The African Queen
by FORESTER, C.S
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Palm Springs, California, United States
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About This Item
First American edition ("Published, February, 1935"). Octavo. Original patterned light brown cloth stamped in green. Dust jacket (unclipped; short closed tear; few small chips; eight small tape reinforcements on the verso; spine slightly toned). Very good, an attractive copy. First American edition, with an alternative ending to the first British edition. Provenance: Al Roubicek with his bookplate of the front pastedown.
Synopsis
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Houle Rare Books & Autographs (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 306830
- Title
- The African Queen
- Author
- FORESTER, C.S
- Book Condition
- Used
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Little, Brown, and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1935
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