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The Death-Ship: The Story of an American Sailor
by [RADICAL & PROLETARIAN LITERATURE] TRAVEN, B
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19.75cm); black cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine, and decorative elements embossed to front cover; burgundy topstain; dustjacket; [viii],372,[4]pp. Tiny crinkle at crown, with a touch of offset from jacket flaps onto endpapers, else Near Fine. Dustjacket is price-clipped, shelfworn, gently spine-sunned and lightly dusty, with shallow loss to crown, a small scuff to front panel, a faint stain at mid-spine, and several short tears (six of them neatly tape-mended on verso); Very Good only. Traven's own translation of his first novel, which was translated from the German by Eric Sutton for the UK edition published by Chatto & Windus. A novel set in the aftermath of World War I, centered around a group of merchant seamen who lack citizenship, money, and papers; it is in equal part an adventure novel, and a scathing indictment of abusive labor practices and authority. TREVERTON 32.
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46744
- Title
- The Death-Ship: The Story of an American Sailor
- Author
- [RADICAL & PROLETARIAN LITERATURE] TRAVEN, B
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1934
- Bookseller catalogs
- Anarchism;
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Lorne Bair Rare Books
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About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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