first edition
1988 · London
by Bernard Cornwell
London: Collins, 1988. Very Good +/Very Good +. London: Collins, 1988. First Edition. Octavo (24 cm); 304pp. Boards full bound in blue cloth with silver stamping to spine, wrapped in publisher's illustrated jacket. Jacket gently scuffed and superficially scratched with bumping, toning, and creasing to margins. Boards lightly soiled with extremities shelfworn. Binding slightly cocked but firm. Top edge shows water staining but pages internally clean, if toned. A Very Good or better copy in like jacket. The first in the Sharpe series from Cornwell, following English soldier Richard Sharpe through the Napoleonic Wars. (Inventory #: 32564)
