The African Queen

London: William Heinemann, 1936. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8" by 5.5". None. The scarce 'cheap edition' of C.S. Forester's thrilling novel about the adventures of a Christian missionary and a steamer captain who travel up a treacherous river in German East Africa. The scarce 1936 cheap edition of this work, which was the second edition to be published in the UK, and is preceded only by the first edition and first US edition. In the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper. Contemporary UK editions of this work in the original dust wrapper are scarce.Forester's novel, set in WWI East Africa, follows a gin-swilling Canadian riverboat captain is persuaded by an English missionary to undertake a trip up a treacherous river to attack a German gun-boat.With eight pages of advertisements to the rear.The novel was adapted into a 1951 motion picture starring Katharine Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with light fading to the cloth. Spotting to fore edge of text block. Losses of paper to dust wrapper back strip head and tail, with significant losses of paper to tail of front wrap. Rear wrap age toned. Spotting to dust wrapper reverse. Internally, firmly bound. Spotting and instances of foxing throughout. Very Good