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CABBAGES AND KINGS.
by HENRY, O
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About This Item
New York: New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1904., 1904. First edition. First edition. Author's first book. 8vo. Light evidence of bookplate removal from front pastedown sheet, else near fine in unfaded pictorial binding. The author, who was under indictment for bank embezzlement in 1896, fled to Honduras, where he was later jailed, and drew on his experiences there to compose the stories in CABBAGES AND KINGS. "In Coralio - a sultry coastal town in the volatile banana republic of Anchuria - a disparate cast of vagabonds, hucksters, mercenaries, merchants and consuls is busy plotting, scamming, drinking, loving or trying to forget the past. Each has his own tale to tell and his own particular reason for washing up on these tropical shores - and all have a part to play as this masterpiece of twisting narrative begins to unfold...."
Synopsis
They will tell you in Anchuria, that President Miraflores, of that volatile republic, died by his own hand in the coast town of Coralio; that he had reached thus far in flight from the inconveniences of an imminent revolution; and that one hundred thousand dollars, government funds, which he carried with him in an American leather valise as a souvenir of his tempestuous administration, was never afterward recovered.
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- Bookseller
- BUCKINGHAM BOOKS
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25342
- Title
- CABBAGES AND KINGS.
- Author
- HENRY, O
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1904.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1904
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