The Golden Ocean
O'BRIAN, Patrick
FIRST EDITION IN HARPER COLLINS PAPERBACK
Published: Harper Collins, [1996]
Stock code: 47904
Price: £10.00
8vo., First Edition thus, with double-page map in the text; original pictorial wrapper, a near fine copy.
The author's first maritime novel, written before commencing his immortal Aubrey/Maturin sequence. Featuring Peter Palafox, it tells the story of Anson's circumnavigation. First published in 1956; reissued for the first time (Macmillan) in 1970 and now again here to entrance yet another generation.