Forester ,C.S. — The African Queen

Michael Joseph This is a Very Good + Copy of this Book in blue cloth with silver title lettering to spine in a Good and well preserved Dust-Jacket,with a few small closed tears to edges and with one 1.5'' closed tear along the tail of spine.Not price clipped (7/6 net) showing to the front flap.Binding is firm with NO hinge weakness and the contents remain clean internally.The novel is set In WWI East Africa, a gin-swilling Canadian riverboat captain is persuaded by a strait-laced English missionary to undertake a trip up a treacherous river and use his boat to attack a German gunship.It was made into an award winning film starring Humphrey Bogart and Katherine Hepburn.Uncommon early reprint,small 8vo 184pp [1946] Very Good+ Good Reprint London 8vo