[Literature] VINTAGE COPY, a reprint. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[8] 272. Publisher's green cloth with black titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Elias, priced at 6s. Spotting to edges and endpapers, otherwise internally clean. Some toning and sunning to cloth spine. Jacket toned to spine, with some light wear and chipping to edges. Very good. 'An epic in miniature of the Great War at sea.' C.S. Forester was awarded the 1938 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for both the Hornblower novels 'A Ship of the Line' and 'Flying Colours'. The Prize was founded in memory of a partner in the publishing house of A. & C. Black Ltd., and is one of the oldest and most prestigious book awards in Britain. Seller Inventory # 69328

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Title: Brown on Resolution

Publisher: London: John Lane, the Bodley Head, 1949

Binding: Hardcover

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Adrian Harrington Ltd occupies the rare book room on the first floor of the iconic Hall's Bookshop in Royal Tunbridge Wells which was established in 1898. We are a large high street bookshop with a stock of tens of thousands of books, prints, maps and ephemeral items. Adrian Harrington specialise in Literature, modern first editions, Ian Fleming, children's books, history, travel, and general antiquarian books. Opening hours are Monday - Saturday 9.30am - 5.30pm. Visit our website at www.harringtonbooks.co.uk

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