Desolation Island
by O'Brian, Patrick
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- fine
- ISBN 10
- 0002221454
- ISBN 13
- 9780002221450
- Seller
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
London: Collins, 1978. Hardcover. fine. 1st English Edition. 276pp. Octavo. Original grey cloth with gilt lettering on spine in dust jacket. Dust jacket price clipped. fine A Jack Aubrey story. 1978
Synopsis
Desolation Island is a name that has been used for several islands. The largest and best known is Kerguelen Island in the Indian Ocean. Desolation Island is a novel in the Aubrey–Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Aquila Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 122333
- Title
- Desolation Island
- Author
- O'Brian, Patrick
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0002221454
- ISBN 13
- 9780002221450
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- Literature|Novel|Aubrey-Maturin Series|English Author|English Lit|Napoleonic Wars|Royal Navy
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- Jacket
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- Octavo
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- Price Clipped
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...