Published 11 years after the author's death, this classic of utopian fiction tells the story of American consul John Lang. He visits the isolated and alien country of Islandia and is soon seduced by the ways of a compelling and fascinating world.
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Published 11 years after the author's death, this classic of utopian fiction tells the story of American consul John Lang. He visits the isolated and alien country of Islandia and is soon seduced by the ways of a compelling and fascinating world.
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Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less (usually same day). Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks, rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Stated Third Printing. Beige linen cloth, large octavo. 1013 pages. Cover has staining along spine fold and some light soiling. Textblock square, binding solid. Previous owner's name and date [1942] on half title page, text clean and bright with some light toning to illustrated endpapers. In complete dust jacket with original $3.00 price on inside flap. Jacket has some edgewear, small abraision to top left corner and rear panel is stained. [see my photo]. Jacket is in a mylar protector. Shipped in box.
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Good. Size: 7x1x5; 1975 Plume paperback-minor wear to cover owner's name inside front cover-tanning and minor staining to closed page edge-otherwise binding strong contents clean-enjoy.
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Very Good in Good dust jacket. The classic Utopian novel. The author's first and only book. First printing thus. Previous owner's book-plate on front paste-down, else very good in a good (long closed tear at the base of the front spine edge, age toning) dust jacket.; 1013 pages.
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Very Good. Size: 0x0x0; 1958 Rinehart hard cover-1st edition THUS 1st printing-no dust jacket-front end paper loose-minor staining to cover and closed page edge-otherwise binding strong contents clean-enjoy.
This book is *such* a classic. I enjoyed it very much. It's a utopian fantasy about an unknown island in the south seas, whose people have very different social values, working to keep their mostly agrarian ways in the face of an alien religion (Catholicism) and alien cultures (U.S. and Germany).
There are other well done stories in the same culture by Mark Saxton, who edited Islandia itself.
