New York & Boston:: D. Appleton & Co. , George H. Doran & Little Brown,, (1924.). Hardcover first edition -. Good overall in blue cloth with pasted on labels on front and spine (usual toning to the pages, bookplate, several stamps, some chipping to spine label.). First printing. Includes a lot of information on authors now almost forgotten - but perhaps worth a bit of a look, for nostalgia's sake - among them Melville Davisson Post, Jeffrey Farnol (of Beau Geste fame), E.V. Lucas, the espionage novels of E. Phillips Oppenheim, Frank L. Packard, Emerson Hough, Michael Arlen, Aldous Huxley, Mary Johnston and more. Illustrated with nine photographic plates. Includes brief listings of each author's books, an index of prices, and a general index, x, 416 pp.

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Bookseller: Bookfever.com, IOBA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 84088
Title: CARGOES FOR CRUSOES
Author: Overton, Grant
Format/Binding: Hardcover first edition -
Book Condition: Used - Good overall in blue cloth with pasted on labels on front and spine (usual toning to the pages, bookplate, several stamps, some
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: D. Appleton & Co. , George H. Doran & Little Brown,
Place of Publication: New York & Boston:
Date Published: (1924.)
Keywords: Melville Davisson Post, Jeffrey Farnol. E.V. Lucas, E. Phillips Oppenheim, Frank L. Packard, Emerson Hough, Michael Arlen, Aldous Huxley, Mary Johnston
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