Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Red Arrow - Pirate's Purchase

The twelfth book published by Red Arrow Books is Pirate's Purchase by Ben Ames Williams, first published New York: E. P. Dutton, 1931.

Pirate's Purchase is 288 pages long and is 111 mm (4 3/8") wide by 179 mm (7 1/16") tall, the same size as the early Penguins. The page collation is:

[1] half-title,
[2] BY THE SAME AUTHOR [list of 14 books],
[3] title page,
[4] copyright page,
[5] about Red Arrow Books,
[6] blank,
7-281 Pirate's Purchase,
[282-288] blank.

The copyright date is 1931.

There are three variant covers: one text, an illustrated one and a "Book Club" edition. The first two are below. 



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