presentation copy

Inscribed by the author on the title page: 'for Bob Bluth / with kind wishes / from Patrick O'Brian'. As usual, O'Brian has crossed through his name printed on the title page.

First edition, inscribed by the author; 8vo; unmarked internally; publisher's red cloth, silver lettering to spine, with the price-clipped pictorial dust-jacket, spine slightly faded, minor creasing to extremities; a near-fine example.