Bunga Bunga by King Hall Stephen (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/No Jacket. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Condition: Fair. 1933. 319 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Beige and red leather with gilt lettering. Book has been rebound by library, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, with moderate foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards have been moderately rub worn. Noticeable shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are bumped and a little frayed Spine ends are crushed, with noticeable splits and chips. Tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Water marks to boards and spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good dj. First Edition. [light shelfwear, a touch of soiling to top and bottom edges of boards; jacket has small tears and/or chips at all spine corners, another chip at top right corner of front panel, slight darkening to spine]. (map on rear jacket panel) "The hilarious story of Sir Montagu Thumpeter's campaign against vice -- and vice versa -- in a South Sea island colony." Don't miss the "Comic Relief Map of the Island" on the rear jacket panel.

Second Printing. Sylvia Bergin dustjacket art. South Seas set satire. "Montague Thumpeter, Governor of the Island of Bunga Bunga, who abhorred all women yet inadvertently appointed a married A. D. C. to his staff; and of an A. D. C. who loved the ladies with startling consequences to himself, the Governor, the Governor's sister, a sixteen stone butler and Percy Q. Quirk, Chicago's leading mouthpiece." Very scarce. Very Good in nearly Very Good dustjacket, some darkening to panels, dime sized chip at lower front panel, some nicking and edge wear.