Patrick O'Brian — The Yellow Admiral
London, HarperCollins, 1997. First edition. Cloth. Lovely first edition, first impression of this novel by acclaimed author Patrick O'Brian. The first edition, first impression of The Yellow Admiral, eighteenth naval historical novel in the Aubrey-Maturin series by popular author Patrick O'Brian. The Aubrey-Maturin series is the author's most renowned work, comprising of twenty completed novels and one unfinished. The story follows that of naval officer Jack Aubrey and naturalist, physician, and spy Stephen Maturin, and in particular, Aubrey's ascent from lieutenant to rear admiral in the Royal Navy. Set during the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars. With unclipped dust wrapper. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely. Dust wrapper unclipped and excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Fine.
