Jerry of the Islands
de London, Jack
- Usado
- good
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Good
- Librería
-
Salem, Oregon, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Macmillan, 1917. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 337 pages in brown cloth. no dust jacket. gilt titling on front cover and spine. silouettes of two dogs on front cover. color frontis. 6 pages of ads for London books at rear. no additional printings indicated ('published April, 1917'). cover is lightly rubbed and worn at the corners and spine ends. some small spots, stains and scratches on cover. light crease on prelims through the title page. previous owner's inscription on front free endpaper. page V (in the Forward) is missing small piece at bottom corner with some loss of text. the binding is tight. the spine is square. interior pages are clean and unmarked. Size: 8vo - over 7 3/4 in - 9 3/4 in tall. Year: 1917.
Sinopsis
From the book:It is a misfortune to some fiction-writers that fiction and unveracity in the average person's mind mean one and the same thing. Several years ago I published a South Sea novel. The action was placed in the Solomon Islands. The action was praised by the critics and reviewers as a highly creditable effort of the imagination. As regards reality - they said there wasn't any. Of course, as every one knew, kinky-haired cannibals no longer obtained on the earth's surface, much less ran around with nothing on, chopping off one another's heads, and, on occasion, a white man's head as well. Now listen. I am writing these lines in Honolulu, Hawaii. Yesterday, on the beach at Waikiki, a stranger spoke to me. He mentioned a mutual friend, Captain Kellar. When I was wrecked in the Solomons on the blackbirder, the Minota, it was Captain Kellar, master of the blackbirder, the Eugenie, who rescued me. The blacks had taken Captain Kellar's head, the stranger told me. He knew. He had represented Captain Kellar's mother in settling up the estate.
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Detalles
- Librería
- The Book Bin
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- BBS-065245
- Título
- Jerry of the Islands
- Autor
- London, Jack
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition
- Editorial
- Macmillan
- Fecha de publicación
- 1917
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
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