C.S. Forester — Lieutenant Hornblower

London, Michael Joseph, 1952. First edition. Cloth. A First Edition, first impression copy of the second of C. S. Lewis's Hornblower series, Lieutenant Hornblower. A first edition, first impression copy of Lieutenant Hornblower, one of C. S. Forester's series following the adventures of Horatio Hornblower, a fictional Royal Navy officer during the Napoleonic Wars. The Hornblower series consists of twelve novels, of which one unfinished, and five short stories published between 1937 and 1967. Lieutenant Hornblower (1952) is the second novel in the series and second published.C. S. Forester was born in Cairo in 1899, lived in the UK and died in California, USA in 1966 (aged 66). He was an English novelist known for his writings on naval warfare.With unclipped dustwrapper. In the publisher's original blue cloth binding, with titles stamped in gilt to spine. Externally smart, with minor shelfwear only and slight bumping to spine. Spine has slightly darkened. Minor handling marks to boards. Dustwrapper is smart, with minor shelfwear and sight chipping. Spine is creased with minor puncture mark. Spine is slightly sunned. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. With unclipped dustwrapper. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .