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First UK Edition. Publisher's green boards with silver lettering to the spine. Yellow end-papers. A dusty top edge and some foxing chiefly to the fore-edge which has crept into the text in places otherwise a bright and clean VG++ copy. The VG++ first issue dustwrapper is priced 7/6 net to the spine and has a Review of the General to the rear panel (as called for) and is complete with a couple of very short closed tears and a slightly toned spine. On the verso of the dustwrapper there are some foxing spots. A very nice copy indeed and becoming hard to find in such attractive condition. Photographs/scans available upon request.

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.