Page Mr. Pomeroy [rare]

Jordan, Elizabeth

Verlag: A.L. Burt Company, 1934

Beschreibung

PAGE MR. POMEROY, a novel by Elizabeth Jordan, hardcover with dust jacket (price never printed on inner flap), 1934. BOOK CONDITION: good. The text block is in near fine condition with no tears, marks, or dog-ears, The pages and endpapers are age-toned. The gutter is strained by the first free endpaper. There is no bookplate or signature of a prior owner. Not a library book or remainder. The green cloth boards are in good condition (edgewear, lightly bumped spine). The dust jacket is in fair condition (some rips and holes along folds, edge chipping, fading spine). 7 ½ x 5 ¼, 287 pages, 14 ounces XX [From the inner flap] Mystery and romance are skillfully blended in this exciting story by Elizabeth Jordan. The hero, Bruce Pomeroy, a young, self-made captain of industry, is encountered on the verge of a financial coup which he knows will net him millions. On his usual morning walk through Central Park, New York, however, he makes the mistake of stopping to help a lady apparently in distress, gets knocked unconscious for his gentlemanly troubles, and is drugged and transported to a sea-girt island somewhere off a northern coast. It is soon apparent that his situation as prisoner there is curious?to say the least. Far from being professional thugs, his captors are actually a family of charming Russian aristocrats. At first, Pomeroy is furious at being kept from his work in the city. Also, he is completely baffled as to what it is his abductors want. How he subsequently discovered their purposes, as well as the tragic circumstances behind their actions, will be left entirely for the reader to discover, along with all of the strange adventures that the hero experienced while on the island. Suffice it to say that in the course of events, Pomeroy resists the brash advances of one of the Russian women only to fall in love with another, successfully extricates himself from his difficulties, and emerges considerably wiser in his knowledge of certain ways of life other than his own. For pure entertainment, this novel has everything?credibility, sustained suspense, sparkling dialogue, good characterizations?and, above all, continuous action from the first page to the last. By the author of MISS NOBODY FROM NOWHERE, RED RIDING HOOD, and YOUNG MR. X. [About the author, from Wikipedia] Elizabeth Garver Jordan (May 9, 1865 ? February 24, 1947) was an American journalist, author, editor, and suffragist, now remembered primarily for having edited the first two novels of Sinclair Lewis, and for her relationship with Henry James, especially for recruiting him to participate in the round-robin novel The Whole Family. She was editor of Harper's Bazaar from 1900 to 1913. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 001743

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Page Mr. Pomeroy [rare]

Verlag: A.L. Burt Company

Erscheinungsdatum: 1934

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair