The African Queen
by Forester, C. S
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good, published as 'a cheap edition, year after 1st, missing d/j, dark red clothboards a bit grubby, but black titling and decor
- Seller
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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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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Details
- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC54371
- Title
- The African Queen
- Author
- Forester, C. S
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good, published as 'a cheap edition, year after 1st, missing d/j, dark red clothboards a bit grubby, but black titling and decor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Cheap
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1936
- Pages
- 274
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1st, fiction, CSForester
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- Size
- 12mo (190 x 130 / 7_\"\" x 5\"\")
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....