Delilah (signed) the Novelization of the U.S. Naval Destroyer, USS Chauncery, in the Philippines on the eve of WWI

Goodrich, Marcus

Published by Farrar & Rinehart, New York, 1941

About this Item

Farrar & Rinehart, New York. 1941. 496 pages. First edition, fifth printing (per DJ flap.) Signed on the half-title page by Hemingway pal, and husband of Olivia de Havilland, author Marcus Goodrich. Book is tight. Binding and hinges are sound. Panels show minor light soiling, with minimum shelf-rubbing along edges. Illustrated endpapers are bright and clean with a minor touch of toning, and a previous owner's name written on front pastedown, below DJ flap. A couple of darker spots amid faded blue topstain. Original DJ with $2.75 price intact on flap. Previous owner's name sticker on base of flap. DJ shows rubbing along edges and chipping at crown. The USS Delilah is an old four-piper destroyer whose patrol is one of the world's most exotic and dangerous bodies of water, the Sulu Sea. Set at the beginning of America's engagement in the World War, the USS Delilah finds itself amid the violent racial and religious tensions that threaten America's colonial relationship with the Philippines. Considered a Naval fiction classic; uncommon signed. VG/VG. Seller Inventory # 003862

Bibliographic Details

Title: Delilah (signed) the Novelization of the U.S...

Publisher: Farrar & Rinehart, New York

Publication Date: 1941

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition