Patrick O'Brian's Navy - first US edition

by Richard O'Neal

Subtitled "The Illustrated Companion To Jack Aubrey's World", this is an in-depth sourcebook that explains what was going on in the world at the time of the Aubrey-Maturin Novels. More to the point, it paints a vivid portrait of what it was like to serve on a warship of Nelson's era. Lush with illustrations, paintings, pictures of artifacts, maps, diagrams, and descriptions of anything to do with life at sea on a warship. This is visually impressive and highly informative.

This book is near folio size, 11" x 11", with purple boards; spine is printed in gold. End papers are illustrated with the broadside of a ship. A beautiful production. Jacket is price-intact at $30.00.