Lot 164

O'Brian, Patrick




Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: 15 January 2014 at 11:00 GMT
£625
Description
Master & Commander. London: Collins, 1970. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, dustwrapper (not price clipped), with an autograph letter signed, responding to a correspondent "I am so glad that you liked the naval tales...", discussing historical fiction "upon the whole a most discredited form of writing", referring to the Odyssey and the Aeneid, Shakespeare, War and Peace, and Thackeray, and giving advice on writing, 2pp., Collioure, France, 18/1/78, with original envelope (2)



