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The Tattooed Man
A first edition of Pease's first book. Strange adventures befall Tod Moran, mess boy of the tramp steamer "Araby," upon his first voyage from San Francisco to Genoa, via the Panama Canal. He is searching for his older brother, who disappeared on a voyage. The Tattooed Man is (sometimes Captain) Jarvis, who appears to be an unreliable roughneck; a vividly realistic portrayal of life aboard tramp freighters in the inter-war years. Includes an interesting treatment of drug addiction in the days when it was perhaps less common. Note: This book has been sold.
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$60.00
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The Tattooed Man
Mahlon Blaine
Good: solid and straight, unmarked, corners lightly bumped, rubbed along spine edges, one quarter-inch tear in cloth near spine bottom; leaves close to front and rear show foxing specks.
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994579