Birds of Prey

First edition, first printing. 560pp. Green cloth-covered boards; blind embossed design on front, gilt titles on spine. Bumped spine ends. Text block edges and page margins starting to tan. ‘Map’ endpapers. Otherwise, internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has shelf wear, chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, price unclipped. 8vo. It’s 1667 and naval war rages on between the Dutch and the English. Sir Francis Courtney and his son Hal are patrolling off Southern Africa, lying in wait for a galleon of the Dutch East India Company returning from the Orient laden with spices, timber and gold. Book Nine in the Courtney series.