New York: G.P. Putnam s Sons, 1974. First American edition. First printing. Hardcover. Black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Very good with a mild spine slant, in a very good dust jacket, price clipped, with edgewear and a few small chips to extremities. Comes with archival-quality mylar dust jacket protector. A tight, clean copy. Octavo, 320 pages, with decorated endpapers. The sixth volume in Kent's long-running Richard Bolitho series, chronicling British naval warfare during the late 18th century with a focus on historical accuracy and action. The Richard Bolitho series by Kent (pseudonym of Douglas Reeman) comprises 30 novels, beginning, concluding with "In the King's Name" in 2011. The series follows the naval careers of Richard Bolitho and, later, his nephew Adam Bolitho, during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

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Title

Command a King's Ship (First American Edition)

Publisher

Coward McCann, New York

Publication Date

1974

Language

English

ISBN 10

0399112782

ISBN 13

9780399112782

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st Edition

Condition

Very Good

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Maritime Fiction

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Synopsis

As captain of His Majesty's frigate Undine, Richard Bolitho sets sail from England in 1784 on a voyage to India and becomes engaged in a daring battle at sea

About the Author

Douglas Reeman (Alexander Kent) did convoy duty in the Atlantic, the Arctic and the North Sea. He has written over thirty novels under his own name and more than twenty bestselling historical novels featuring Richard Bolitho under the pseudonym Alexander Kent.

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