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The Virgin of Waikiki: A Torrid Tragedy of the Tropics
by Blanding, Don; Butler, A.B., Jr. (Illustrator)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG/No Jacket
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Henry M. Snyder, 1933. First Edition Later Printing 3rd Printing. Hardcover. VG/No Jacket. Butler, A B., Jr.. Scarce Blanding title, a "rollicking epic ballad of Virgin Annie,'' illustrated with the slightly scandalous pen-and-ink drawings of A.B. Butler, Jr. Originally published in 1928 & reprinted in 1930, this is the 1933 printing. Unpaginated. Small hardcover 16mo has red cloth-covered boards & yellow/black title box paste down to front cover. Condition is VG: very clean, pages moderately but evenly tanned, but completely unmarked. Offsetting to endpapers, minor rubbing to extremities & corner bumping, with a bit of cloth fraying. Decorative folded/sealed "consumption of the ballad" in rear is ripped & missing some paper; rear hinge is cracked. SPECIAL: order any other Blanding book at same time for only $1.00 extra shipping! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023321
- Title
- The Virgin of Waikiki: A Torrid Tragedy of the Tropics
- Author
- Blanding, Don; Butler, A.B., Jr. (Illustrator)
- Illustrator
- Butler, A B., Jr.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Later Printing 3rd Printing
- Publisher
- Henry M. Snyder
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1933
- Keywords
- poetry ballads humor myth Hawaii islands legends poem verse sailors
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated Books/Illustrators; Literature/Literary Criticism/Poetry/Short Stories; Hawaiiana/Other Islands;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Gargoyle Books
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About the Seller
Gargoyle Books
Biblio member since 2006
La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
On-line booksellers since 1996
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- Cracked
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