A virtually complete collection of fine First Editions of the works by Nordhoff and Hall

Book Description

Boston, New York and elsewhere: Various publishers, 1916-1966. First editions and limited editions. Generally in fine condition/most in publisher's dust jackets. Various sizes. most bound in cloth Nordhoff and Hall Ð their names breathe of the South Seas in fiction and in fact. Charles Bernard Nordhoff (1887-1947) was born in England of American parents, raised in southern California, and educated at Stanford and Harvard Universities. He drove an ambulance in France in 1916 and later joined the Escadrille Lafayette, an event which led to meeting fellow aviator James Norman Hall. Disenchanted with the postwar world, in 1920 the two writers moved to the tropical island of Tahiti. There they remained residents for many years.The most famous of their collaborations was a trilogy based on factual records: Mutiny on the Bounty (1932), Men Against the Sea (1934) and Pitcairn's Island (1934). The co authors also wrote The Lafayette Flying Corps (1920), Faery Lands of the South Seas (1921), Falcons of France (1929), The Hurricane (1936), The Dark River (1938), Botany Bay (1941), Men Without Country (1942) and High Barbaree (1945). According to the Dictionary of American Biography, "it was Nordhoff who provided the narrative pace and the action-reaction pattern of character on character, and it was Hall who caught the exact descriptive detail and whose deep philosophic introspection gave moments of pause and reflection".Also contained in the collection is a prophetic letter dated Deember 24th, 1919, Colfax, Iowa, to Mr. James B. Pond, signed "James N. Hall". Octavo, 19 lines. Hall writes Pond to thank him "for insisting that I see it through" referring to the lecture tour Hall had just completed, which Pond had arranged for him. He goes on "My friend Nordhoff and I are starting for Tahiti, in the Society Islands, early in January. We expect to be gone for at least a year, and mean to have all sorts of wierd [sic] adventures before we return".This collection is especially notable for the generally excellent condition of the books, including a number of inscribed or signed copies, most in their rare dust jackets.A complete check list of the 57 titles contained in the collection is available upon request. For sale as a collection .

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