Patrick O'Brian — Sea, Science & Adventure — 4 Folio Society Volumes

A four-volume Folio Society collection celebrating Patrick O'Brian's world of naval adventure, exploration and natural history.

The collection contains three novels from O'Brian's celebrated Aubrey–Maturin sequence — Post Captain, The Mauritius Command and Desolation Island — together with his acclaimed biography of the great naturalist and explorer Sir Joseph Banks.

An especially appealing collection for readers of naval history, historical fiction, exploration and the age of sail.

This collection includes:

• Post Captain — Folio Society, 2009
• The Mauritius Command — Folio Society, 2009
• Desolation Island — Folio Society, 2009
• Joseph Banks: A Life — Folio Society, 2016

Purchased separately: A$285
Bundle price: A$255

Post Captain

Edition
Post Captain - Patrick O'Brian - Folio Society - 2009 1st Edition

Condition
Very Good.

Details
Post Captain, Patrick O’Brian. 228 × 161 × 40 mm. Pp. [i–iv] v–vii [viii–x], [1–2] 3–421 [422]: [6] leaves of colour plates (between pp. 86–87, 198–199 and 310–311). Type: Baskerville. Printed by Memminger MedienCentrum. Bound by Real Lachenmaier in full blue buckram blocked in gold, black, white and green with a design by Neil Gower. Pale blue endleaves printed with map by Gower. Blue slip case. Gower also supplied a battle plan on page [420]. Second in Folio’s Aubrey-Maturin series.

The Mauritius Command

Edition
Mauritius Command, The - Patrick O'Brian - Folio Society - 2009 1st Edition

Condition
Good. Some foxing to page ends.

Details
The Mauritius command, Patrick O’Brian. 228 × 161 × 33 mm. Pp. [i–iv] v–ix [x–xii], [1–2] 3–299 [300]: [6] leaves of colour plates (between pp. 68–69, 116–117 and 212–213). Type: Baskerville. Printed by Memminger MedienCentrum. Bound by Real Lachenmaier in full blue buckram blocked in gold, black, white and orange with a design by Neil Gower. Pale blue endleaves printed with map by Gower. Blue slip case. Gower also supplied battle plans on pages [230] and [242]. Fourth in Folio’s Aubrey-Maturin series.

Desolation Island

Edition
Desolation Island - Patrick O'Brian - Folio Society - 2009

Condition
Good. Some foxing to page ends.

Details
Desolation Island, Patrick O’Brian. 228 × 161 × 32 mm. Pp. [i–iv] v–vii [viii–x], [1–2] 3–285 [286]: [6] leaves of colour plates (between pp. 38–39, [150]–151 and 214–215). Type: Baskerville. Printed by Memminger MedienCentrum. Bound by Real Lachenmaier in full blue buckram blocked in gold, black, white and grey with a design by Neil Gower. Pale blue endleaves printed with map by Gower. Blue slip case. Gower also supplied the battle plans on pages [206] and [207]. Fifth in Folio’s Aubrey-Maturin series.

Joseph Banks: A Life

Edition
Joseph Banks, A Life - Patrick O'Brian - Folio Society - 2016 1st Edition

Condition
Brand New.

Details
Joseph Banks, a life, Patrick O’Brian, introduced by Peter Campbell. 230 × 164 × 37 mm. Pp. [i–vii] viii–xxvi [xxvii–xxviii], [1–3] 4–409 [410–412]: [13] leaves of colour plates (facing p. [iii] and between pp. 52–53, 164–165 and 308–309). Type: Caslon. Printed and bound by L.E.G.O. in three-quarter orange-brown cloth with paper front board blocked and printed with a design by Chris Wormell. Green endleaves. Orange-brown slip case. The plates primarily reproduce watercolours, oil paintings and engravings.