THE LAST BOOKANEER
New York, N.Y. Penguin Press, 2015. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. 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. Fine / Very Good. Item #5964
ISBN: 9781594204920
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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