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O'Brian, Patrick.
The Road to Samarcand.
Publisher: Rupert Hart-Davis, London;
Date of Publication: 1954
Stock Code: 9292
FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. 254, [2]. Publishers’ orange cloth with silver titles to spine in unclipped pictorial dust-jacket designed by Ralph Thompson. Covers rubbed at spine tips and corners, with very slight surface soiling. Ownership inscription to ffep and a little foxing to fore-edge otherwise contents clean and bright. Jacket nicked & creased, and lightly soiled with minor loss to spine and corners. A Very Good copy in Good jacket.
Early novel by O’Brian (1914-2000), an engaging adventure saga aimed at older children which begins with a voyage on the South China Sea in the 1930s. The maritime setting foreshadows O’Brian’s bestselling Aubrey-Maturin series, begun some fifteen years later, and is told in his own distinctive style.
£125.00
The Road to Samarcand.
Date of Publication: 1954
Stock Code: 9292
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