Antique (1912) Hell's Playground by Ida Vera Simonton.
First Edition. Novel. Historically notable as the direct basis for Leon Gordon’s famous 1923 stage play White Cargo, which was later adapted into the 1942 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film White Cargo starring Hedy Lamarr and Walter Pidgeon. Antique first-edition printins of this book are highly collectible. Publisher : Moffat, Yard & Co. First Edition Printing. Hells Playground. Ida Vera Simonton. 1912 First Edition.
Antique novel in good condition. Binding Is Tight. Pages Are Clean. Gilt lettering to cover and spine. Distress + discoloration to cover, notably bottom of spine. Written after Simonton’s own travels to West Africa, the book serves as a scathing expose that deplores European colonialism and missionary work for its corrupting and demoralizing effects on both the indigenous population and the colonizers themselves.
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Antique (1912) Hell's Playground by Ida Vera Simonton.
First Edition. Novel. Historically notable as the direct basis for Leon Gordon’s famous 1923 stage play White Cargo, which was later adapted into the 1942 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film White Cargo starring Hedy Lamarr and Walter Pidgeon. Antique first-edition printins of this book are highly collectible. Publisher : Moffat, Yard & Co. First Edition Printing. Hells Playground. Ida Vera Simonton. 1912 First Edition.
Antique novel in good condition. Binding Is Tight. Pages Are Clean. Gilt lettering to cover and spine. Distress + discoloration to cover, notably bottom of spine. Written after Simonton’s own travels to West Africa, the book serves as a scathing expose that deplores European colonialism and missionary work for its corrupting and demoralizing effects on both the indigenous population and the colonizers themselves.
Price Includes Shipping.
