1940 printing; "With Drawings by N.C. Wyeth"; Little, Brown and Company publishers, Boston; hardbound; very good condition of book with unmarked pages except for previous owners name inside front; spine has slight fading of gilt lettering (pic); no dust jacket.
 
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Combines the first three books in the series: Beat to Quarters, Ship of the Line, and Flying Colours.
 
Cecil Louis Troughton Smith (27 August 1899 – 2 April 1966), known by his pen name Cecil Scott "C. S." Forester, was an English novelist known for writing tales of naval warfare, such as the 12-book Horatio Hornblower series depicting a Royal Navy officer during the Napoleonic wars.