April 12, 2024
BLUE AT THE MIZZEN (1999) PATRICK O'BRIAN SIGNED, 1ST ED., AUBREY/MATURIN SERIES
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BLUE AT THE MIZZEN PATRICK O'BRIAN WW NORTON & COMPANY NEW YORK 1999 First edition, second printing. Beautifully signed by Patrick O'Brian at title page. Gray marbled boards, black cloth spine wrap, gilt stamped spine titles w/POB blind-stamped at cover. Deckled pages. Exciting, richly hued wrap-around jacket painting depicting a large sailing war vessel at sea in storm by Geoff Hunt; unclipped 24.95, protected in new clear sleeve. Napoleon has been defeated at Waterloo, and the ensuing peace brings with it both the desertion of nearly half of Captain Aubrey's crew and the sudden dimming of Aubrey's career prospects in a peacetime navy. When the Surprise is nearly sunk on her way to South America - where Aubrey and Stephen Maturin are to help Chile assert her independence from Spain - the delay occasioned by repairs reaps a harvest of strange consequences. The South American expedition is a desperate affair; and in the end Jack's bold initiative to strike at the vastly superior Spanish fleet precipitates a spectacular naval action that will determine both Chile's fate and his own. Printed in the USA, 11/99. 262 pages. Insured post.
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