Christoper Goodwin Intro (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. Revised Edition. Pictorial map endpages; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 188 pages; 22 cm. Facsimile reissue of the Westminster Press first edition of 1947, with a new introduction by the author's son, R. Christopher Goodwin. Title page dated 2003, but the introduction is dated January 28, 2004, so the book was issued in 2004 or later. Published by Spindrift Island Publications with AmericanWeb Books, a small fan venture that printed Rick Brant titles and related books to subscriber pre-order; copies are seldom seen. The introduction draws on Goodwin's correspondence with the Westminster Press to tell how the book was commissioned as the first of a Hawaiian trilogy, why the sequels were abandoned, and how its young hero, John Blaine, gave Goodwin the pseudonym of the Rick Brant series. Orange cloth reproducing the dark green pictorial title design of the original binding, in a faithful reproduction of the original dust jacket. The pictorial map endpapers of the first edition are not reproduced. A tight, fresh copy. NF/NF.…