Julian Stockwin — Thomas Kydd Series

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 2001-9. First edition. Cloth. Beautiful group of ten first impressions from the 'Thomas Kydd' series by Julian Stockwin, nine out of ten volumes signed by the author, two of which in a limited edition. A collection of the first ten novels, all first edition, first impressions from Julian Stockwin's historical series following the adventures of Thomas Kydd, who is pressed into service on a British ship in 1793, set during the Age of Fighting Sails. Unusually, the main character is an ordinary pressed man unlike in most nautical fiction, where protagonists are most commonly officers.All signed to title page except of Artemis. Tenacious, Command, and The Admiral's Daughter are from a first signed limited edition, with embossed stamp to title page; respectively numbers 998 and 6 of one-thousand copies, and 155 of five-hundred. Comprising the following titles: Kydd, Artemis; Seaflower; Mutiny; Quarterdeck; Tenacious; Command; The Admiral's Daughter; Treachery; and Invasion.Loosely inserted are advertising cards for 'Kydd,' 'Artemis,' and 'Seaflower,' as well as for 'Command' and 'The Admiral's Daughter,' the two latter signed by the author; and a beautiful morocco bookmark from Hodder & Stoughton with 'Julian Stockwin' in gilt, and four further bookmarks in paper advertising the 'Thomas Kydd' series.Complete with unclipped dust wrappers. In the original publisher's full cloth bindings. Externally lovely. Dust wrappers unclipped and excellent. All but one signed by the author to title page. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Fine.