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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Farrar Straus & Giroux
Publication date
September 1, 1980
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780374250867
ISBN-10
0374250863
Availability§
Out of Print
Published in
Great Britain
Original list price
$14.95
§As reported by publisher
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Edmund Talbot recounts his voyage from England to the Antipodes, and the humiliating confrontation between the stern Captain Anderson and the nervous parson, James Colley, which leads to the latter's death
Amazon.com description: Product Description: In the cabin of an ancient, stinking warship bound for Australia, a man writes a journal to entertain his godfather back in England. With wit and disdain he records mounting tensions on board, as an obsequious clergyman attracts the animosity of the tyrannical captain and surly crew.
Editions
Hardcover
Large print edition from G K Hall & Co (June 1, 1988)
9780745171401 | details & prices | List price $21.95
About: Now reissued with a new jacket the first volume of Golding's sea trilogy, which follows the trials and fortunes of a warship captain bound for Australia.
About: Now reissued with a new jacket the first volume of Golding's sea trilogy, which follows the trials and fortunes of a warship captain bound for Australia.
The price comparison is for this edition
from Farrar Straus & Giroux (September 1, 1980)
9780374250867 | details & prices | List price $14.95
About: Edmund Talbot recounts his voyage from England to the Antipodes, and the humiliating confrontation between the stern Captain Anderson and the nervous parson, James Colley, which leads to the latter's death
About: Edmund Talbot recounts his voyage from England to the Antipodes, and the humiliating confrontation between the stern Captain Anderson and the nervous parson, James Colley, which leads to the latter's death
Paperback
from White Pine Pr (September 1, 1990)
9781877727122 | details & prices | 5.50 × 8.50 × 1.00 in. | 0.90 lbs | List price $10.00
from Berkley Pub Group (April 1, 1982)
9780867210613 | details & prices | List price $2.95
About: Edmund Talbot recounts his voyage from England to the Antipodes, and the humiliating confrontation between the stern Captain Anderson and the nervous parson, James Colley, which leads to the latter's death
About: Edmund Talbot recounts his voyage from England to the Antipodes, and the humiliating confrontation between the stern Captain Anderson and the nervous parson, James Colley, which leads to the latter's death
from Farrar Straus & Giroux (December 1, 1980)
9780374526405 | details & prices | 5.50 × 8.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.90 lbs | List price $20.00
Cassette/Spoken Word
With Alex McCowen (other contributor) |
Abridged edition from Penguin/Highbridge (January 1, 2005)
9780140863956 | details & prices | List price $16.95
Unabridged edition from Isis Audio (June 1, 1990)
9781850897002 | details & prices | 6.75 × 9.00 × 1.25 in. | 1.00 lbs | List price $69.95
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