Count Luckner, the Sea Devil
Garden City Publishing Company, 1927. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Thomas, Lowell. Garden City Publishing Company, Garden City, New York, 1927. First edition. Very good. No dust jacket. Octavo. An exciting biography detailing the life of Count Felix von Luckner, a German naval officer famous for his command of the commerce raider SMS Seeadler during World War I. This is the fourth book from the author, a writer and filmmaker who would go on to publish over 50 books. Blue cloth binding. Signs of wear along back edge of spine. Fraying on top and bottom of spine. Missing half of gilt lettering of title and publisher info on spine. Top edge of text block colored yellow. Artificial deckled fore-edge and bottom edge. Bumped and frayed corners. Map of Luckner’s journeys on front and back endpapers. Photograph of Count Luckner on frontispiece. 7 pages featuring 21 photos throughout text block pages. 308 pp. with publisher excerpt from the authors “Raider of the Deep.”. Very Good / No Jacket. Item #14370
Price: $40.00