Delilah (signed) the Novelization of the U.S. Naval Destroyer, USS Chauncery, in the Philippines on the eve of WWI

Goodrich, Marcus

Verlag: Farrar & Rinehart, New York, 1941

Beschreibung

Farrar & Rinehart, New York. 1941. 496 pages. First edition, fifth printing (per DJ flap.) Signed on the half-title page by Hemingway pal, and husband of Olivia de Havilland, author Marcus Goodrich. Book is tight. Binding and hinges are sound. Panels show minor light soiling, with minimum shelf-rubbing along edges. Illustrated endpapers are bright and clean with a minor touch of toning, and a previous owner's name written on front pastedown, below DJ flap. A couple of darker spots amid faded blue topstain. Original DJ with $2.75 price intact on flap. Previous owner's name sticker on base of flap. DJ shows rubbing along edges and chipping at crown. The USS Delilah is an old four-piper destroyer whose patrol is one of the world's most exotic and dangerous bodies of water, the Sulu Sea. Set at the beginning of America's engagement in the World War, the USS Delilah finds itself amid the violent racial and religious tensions that threaten America's colonial relationship with the Philippines. Considered a Naval fiction classic; uncommon signed. VG/VG. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 003862

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Delilah (signed) the Novelization of the U.S...

Verlag: Farrar & Rinehart, New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 1941

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good

Signiert: Signed by Author(s)

Auflage: 1st Edition