Hornblower Saga 1, The, Mr Hornblower - CS Forester - Folio Society - 2018 1st Edition

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Hornblower Saga 1, The, Mr Hornblower - CS Forester - Folio Society - 2018 1st Edition

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Brand New

Details
C.S. Forester, the Hornblower saga, Mr Hornblower. 229 × 152 × 27–35 mm. 3 vols . Type: Bulmer. Printed and bound by Neografia in three-quarter blue cloth with a cloth front board printed and blocked with a different design by Joe McLaren for each volume. Aside from plates, McLaren has also contributed chapter headings, frontispieces and illustrations for the titles. Blue three-volume slip case printed
with repeat wave design and blocked in gold (titled as above). The first set in the series. The three volumes
are as follows:
[1] C.S. Forester, Mr Midshipman Hornblower, introduced by Bernard Cornwell, illustrated by Joe McLaren. Pp. [i–iv] v–xiv [xv–xxiv], [1–2] 3–260 [261–264]: [4] leaves of black and white plates (facing pp. 26, 65, 100 and 188). Endleaves printed with wave design in two shades of blue. Seven maps are on pages [xvii–xxiii]. Concludes with the short stories ‘Hornblower and the hand of destiny’ and ‘Hornblower and the big decision’.
[2] C.S. Forester, Lieutenant Hornblower . . . Pp. [i–iv] v–ix [x–xvi], [1–2] 3–255 [256]: [4] leaves of black and white plates (facing pp. 79, 129, 174 and 229). Endleaves printed with wave design in yellow and blue. Three maps are on pages [xiii–xv].
[3] C.S. Forester, Hornblower and the Hotspur . . . Pp. [i–iv] v–xii [xiii–xviii], [1–2] 3–414: [4] leaves of black and white plates (facing pp. 121, 194, 262 and 358). Endleaves printed with wave design in orange and blue. Three maps are on pages [xv–xvii].