THE LAST BOOKANEER
by Pearl, Matthew
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1594204926
- ISBN 13
- 9781594204920
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York, N.Y.: Penguin Press, 2015. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Fine/Very Good. Tall 8vo, tan quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over beige boards with "M.P." stamped in gold, archival mylar-protected lettered dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a slightly frayed package with title as label, [viii] + 389 pages incl. "The Story Behind The Last Bookaneer" + [2] Acknowledgements. New York TImes Bestselling Matthew Pearl--a graduate of Harvard College and Yale Law School--is an American novelist and educator. His novels include The Dante Club, The Poe Shadow, The Last Dickens, The Technologists, and The Last Bookaneer. This book follows late 19th century British "bookaneers"--notorious characters of the book trade who are interested in securing-or-stealing contemporary British authors' new book manuscripts to publish them without paying royalties, Such quests lead them to Robert Louis Stevenson's home Vailima on distant Samoa, where politics and rivalries create consternation. Solid, tight, bright First Edition/First Printing in a clean & bright dust jacket (unclipped) with wear to its corners.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5964
- Title
- THE LAST BOOKANEER
- Author
- Pearl, Matthew
- Format/Binding
- Cloth and boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1594204926
- ISBN 13
- 9781594204920
- Publisher
- Penguin Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, N.Y.
- Date Published
- 2015
- Keywords
- Boston, Transcendentalists, Emerson, church, religion, 19th century, America, Dante, poetry, Divine Comedy
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About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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