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FIRST EDITIONS OF ALL 12 FLASHMAN NOVELS, EACH SIGNED BY GEORGE MACDONALD FRASER

FRASER, George MacDonald. Complete Flashman Series. Volume I: London: Herbert Jenkins, (1969); Volumes II-VI: London: Barrie & Jenkins, (1970-77); Volume VII: London: Collins, 1982; Volumes VIII and IX: London: Collins Harvill, 1985, 1990; Volume X: London: Harvill/Harper Collins, 1994; Volumes XI and XII: London, Harper Collins, (1999, 2005). Twelve volumes. Octavo, original paper-covered boards, original dust jackets. Each volume housed in custom full leather clamshell box.

Complete set of first editions of the 12 novels in Fraser’s popular Flashman series, each signed on the title page by the author. Fine condition.

Harry Flashman is expelled from Rugby and decides to join the British Army—to the making of his reputation. Flashman is a total cad, a coward, a cardsharp, a spendthrift, a drunk. He is also hilariously amusing and disturbingly charming. The Flashman novels follow him through the high points in British history: the Afghan rebellion of 1842, the rise of Bismarck, subterfuge in Borneo and Madagascar, the first Sikh War, the Crimean War, the Indian Mutiny, and the Teiping Rebellion, plus a few years in America escaping his creditors and his wife. Kingsley Amis noted, “Whether Flashman goes a-rogering in Timbuktu or flees headlong down the Amazon pursued by native tribesmen with poisoned darts, I will follow him in the confident expectation of being uninterruptedly entertained. As well as providing a fine assortment of treats, George MacDonald Fraser is a marvelous reporter and a first-rate historical novelist.” Includes Flashman, Royal Flash, Flash for Freedom!, Flashman at the Charge, Flashman in the Great Game, Flashman’s Lady, Flashman and the Redskins, Flashman and the Dragon, Flashman and the Mountain of Light, Flashman and the Angel of the Lord,Flashman and the Tiger and Flashman on the March (signed on a front flyleaf rather than the title page). Dust jackets for the first nine novels feature the acclaimed wrap-around artwork of Arthur Barbosa. All volumes in fine condition. Scarce signed and complete.