The Shadow Catcher de Sloan, Donald - 1940

Doubleday Doran & Co. 1940,, 1940. Hardcover. Good/No Dj. Illus By Author. Octavo, hardcover, green cloth boards with yellow lettering on spine. First Edition. Ex library copy with pocket remains on inside cover, stamp on title page, hinges reinforced else VG. 296 pp. 8 photographs of native Samoans by author. The story of the author's two-year sojourn on the island of Manu'a in the American Samoan Group.

1940 Name on corner of blank page (very small) otherwise unmarked. Dustjacket Poor with large piece missing on front - clean.

The Book League of America. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1940. First Edition (?). Hardcover. Possible first edition; not stated. Good hardcover with tight binding and clean pages. No dust jacket. Minimal shelf wear to edges and corners of covers and spine. Leaf ends and end pages are yellowed with age. ; 8.40 X 5.60 X 1.80 inches .

New York: Book League of America, 1940. Book. Hardcover. (xiv) 296 pages, b/w photos, 8vo, yellow cloth. Very good, endpapers toned, name front endpaper; dust jacket fair, worn with small pieces missing.

New York, NY: Book League of America. G/FR. (1940). ........ Cloth w/DJ. 8vo., xiv, 296 pp., Shaken, wrinkled from moisture; dj frayed and torn with bleeding of back cover .

New York: Book League of America. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1940. Hardcover. The author's travels among Pacific Islands, and especially Samoa before the advent of modern development. Bookplate on the front pastedown & a previous owner name stamp on front end paper, else a nice clean, tight and unmarked book in orignal yellow cloth publisher's binding.; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 296 pages .

hardcover. illus. 8vo, yellow cloth; (small spot of paint on spine). N.Y.: Book League of Amer., (1940). Author's time in American Samoa.<br/><br/>

Book League of America. Used - Good. Good condition. Acceptable dust jacket. In protective mylar cover. (samoan islands, description and travel, tubuai, social life and customs) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co, Inc.. Very Good. 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Spine and endpapers a bit browned. ; The author describes this story as part novel, part travel journal, and part autobiography; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 296 pages .

New York: Book League of America, 1940. Hardcover. xiv, 296p., yellow cloth boards; frontis. Originally published by Doubleday Doran, this is the Book League of America book club edition. Light soiling to front cover, else very good. Unpriced dust jacket is lightly soiled with edgewear, spine somewhat sunned, else very good. Front cover reads: "A unique record of personal adventure in a Polynesian paradise where flourished an age-old civilization." Author nicknamed Shadow Catcher for taking pictures with his box camera.