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Gardner, Maurice B : Bantan's Island Peril

Meador Publishing Company, Boston, MA, 1959

First Edition. Signed by Maurice B. Gardner and inscribed by him to Donald A. Wollheim in blue pen on front free endpaper: "To Donald A. Wollheim, Best wishes, Maurice B. Gardner." Original publisher's maroon cloth binding in a multicolored paper dust jacket. Black lettering on white dust jacket spine. Front panel has red lettering and shows a black and yellow illustration of Bantan rescuing an unconscious woman underwater. Dust jacket protected in a paper-backed Mylar sleeve. 5 3/4" x 8." 332 pages, complete. Six full-page black-and-white illustrations by Jim Cawthorn, complete. List of Illustrations in front. Pages are virtually pristine and intact except for light age toning. Covers are very clean and intact except for slight wear to extremities. Binding is tight. Dust jacket is very clean and intact but has light age toning, slight wear to extremities, and a few smudges and small marks. Dust jacket not price-clipped. No remainder marks. Seemingly unread copy. A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket. The fifth installment of the thirteen-book Bantan series. Maurice B. Gardner (1905-1977) was an American author and diesel machinist and inspector for the Maine Central Railroad. He is perhaps best-known for his Bantan series of novels which were highly inspired by Edgar Rice Burroughs's Tarzan. Bantan is a warrior-like protagonist who has many adventures and faces numerous perils on hidden islands in the South Pacific. In this novel, Bantan encounters the villainous Amar, the son of an Amo Island chief; does battle with a wild boar, sharks, and a giant clam; and faces a violent tropical storm. Two island women, Nao and Princess Lori, also fall in love with Bantan. Notably the first Bantan novel to be illustrated.. Illustr.: Cawthorn, Jim. Book. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Fine

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