The African Queen (Modern Library no. 102)
de Forester, C. S
- Usado
- near fine
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Librería
-
Hopkins, Minnesota, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: The Modern Library, 1940. Reprint . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Bound in original red cloth with the front cover and spine are stamped in gilt on a black fields. Illustrated endpapers. Two previous owners' names on the back of the ffep otherwise unmarked. The binding is tight. The top edge is black The dust jacket is price clipped, has moderate rubbing wear, chips and closed tears to the head and heel of the spine, and small chips to the corners. The book is NF and the DJ is VG for their age. 4 7/8 x 7 1/4 inches. 308 pp.
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
- Walther's Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 006915
- Título
- The African Queen (Modern Library no. 102)
- Autor
- Forester, C. S
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- Reprint
- Editorial
- The Modern Library
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1940
- Páginas
- 308
- Palabras clave
- FICTION AFRICAN_FICTION WWII_FICTION ADVENTURE MODERN_CLASSIC
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
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- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
