1972
[10], 287, [1]pp.
Alfred A. Knopf, New York

The first US edition of the third work in George MacDonald Fraser’s Flashman series of novels.

The first US edition, first printing, with ‘first American edition’ stated to copyright page. First published in the UK the year prior. 

In the original unclipped dust wrapper designed by Artur Barbosa.

The series is based on fictional ‘discovered historical papers’ relating to Harry Flashman, the bully from Thomas Hughes’ novel ‘Tom Brown’s School Days’. Like with many of the books in the Flashman series, Fraser includes fictional accounts of historical figures, with this novel featuring Benjamin Disraeli, Abraham Lincoln and William Gladstone.

In the original cloth binding in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally very smart. Spots to lower extremity of front paste down. Dust wrapper is smart, with closed tear, approximately one inch to head of wrap. Small ink spill to reverse of wrap. Neat strike through price on flyleaf, with price still visible. Age toning and the odd spot to wrap. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean.

Grading: NEAR FINE in a VERY GOOD dust wrapper.