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The Sea of Lost Dreams by Ferenc Mate, Signed, First editionAlbatross Books at W. W. Norton & Company, New York, 2011. A fine, as new first edition, first printing in a fine, as new, mylar-covered dust jacket.
Signed by the author on the half-title page.
The Sea of Lost Dreams is a gripping reinvention of timeless tales of the sea—the second book in the acclaimed Dugger/Nello series of anthropological thrillers.
Mexico, El Dia de los Muertos, 1921. Penniless and hunted, Nello, Dugger and his lover Kate make a spectacular moonlit jailbreak and set sail for the paradise of the South Seas. But they fall prey to the intrigue of two mysterious stowaways: Darina, a young Irish escapee from the brutal Magdalene nuns, in search of her lost twin; and Guillaume, a seasoned French spy sent to kill the leader of an anti-colonial uprising.
Set in the fiercely beautiful volcanic islands of French Polynesia, this enthralling historical adventure is the story of man against the fury of the elements; of dreams… Leer más

Ghost Sea by Ferenc Mate, Signed, First Edition
Albatross Books at W. W. Norton & Company, New York, 2006. First edition, first printing (full number line)signed by the author on the title page. A fine, as new copy in a fine, as new, mylar-covered dust jacket.
Ghost Sea is a spellbinding tale of the sea, love, murder, and mysticism. At the turn of the century, a Kwakiutl warrior from British Columbia's wild northern islands raids an artifact collector's yacht to reclaim stolen sacred masks. He takes the collector's wife, Kate, as hostage on his 200-mile canoe voyage home. The collector hires Dugger, a coastal trader living on the edges of the law, to give chase in his ketch with the collector as passenger, but Dugger's financial salvation comes at a terrible price, for he is Kate's secret lover. Day and night Dugger sails the uncharted islands, through raging currents and ship-swallowing whirlpools, and the account of his pursuit is interwoven with Kate's harrowing and erotically charged journey.… Leer más

Includes RARE dust jacket -- A near fine first edition, first printing in a mylar-covered dust jacket. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, 1912. Includes fifty-three of the author's photographs. Bright gilt along top edge. Nice bright gold lettering/picture on front board and spine. Rear board has inch-long dent near top. Some minor foxing. Minor chipping to dust jacket edges. A nice, tight copy with strong hinges in an extremely rare, 108-year-old, near fine dust jacket. The author, Caspar Whitney, was one of the founding members of The Explorer's Club. The book tells of Whitney's adventures during five overland and river expeditions in the then- little-known regions of Brazil, Venezuela and Argentina.