The Ebb Tide: A Trio and Quartette
de Stevenson, Robert Louis; Lloyd Osbourne
- Usado
- near fine
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Near Fine
- Librería
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Garrison, New York, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Charles Scribner's Sons. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt titles on spine and decoration on front. Slight edge wear to head and heal of spine. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1902.
Sinopsis
It is Tahiti in the 1890's and three men--an American sea captain, an English gentleman and a cockney thief--are 'on the beach'. Dispossessed and destitute, the 'trio' agree to sail a smallpox-infected ship loaded with champagne to Sydney, Australia, plotting to steal the cargo, scupper the vessel, and head for the 'Dangerous Archipelago'. Predictably, the thieves fall out. They lose their course and are driven towards an uncharted island which flies the red ensign. The owner of the island, also an English gentleman, has amassed a fortune in pearls. He is both a stern disciplinarian and a religious megalomaniac. As the protagonists in this 'quartette' begin to play out their parts, the plot moves to its dramatic, but ambiguous, conclusion. Stevenson's tale of exploitation in the South Seas recreates both the period and the place through a brilliant exploration of the moral corruption of colonisation.
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- Librería
- J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 016301
- Título
- The Ebb Tide: A Trio and Quartette
- Autor
- Stevenson, Robert Louis; Lloyd Osbourne
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Editorial
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Fecha de publicación
- 1902
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J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints
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Garrison, New York
Sobre J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints
We are a 50 year old, third generation antiquarian bookshop nestled in the bucolic Hudson Highlands of New York's historic Hudson Valley, less than a mile from a transverse of the Appalachian Trail. While we have strong first edition literature and poetry collections, we specialize in New York, history, and Americana. We are a proud member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA).
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