Julian Stockwin KYDD First Edition Signed
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Julian Stockwin KYDD First Edition Signed
First edition, first print hardback of KYDD(Kydd Sea Adventures Book 1) by Julian Stockwin and published by Hodder & Stoughton, London in 2001. Signed by Stockwin on the title page. Full numberline 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 on the copyright page. 'Signed Copy' sticker to front cover.The book is in near fine condition (blue cloth boards with gold lettering to spine) with only minor wear to the dust jacket, which is not price clipped (couple of scratches to the front cover, half-inch closed tear to the bottom edge of the back cover). Internally, the pages are clean and tight and there are no tears and no other inscriptions. There is slight yellowing to page edges.
1793. Europe is ablaze with war. The Prime Minister, Pitt, is under pressure to make an active move at sea, and despatches a squadron to appear off the French coast. To man the ships, ordinary people must be press-ganged.
Thomas Paine Kydd, a young wig-maker from Guildford, is seized, taken across country to Sheerness and the great fleet anchorage of the Nore to be a part of the crew of the 98-gun line-of-battle ship Duke William.
The ship sails immediately and Kydd has to learn the harsh realities of shipboard life fast; but despite all that he goes through in danger of tempest and battle he comes to admire the skills and courage of the seamen - taking up the challenge himself to become a true sailor.
373 pages
ISBN: 0 340 79473 9
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