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The African Queen
de Forester, C. S
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Good, published as 'a cheap edition, year after 1st, missing d/j, dark red clothboards a bit grubby, but black titling and decor
- Librería
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
London: William Heinemann, 1936. Cheap. hardback. Good, published as 'a cheap edition, year after 1st, missing d/j, dark red clothboards a bit grubby, but black titling and decorations on both & spine v clear; pages unmarked but considerable foxing; binding tight. 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5""). First published in 1935: The African Queen is an old, dirty, ugly, unreliable steamboat - not the kind of boat anyone would take down a dangerous river through the jungles of Central Africa. But Rose Sayer and Charlie Allnut do just that. The First World War has just begun, and Rose has a crazy plan. She and Charlie set off down the river and come close to death many times, but they survive all dangers - except the danger of falling in love.The book was adapted very successfully for the 1951 John Huston film of the same title starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn
Sinopsis
The African Queen is the story of a jerry-rigged attack on a German gunboat in Central Africa during the early days of World War I. An important subplot is the love story between the Charlie Allnutt, captain of the small launch named The African Queen, and Rose Sayer, the sister and companion of an Anglican missionary who dies in the first part of the novel. Rose's personality is the driving force of the attack, and the novel. Interestingly, the original UK edition has a happy ending, with the couple surviving to be married, but in the US edition, Allnutt dies during the attack. -
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- Librería
- Inklings & Yarnspinners
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- IYC54371
- Título
- The African Queen
- Autor
- Forester, C. S
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Hardback
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Good, published as 'a cheap edition, year after 1st, missing d/j, dark red clothboards a bit grubby, but black titling and decor
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- Cheap
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- William Heinemann
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1936
- Páginas
- 274
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Palabras clave
- 1st, fiction, CSForester
- Catálogos del vendedor
- 2nd-hand books;
- Size
- 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_\"\" x 5\"\")
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
