The Flag Captain by Kent, Alexander - 1971

G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1971. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1971. First US Edition. Hard Cover. Used; Very Good/Very Good. DJ has worn edges with some tears and small chips; book edges have light soiling; rear hinge torn for several inches from middle. Deep blue boards with gold titles on spine; maps on endpapers; pictorial DJ; 384 pp. Masterful storytelling continues in the C.S. Forester tradition. In the spring of 1797 Captain Richard Bolitho of the British Royal Navy brings his 100-gun ship home to Falmouth. Plans by the French for a cross-channel invasion have been thwarted, but now they are threatening Africa and Egypt. Bolitho's Euryalus is going to be the flagship of a hastily formed squadron heading to the Mediterranean for a year. He must deal with an unyielding admiral who was involved in the recent mutiny at Spithead, and there are rumors that another even greater uprising looms ahead.

G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1971. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Stated First American Edition. 8vo. - over 7¾' - 9¾'. A Very Good copy in a Very Good dustjacket. DJ has shelfwear, edgewear, toning and bumped corners. Book has edgewear, smudges to edges of text block, toning to pages, and an old store sticker on the inside back cover. Interior is otherwise clean, unmarked, and tight.