Captain Horatio Hornblower Box Set 1939 by C. S. Forester

Description: "Captain Horatio Hornblower is a fictional character created by C. S. Forester, who appears in a series of novels and stories set during the Napoleonic Wars. He is a British naval officer who rises from a midshipman to an admiral, facing various challenges and adventures along the way. He is known for his courage, intelligence, and leadership skills, as well as his personal flaws and insecurities. He has been portrayed in films and television programs by actors such as Gregory Peck.. He is considered one of the most popular and influential heroes of naval fiction." - text by the msn bing chatbot. Captain Horatio Hornblower. Box set of three (3) volumes. 1939. Published by Little, Brown and Company, Boston. 5 1/2 by 8 1/4 inches. Volume 1 - Beat to Quarters.324 pages.Condition: Features a waxed-paper jacket. It is wrinkled and torn. But it has kept the hardcovers clean and solid. Inside the front cover is a name handwritten in black ink. The pages inside are clean and bright and free of marks. Volume 2 - Ship of the Line.323 pages.Condition: No wax-paper jacket. Hardcovers soiled and smudged. Handwritten name inside the front cover. The interior is good and clean. Volume 3 - Flying Colours.294 pages.Condition: The wax-jacket suffers lots of big tears, bends, creases, and wrinkled. The hardcovers are clean and solid. Inside the front cover is a handwritten name. The pages inside are good and clean. "C.S. Forester was the pen name of Cecil Louis Troughton Smith, an English novelist who wrote historical fiction and adventure stories. He is best known for creating the character of Horatio Hornblower, a Royal Navy officer during the Napoleonic Wars, who appears in 12 novels and several short stories. He also wrote The African Queen, which was adapted into a film starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn. He died in 1966 at the age of 66." - text by the msn bing chatbot. Thank you! ps According to bookfinder.com, there are only three (3) other sets for sale on the used book market.

Price: 54.95 USD

Location: Temperance, Michigan

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