Books

"The Happy Return" by C.S. Forester. London: Michael Joseph, (1937). First edition, first issue jacket (though possibly price-clipped, it has the review for The General on the rear panel). Review copy with the publisher's review slip laid-in. Publisher's green cloth, the spine tooled in silver, in the dust jacket. 7 3/8 x 4 3/4 inches (18.5 x 12.5 cm); 287, [1] pp. A generally sound copy of the jacket, with some edge wear including a small chip to the spine (the detached material still adhering), small losses and a short tear to the head of the jacket spine, the interior of the jacket foxed, its spine toned, the cloth of the binding a bit faded at the spine, some edge foxing to the text block (and a very few spots internally), but all-in-all a rather nice copy overall. The first published of the "Hornblower" novels, quite scarce in a sound copy of the jacket.

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.