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C. S. Forester

27 August 1899 - 2 April 1966

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Writer of historical fiction, especially famed for his series of naval works set during the Napoleonic Wars following the career and adventures of the protagonist Hornblower, who was partly based on Nelson. He also wrote The African Queen (1935), made into a major movie in 1952 directed by John Huston, starring Katharine Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart, for which the latter won an Oscar for Best Actor.

Title	Date	Location	Publication
A Pawn among Kings	1924	London	Methuen
The African Queen	1935	Boston	Little Brown
Beat to Quarters	1937	Boston	Little Brown
A Ship of the Line	1938	Boston	Little Brown
Flying Colours	1938	Boston	Little Brown
To the Indies	1940	Boston	Little Brown
Commodore Hornblower	1945	Boston	Little Brown

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Forester (C.S.) [The Hornblower novels], 12 vol., first editions, Hornblower...

Hammer: £1,500

Forester (C.S.) The African Queen, first American edition, signed presentati...

Hammer: £900

Forester (C.S.) The African Queen, first American edition, original patterne...

Hammer: £800

Forester (C.S.) A Pawn among Kings, first edition, presentation copy signed ...

Hammer: £420

Forester (C.S.) The General, 1936 § Guthrie (Ramon) Parachute, 1927 ...

Hammer: £380

Forester (C.S.) The Gun, 1933; The Good Shepherd, 1955; The Ship, 1943; The ...

Hammer: £300

Forester (C.S.) Flying Colours, first edition, signed by the author on title...

Hammer: £300

Forester (C.S.) The Voyage of the Annie Marble, first edition, frontispiece,...

Hammer: £280

Forester (C.S.) The Happy Return, jacket price-clipped, spine with small ho...

Hammer: £280

*** Please note this description has changed *** Forester (C.S.) The Happy R...

Hammer: £220

Forester (C.S.) Payment Deferred, 1926; The Wonderful Week, 1927, first edit...

Hammer: £200

Forester (C.S.) The African Queen, first Greenwich edition, 1953; The Gun, f...

Hammer: £160

Forester (C.S.) Love Lies Dreaming, ink ownership inscription to front endpa...

Hammer: £160

Forester (C.S.) The Earthly Paradise, 1940; The Captain from Connecticut, bo...

Hammer: £160

Forester (C.S.) The Commodore, 1945; Lord Hornblower, Times Book Club ink st...

Hammer: £110

Forester (C.S.) Payment Deferred, first American edition, original cloth, sp...

Hammer: £100

Forester (C.S.) The Happy Return, bookplate tipped in to front pastedown, lo...

Hammer: £100

Forester (C.S.) The Gun, first edition, first few pages lightly foxed, rear ...

Hammer: £70

Forester (C.S.) The Commodore, jacket spine sunned, spine ends and corners a...

Hammer: £45

Forester (C.S.) The Happy Return, 1937 § Smeaton (Oliphant) A Mystery o...

Hammer: £40

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