The Unknown Shore
by O'BRIAN, Patrick
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0393038599
- ISBN 13
- 9780393038590
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About This Item
New York: W. W. Norton & Company. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1995. First American Edition. Hardcover. 0393038599 . Stated First American Edition, 1995 of the author's work of historical fiction, which describes aspects of the wreck of HMS Wager off the coast of Chile in 1741. The harrowing aftermath of the wreck included mutiny, bloodshed and attempts by crew members to somehow survive and return to Britain. --- In blue paper-covered boards backed in beige cloth; spine titling in blue. Dust jacket features striking wrap-around color painting by Geoff Hunt. --- With a faint bit of soiling to cloth, otherwise a bright, clean, newish copy. Unclipped jacket with a small tear near tail of spine, else bright and protected in removable mylar wrapper.; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall); 313 pages .
Synopsis
The Unknown Shore is a novel published in 1959 by Patrick O'Brian. It is the story of two friends, Jack Byron and Tobias Barrow who sail aboard HMS Wager as part of Anson's 1740 expedition. The midshipman Byron and somewhat unworldly surgeon's mate Barrow are prototypes for Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin who appear in many of O'Brian's later novels.
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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 80522
- Title
- The Unknown Shore
- Author
- O'BRIAN, Patrick
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First American Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0393038599
- ISBN 13
- 9780393038590
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- 0393038599
- Bookseller catalogs
- >>England, UK and UK History;
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- Jacket
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- Good+
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- Cloth
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- Tail
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- Spine
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- Octavo
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