Books

First edition. First book in his Hornblower series. Only 12,000 copies printed. SIGNED BY FORESTER on the half-title page. 8vo green cloth boards stamped in silver on spine; 287 pages. Very good with spine mellowed but lettering still bright, light foxing to page edges, and spine slightly cocked; in very good dust jacket with internal tape repair to several small tears, light soiling, lightly rubbed vertical crease to front panel, and small scrape to the unprinted rear flap.

The Happy Return is the first novel in the Horatio Hornblower series by C.S. Forester. The book portrays the adventures of the fictional naval officer Horatio Hornblower during the Napoleonic Wars as he sails to Central America on a secret mission for the British government.