The Ship of Flame, a saga of the South Seas by William S. Stone - 1945

Knopf, 1945. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1945. No Edition Remarks. 164 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial cloth. Contains black and white illustrations. Moderate tanning, with light foxing and marking to pages. Noticeable tanning to rough-cut text block edges. Moderate rub-marking and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers with inscriptions to front. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Heavy bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Book has noticeable forward lean. Boards are slightly bowed and tanned. Some dents around edges.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1945. 2nd prt. Hardcover.

New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good+. 1945. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This is an oversized book. The book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some lightish bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked gift notation on the front endpaper. "Nicolas Mordvinoff (September 27, 1911 Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire–May 5, 1973 Hampton, New Jersey, United States) [1] was a Russian-born American artist who won the 1952 Caldecott Medal for U. S. Picture book illustration, recognizing Finders Keepers, by William Lipkind. The collaborators used the pseudonym Nicolas and Will. " (from Wikipedia) .

New York: Alfred A Knopf. 1945. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition. No dustjacket. Corners and spine ends a little rubbed. Black & white illustrations by Nicholas Mordvinoff. Colour frontispiece. 165 pages. Polynesian folklore about the explorations and adventures of Raki, a Tahitian king. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Alfred A. Knopf, 1945. Signed by the author. First & Second Printings before Publication. Good condition. Rubbing to corners. Owner signature.

New York: Alfred a Knopf 1945. 4to. 165 pp, illustrated in b/w a maroon binding with leather spine and gilt lettering some fading to boards . Very Good. Half Leather. 1945.