's leading bookbinder of his time. The slipcase boards are covered by white paper internally and by finely-woven dark-blue cloth to the sides, matching marbled paper to the back, top and bottom edges and matching calf to the rounded front edges.]
The book itself has cloth-board covers, plain endpapers and 256 text pp
CONDITION. Fine, unmarked and unfoxed.
A lovely and special copy.
- Jacket Condition: Fine - slipcase and jacket
- Binding Condition: Fine
- Overall Condition: Fine
- Size: 225 x 145
- Sold By: Fontein Books
- Contact Person: Richard Proctor-Sims
- Country: South Africa
- Email: [email protected]
- Telephone: 051 773 0050/048 079 546 4032
- Preferred Payment Methods: Eft (South Africa), SWIFT (rest of world), or $ checks for US or Australian buyers
- Trade Associations: AA Approved
