Lord Hornblower~C. S. Forester~1946~First Edition~First Printing~Very Good Condition~Rare~Collectible~Free Shipping

Lord Hornblower~C. S. Forester~1946~First Edition~First Printing~Very Good Condition~Rare~Collectible~Free Shipping.

A great collectible first edition of Lord Hornblower by C. S. Forester. Cover has corner bumping. One small number on inside front page. A few small brown spots on 8 pages. See photos. No other markings or inscriptions. Tight binding. A rare edition of this classic.

Cecil Louis Troughton Smith (27 August 1899 – 2 April 1966), known by his pen name Cecil Scott “C. S.” Forester, was an English novelist known for writing tales of naval warfare, such as the 12-book Horatio Hornblower series depicting a Royal Navy officer during the Napoleonic wars. The Hornblower novels A Ship of the Line and Flying Colours were jointly awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction in 1938. His other works include The African Queen (1935; turned into a 1951 film by John Huston) and The Good Shepherd (1955; turned into a 2020 film, Greyhound, adapted by and starring Tom Hanks). - From Wikipedia


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