The African Queen
by Forester, C S
The African Queen is the story of a
jerry-rigged attack on a German gunboat in
Central Africa during the early days of World War I. An important
subplot is the love story between the Charlie Allnutt, captain of the
small launch named The African Queen, and Rose Sayer, the sister and
companion of an Anglican missionary who dies in the first part of the
novel. Rose's personality is the driving force of the attack, and
the novel. Interestingly, the original UK edition has a happy
ending, with the couple surviving to be married, but in the US
edition, Allnutt dies during the attack.
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First Edition Identification
The first U.K. edition
can bring over $15,000 for a book in excellent condition. Wear to
the edges of pages and the boards of the book is common, but the
original printing holds up well. It should be noted that the US
edition is known to be much more likely to have suffered damage, and
is considered fragile. Copies of the first US edition in good shape are
very rare, and can command several thousand (U.S.) dollars if they
are without substantial flaws.
Other Collectible or Notable Editions
The book inspired a classic well known
film of the same name starring Humphrey Bogart and Katherine Hepburn in
the major roles. The popularity of the movie contributes to the
continuing interest in the book, and early copies of this title are
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The African Queen
by Forester, C.S.
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- 1935
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New Harbor, Maine, USA
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Boston: Little, Brown, 1935. Book. VG. Hardcover. First Edition. First printing. A VG copy in a fine facsimile dust jacket. Basis for the 1951 film directed by John Huston and starring Humphrey Bogart, Katherine Hepburn and Robert Morley. Only 2,500 copies printed. Scarce.. Item Price
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London: William Heinemann, 1935. First Edition. Very good. Hardcover : pp. (4) (2) 3-283 (1, blank) : original brown cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine : LACKING dust jacket.
Corners sharp but slightly rubbed; strip of cloth along tail of both boards is lighter (not sunned, maybe cleaned?); very small dint (1 x 3mm) to lower… Read more about this item Item Price
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The African Queen
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VG+ - NF Bantam 712, third printing. Softcover. Very nice copy of this classic. Item Price
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Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1935. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Printing. First American Edition. Basis for the classic film starring Humphrey Bogart and Katherine Hepburn directed by John Huston in 1951. Very light foxing to page edges. Book Is fresh and clean with no marks except for light rubbing to bottom edges. The unclipped dustjacket is beautiful,… Read more about this item Item Price
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First American edition ("Published, February, 1935"). Octavo. Original patterned light brown cloth stamped in green. Dust jacket (unclipped; short closed tear; few small chips; eight small tape reinforcements on the verso; spine slightly toned). Very good, an attractive copy. First American edition, with an alternative ending to the first British edition. Provenance: Al Roubicek with his bookplate of the front… Read more about this item Item Price
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Boston, MA: Little, Brown & Co., 1935. 1st . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 275pp.; HB brwn.'leaf'pattern w/green; some rub w/lt.wear on edges&corners; sml.hole,bk.hinge; PON; (3) 1"chips,last pg.; sml.sticker,bk.pastedwn.; clean,tight pgs. Adventure story of missionary's sister & cockney engineer using his boat to fight the Germans in Africa during WWI. … Read more about this item Item Price
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The African Queen
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1935. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition, first printing (February, 1935). Original brown foliage-pattern embossed cloth stamped in pale green. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown; small area of light soiling at top lip of a few pages (mostly ffep and half-title pages, more slightly to title page); small spot of soiling in… Read more about this item Item Price
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The African Queen
by C S Forester
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- 1956
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Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, GBR
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London: Mermaid Books (Michael Joseph), 1956. First Thus. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Item Price
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London, GBR
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Boston: Little, Brown, and Company,, 1935. Bright jacket First US edition, first printing. Forester's novel, also published in the UK the same year, was adapted into the highly successful film in 1951 starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn. Octavo. Original brown patterned cloth, spine and front cover lettered in green. With dust jacket. A near-fine copy in the… Read more about this item Item Price
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The African Queen
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Market Harborough, Leicestershire, GBR
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The First UK printing published by William Heinemann Ltd., London in 1945. The BOOK is in Very Good++ condition . Original publisher's tan cloth with gilt titling to the spine. Very light bumping to the lower corners. Mild pushing to the spine tips with a very light vertical crease to the spine. The binding remains very tight and sound. Mild… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE AFRICAN QUEEN
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Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
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Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1935. Very good plus in near-fine jacket.. First US edition of this classic WWI adventure story (with a dash of romance), following a skipper and missionary's housekeeper as they plot to destroy a German gunboat - adapted into a Hollywood film starring Humphrey Bogart and Katherine Hepburn. Far from the tall ships of… Read more about this item Item Price
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The African Queen
by Forester, C.S.
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- 1940
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Albany, California, USA
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€19.05
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New York: Modern Library, 1940. Modern Library Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. In red cloth and black title panels and tinted top page ends. Gilt to type. Corners dinged/softened and smudge to front board. Interior clean and binding solid. Jacket is unclipped with small chips and sort tears mainly to spine ends and corners. Small stain to bottom of… Read more about this item Item Price
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The African Queen: C.S. Forester
by Forester, C. S.
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GORING BY SEA, West Sussex, GBR
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The African Queen
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- 1940
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Modesto, California, USA
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New York: Modern Library. Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket. 1940. Hardcover. Text is clean. Cover shows normal wear. Dust jacket shows chipping along edges and spine ends. Minor foxing to pastedowns. ; Toledano binding style '8', Kent endpapers, dust jacket style 'h1', listing 299 titles. (Bloom, Who Should We Then Read? 2, pg. 135-137) ; The… Read more about this item Item Price
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The African Queen (Penguin Books)
by C.S. Forester
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, GBR
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Penguin, 1965. Paperback. Good. 1965. 1965 Reprint. 189 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and… Read more about this item Item Price
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The African Queen (Penguin Books)
by C S Forester
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- 1956
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, GBR
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€4.84
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Penguin Books in association with M. Joseph, 1956. Paperback. Good. 1956. 189 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing.… Read more about this item Item Price
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The African Queen
by C.S. Forester
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- 1963
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North Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN
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The African Queen, C.S. Forester. International Collectors Library, Garden City., 1963. Green faux leather boards with gilt design, reading ribbon, green endpapers. In fine, unread condition. Basis of the Humphrey Bogart movie of the same name.
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THE AFRICAN QUEEN
by Forester, C. S.
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- 1935
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Rochester, Michigan, USA
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€2,273.27
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THE AFRICAN QUEEN, Little, Brown, 1935, first American edition, vg in like color pictorial dust-wrapper. Actually quite nice. The endings of this novel are considerably different for the English and American edition. Source book for the 1951 film of the same name. Item Price
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The African Queen
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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€857.25
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Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, first printing. Very Good, lacking the dust jacket. Light rubbing to extremities; light staining to top edge of page block. Light foxing to pages, chip missing from bottom corner of last page. A lovely copy of the book served as the basis for the movie… Read more about this item Item Price
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