Camborne Thomas (2 results)
Published by Harcourt, Brace and Co, New York 1935
- First Edition
Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.Babylon Revisited Rare Books
Contact seller4-star sellerFirst Edition stated. David Berger dustjacket art. Romance novel of a passionate affair between a young man, who vacations on an island off the coast of France, and an island girl whose more liberal social attitude conflicts with the young man's parents' sense of propriety. Uncommon. Very Good, front free endpaper removed, in ne…arly Very Good dustjacket, chipping at spine ends and flap corners, wear at flap folds.
Published by Longmans, Green and Co, London 1930
Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.Babylon Revisited Rare Books
Contact seller4-star sellerCheap Reissue (originally published in 1928). "Szandria, a small Caucasian kingdom, is ruled by a half English girl Queen. The counrty is faced with trouble in its mining area, fomented by Bolshevik agents and complicated by the scheming of Selby Hankinson, American financier. Anthony de Falbec, a pretender to the throne, allows… himself to be used as a figure head by the revolutionary party, only to realize his folly at the eleventh hour. Szandria refuses to place herself under Soviet Russia and is overwhelmed in scenes of bloodshed and violence in spite of heroic resistance of her little army". A scarce title. Very Good in Very Good dustjacket, spine darkened, shallow loss at spine ends.
