Description
8vo, XIX, 224pp. Hardcover in original tan cloth boards in excellent condition with original paper backed first impression d/w (non price-clipped) in good condition with edge chipping only, now protected by clear archival covering, text in excellent condition with only a small creased area surrounding a biro written number on title page as its only flaw. A slim volume with a firm spine. The seventh book in chronological order has Hornblower assigned a dangerous and dubious new task, rescuing a tyrannical captain from a mutiny near the French coast.