1994, ISBN: 0393037061

[EAN: 9780393037067], Neubuch, [PU: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., New York & London], LITERATURE: THE NOVEL & SHORT STORY: ENGLAND (UNITED KINGDOM): O'BRIAN, PATRICK: FULL PAGE FRONTISPIEC… More...

[EAN: 9780393037067], Neubuch, [PU: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., New York & London], LITERATURE: THE NOVEL & SHORT STORY: ENGLAND (UNITED KINGDOM): O'BRIAN, PATRICK: FULL PAGE FRONTISPIECE W/ FACING TEXT KEY "THE SAILS OF A SQUARE-RIGGED SHIP", Jacket, SUPERB: ENGROSSING: DAZZLING: ERUDITE: NEW Book VI: Collected Uniform Norton Edition of the Aubrey-Maturin Novels: First Edition hardcover (Orig.1979: The Collected Uniform Norton Edition, November 1994) w/ no. line at "1" First Printing: NEW handsomely-designed mylar-protected gloss-laminated color "Uniform Norton Edition" jacket w/ sharp NEW edges & corners & showing orig. $22.50 pub. price at top-right inside-front flyleaf & w/ the distinctive "Uniform Norton Edition" butterscotch-cream spine w/ title panel at top & Roman-enumeration "VI" & pub. logo below & w/ color illustrated front panel, NEW library-durable marine-blue linen wrapping spine & extending 1.88" onto front & back panels handsomely-covered in EXCELLENT pale-blue paper w/ author's initials PO'B blind-stamped at bottom-right of front panel & w/ titles elegantly gilt-stamped on spine, IMMACULATE unmarked text-block exterior w/ smooth-cut top-bottom edges & cut-page-style "deckle" side-edging, IMPECCABLE cream-white card-stock end-papers, NEW durably-tight perfect binding, PRISTINE interior printed w handsome clarity on EXCELLENT unblemished archival paper * 5.86" x 8.50" x 1.24", 0.64 kg, 332 pp * ILLUSTRATION: Full page frontispiece w/ facing text key "The sails of a square-rigged ship" * ABOUT THE BOOK: Captain Jack Aubrey, R. N., arrives in the Dutch East Indies to find himself appointed to the command of the fastest & best-armed frigate in the Navy. He & his friend Stephen Maturin take passage for England in a dispatch vessel. But the War of 1812 breaks out while they are en route. Bloody actions precipitate them both into new & unexpected scenes where Stephen's past activities as a secret agent return on him with a vengeance. * HIGHEST PRAISE for THE FORTUNE of WAR: "'The Fortune of War' is a marvelously full-flavored, engrossing book, which towers over its current rivals in the genre like a 3-decker over a ship's longboat." -T.J. Binyon, TLS * HIGHEST PRAISE for PATRICK O'BRIAN: "Taken together, the novels are a brilliant achievement. They display staggering erudition on almost all aspects of early 19th-ventury life, w/ impeccable period detail. [Compared to Forester's characters] Aubrey & Maturin are subtler, richer items; in addition Patrick O'Brian has a gift for the comic which Forester lacks." -T.J. Binyon, TLS "O'Brian is astonishingly good." -The Times, London. "The best historical novels ever written." -Richard Snow, NYT. "Aubrey & Maturin compose one of those complex & fascinating pairs of characters which have inspired thrilling stories of all kinds since the 'Iliad'." -John Bayley & Iris Murdoch. "O'Brian's sheer brilliance as a writer constantly dazzles & his power over the reader is unique. He is the master." -Kevin Myers, Irish Press * ABOUT THE AUTHOR: In addition to 21 volumes in the highly acclaimed Abrey-Maturin series, PATRICK O'BRIAN 's many novels include "Testimonies", "The Golden Ocean" & "The Unknown Shore". O'Brian also wrote acclaimed biographies of Pablo Picasso & Sir Joseph Banks & translated many works from the French, among them the novels & memoirs of Simone de Beauvoir & Jean Lacouture's biography of Charles DeGaulle. For many years he & his wife made their home in the south of France. * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & custom-packages this fine book for FREE domestic shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL or USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a below-cost additional fee & to international destinations via efficient USPS FIRST CLASS MAIL at our posted rates., Books<