{"product_id":"louis-becke-by-reef-and-palm-t-fisher-unwin-1894","title":"By Reef and Palm","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLondon: T. Fisher Unwin, 1894.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFirst Edition, first printing, of author's first book. Introduction by the Earl of Pembroke. Slim 8vo. pp 220 + [4] advertisement leaves. Original buff cloth, rather browned, spine heavily browned and splitting in places at joins. Very elaborate decorative initial caps at beginning of each chapter. Scattered foxing throughout, quite heavy in a few places. Signature of author in facsimile to head of the titlepage. An about good copy of short stories set in the islands of the South Pacific. Scarce in the first edition first state. Becke at one time was hailed as \"the Rudyard Kipling of the Pacific\" and compared with Melville and Robert Louis Stevensen. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BECKE, Louis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55066647396695,"sku":"21660","price":175.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0888\/6753\/7239\/files\/21660_1.png?v=1789735716","url":"https:\/\/worldsendbookshop.com\/products\/louis-becke-by-reef-and-palm-t-fisher-unwin-1894","provider":"Worlds End Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}