Penguin Island
New York: Blur Ribbon Books, c. 1930. This is a Blue Ribbon reprint circa 1930. Measuring approximately 8.25" x 5.75" with 344 numbered pages.
This book is in very good condition. Minor bumping to both ends of spine. Moderate staining on both boards. Previous owner's name and date on front endpaper. Dust jacket is in good minus condition. Heavy chipping and paper loss to head of spine. Minor chipping to tail end of spine. Minor chipping to edges of dust jacket.
Penguin Island is written in the style of a sprawling 18th- and 19th-century history book, concerned with grand metanarratives, mythologizing heroes, hagiography and romantic nationalism. It is about a fictitious island, inhabited by great auks, that existed off the northern coast of Europe.
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Inventory #(N4-96). Item #4182
Price: $75.00