October Island
by March, William
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Woodstock, Illinois, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very Good in a Good jacket, unclipped ($3.00), generally toned, a closed tear at the top edge of the front panel, shallow chips at the edges. Brown boards, bumped at the edges and corners, with green ink lettering on the spine. Bound with some reading wear and a forward lean, bookplate inside the front board, clean otherwise. March's novel about a Christian missionary sent to an island in the South Pacific where he encounters "the cult of Rahabaat.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7473
- Title
- October Island
- Author
- March, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1952
- Keywords
- 20th Century Fiction, Thriller, Christianity, Drama, Colonization, Imperialism, South Pacific, South Sea, Religion, Cult
Terms of Sale
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
All items are returnable for a refund within 30 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2018
Woodstock, Illinois
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