Buy this book on-line Gardner, Maurice B : Bantan of the IslandsMeador Publishing Company, Boston, MA, 1936
New Revised Edition. Original publisher's blue cloth binding in a white paper dust jacket. Gilt lettering on front cover and book spine. Black lettering on dust jacket spine. Illustration on front panel shows Bantan carrying an unconscious women in the foreground and an ocean in the background. Dust jacket protected in a paper-backed Mylar sleeve. 5 3/4" x 8." 395 pages, complete. 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 small marks. Dust jacket not price-clipped. No remainder marks. Seemingly unread copy. A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket. The first 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.. Book. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Fine Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Gardner, Maurice B : Bantan of the Islands. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including first editions, atlases, fine bindings, livres rares and out of print books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |