Count Luckner The Sea Devil Signed by Count Luckner Mounted Autograph WWI
$250.00
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Count Luckner, the Sea Devil by Lowell Thomas. Published by Garden City Publishing Company, Inc., Garden City, New York. “A Star Book” edition, bearing the 1927 copyright of Doubleday, Page & Company.
Features a separate paper slip bearing the signature “Count Luckner,” mounted beneath the publication details on the title page. The signature is on the affixed slip rather than directly on the book’s page.
Lowell Thomas’s biography of Felix von Luckner follows his seafaring adventures and his command of the German sailing commerce raider Seeadler during World War I. Subjects include blockade running, the capture of merchant ships, and voyages through the Atlantic and Pacific.
Illustrated with black-and-white photographs and featuring map endpapers tracing the Seeadler’s voyage. Blue cloth hardcover with gilt spine lettering and rough-cut fore-edges. No dust jacket.
Condition: Good overall with pronounced spine fading and discoloration, scattered pale spotting and rubbing to the boards, and wear at the corners and spine ends. Page edges are browned, and the interior shows age toning, particularly at the endpapers and margins. The mounted signature slip is toned, with a clipped upper corner. Please review the photographs for condition and signature details.
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Count Luckner The Sea Devil Signed by Count Luckner Mounted Autograph WWI
$250.00
Features a separate paper slip bearing the signature “Count Luckner,” mounted beneath the publication details on the title page. The signature is on the affixed slip rather than directly on the book’s page.
Lowell Thomas’s biography of Felix von Luckner follows his seafaring adventures and his command of the German sailing commerce raider Seeadler during World War I. Subjects include blockade running, the capture of merchant ships, and voyages through the Atlantic and Pacific.
Illustrated with black-and-white photographs and featuring map endpapers tracing the Seeadler’s voyage. Blue cloth hardcover with gilt spine lettering and rough-cut fore-edges. No dust jacket.
Condition: Good overall with pronounced spine fading and discoloration, scattered pale spotting and rubbing to the boards, and wear at the corners and spine ends. Page edges are browned, and the interior shows age toning, particularly at the endpapers and margins. The mounted signature slip is toned, with a clipped upper corner. Please review the photographs for condition and signature details.
V4