An Introduction to Islandia

Overview:

  • Title: An Introduction to Islandia
  • Author: Austin Tappan Wright, Basil Davenport
  • Year: 1942
  • Publisher: Farrar & Rinehart
  • Price: $1.00
  • Pages: 61
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Chapter Book
  • Title Reference: An Introduction to Islandia
  • Notes:
    • Presents Wright's fictional background material for his novel Islandia, as summarized (and potentially abridged) by Davenport.
    • The full title is An Introduction to Islandia: Its History, Customs, Laws, Language, and Geography, as Prepared by Basil Davenport from Islandia: History and Description, by Jean Perrier, First French Consul to Islandia; And Translated by John Lang, First American Consul.
    • This entry is for the initial printing.
    • Price from a review in Super Science Stories (November 1942).
    • Interior art credit per AbeBooks.
    • Data from OCLC, SFE3, AbeBooks and a review.
    • Per AbeBooks listing, this book has no title page & information usually on title page on the cover.