The African Queen
by C S Forester and Others
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good (BELOW AVERAGE)/No Jacket
- Seller
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Peter Tavy, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: William Heinemann, 1935. Ideal copy for rebinding , original cloth complete but spine partly detached .STILL THE FIRST EDITION OF THIS RARE BOOK e-mail for details, NOT "Signed by the Author". Bookplate of A Previous Owner. This is the FIRST EDITION. Brown Cloth. Good (BELOW AVERAGE)/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Thick. HARDBACK.
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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- Bookseller
- Bookfarm
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001901
- Title
- The African Queen
- Author
- C S Forester and Others
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good (BELOW AVERAGE)
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- This is the FIRST EDITION
- Publisher
- William Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1935
- Keywords
- Fiction Film Tie in " Humph "the First Edition
- Bookseller catalogs
- Film Tie In's;
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Thick
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