THE SEA AND THE JUNGLE (ML# 99.2, Spring 1940, 271 Titles on DJ)

TOMLINSON, H.M., (1873-1958) British Writer and Journalist; Introduction by Christopher Morley.

Published by New York: Modern Library Edition. Spring 1940, 271 Titles Inside DJ.

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SHEPARDSON BOOKSTALL, 20+ YEARS OF EXCELLENCE. DJ has price of 95 cents; many chips and wear along top edges with one large tear with chip on back (see scan). BOOK is Stiff Board covered in Kelly green cloth with black accents; spine #8; Kent endpapers. SYNOPSIS: Considered a masterpiece of travel literature for nearly a century, The Sea and the Jungle is a wise and witty book of firsts: ostensibly a light-hearted story of a Londoner's first ocean voyage, it is also a carefully crafted journalistic account of the first successful ascent of the Amazon River and its tributary, the Madeira, by an English steamer.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE SEA AND THE JUNGLE (ML# 99.2, Spring 1940, 271 Titles on DJ)
• Publisher: New York: Modern Library Edition. Spring 1940, 271 Titles Inside DJ.
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Modern Library Edition