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Kingston By Starlight: A Novel
by Farley, Christopher John
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket as Issued
- ISBN 10
- 1400082455
- ISBN 13
- 9781400082452
- Seller
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La Porte, Texas, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, USA: Three Rivers Press, 2005. BY3 - A trade paperback book in near fine condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in color wraps with only very minor overall shelf wear. A novel set in the 18th century about a teenage girl who leaves behind her mother's death and her father's abandonment to pass as a young man in the colonial West Indies. She finds work as a ship's hand sailing under a notorious pirate. The captain eventually discovers her secret as well as the secret of a mysterious swordfighter who is also among the crew. When the pirates are captured though, their darkest secrets come to light under the looming threat of the gallows. The story is told from the woman's point of view from her old age as a grandmother. By the author of "My Favorite War." Reading group guide, 330p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
Christopher John Farley was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and now lives in New York. He is a senior editor at Time magazine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookmarc's
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SCW12568
- Title
- Kingston By Starlight: A Novel
- Author
- Farley, Christopher John
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- ISBN 10
- 1400082455
- ISBN 13
- 9781400082452
- Publisher
- Three Rivers Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, USA
- Date Published
- 2005
- Keywords
- Fiction General Fiction Literary Fiction Literary Novel Historical Fiction Caribbean Orphan Abandonded Abandonment Colonial West Indies Sailing Sailor Sailors Calico Jack RAckam Pirate Pirates Madrid Galleon Caribbean Cuban Gold Jamaican Rum Kingstom Jama
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction: Historical;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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- Trade Paperback
- Used to indicate any paperback book that is larger than a mass-market paperback and is often more similar in size to a hardcover...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
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