Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1917. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Firts edition. Hardcover in decorated green cloth. 345 pp. A tight, near fine copy with a bit of rubbing to the publisher imprint on the foot of the spine. Published during World War I, a novel of a peaceable New England clammer and small farmer, his wife, and two young children. The story proceeds with descriptions of everyday, normal life around the area but , though insulated from the war, it is never far from eveyone's thoughts; when gazing out over their little harbor, they consider submarines and whether the enemy can reach them. There is romance, a report of German subs off Nantucket, a clambake, and the eventual sighting of a submarine that turns out to be a whale.

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Bookseller: The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ) (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: E22424
Title: The Clammer and The Submarine (first edition)
Author: William John Hopkins
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First edition
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Place of Publication: Boston
Date Published: 1917
Keywords: new england, world war I, submarines, clamming,

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The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).

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