Fastpants

Sweet, Thanks again everyone. I know a few good second hand book shops, i'll pop it in next week and let you all know of the outcome. Thanks again for everyones help.

Thanks Vanwa and everyone else for your help. So is it safe to say its not likely and just forget about it? Well regardless of whether its a first edition, I have still aquired a nice little rare book and i'm very happy with it. Thanks again FP

I havent read a great geal of books in my lifetime, I've probably read 99% of my books in the last 4 years so I only have two dissapointments. 1. Rant - Chuck Palahniuk 2. If you liked school you'll love Work - Irvine Welsh I gues I expected more for from these authors from previous work. Just turned out to be extreamely twisted.

It actuallt says and I quote:- First Published 1986 @ Patrick O'Brian 1986 Can anyone confirm this is a first edition? Thanks FP

Hello Thanks for your reply, There are no sequences of numbers on the publishers page. I have read somewhere that this can also signify if its a first edition. Can anyone clarify this? Thanks FP

Hello Everyone. I hope you are all well. Please can you help me with a little problem I have. I have recently become addicted to Patrick O'Brian Aubrey and Maturin novels and I tend to purchase them as I go along. I am about half way though and I try to get them second hand whenever I can and I purchased Reverse of the Medal off amazon just the other day for 45 pence. I got very excited when I opened the packaged as it had the original green hard back cover with the plastic dust sheet and on the publishers page at reads:- 'First Published 1986' Then follows some text thich says this book was also punlished in 1986 (i'm sorry i do not have the book with me as I won't take it out of the house). I was harping on about it to my wife telling how much these books fetch especially as this is the next in line to be made into a film when she brought me back down to earth asking me how I knew it was a first edition, as there is nothing to obviously indicate that it actually is. Can someone please help me to identify if this a first edition, I have no intentions of selling it but it has recently become my most prized possession (after the wife of course)? I can also take a picture of the publishers cover or write it out when I get home this evening. Thanks in advance. FP