The Torguts

Book Description

New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1939. First Edition. From the library of actor, Tyrone Power, with his bookplate. Stamp of Birnam Wood Golf Club on the front free pastedown. Very good lightly used copy with some minor edge wear, darkening to the cloth at the spine and some slight spotting without dust jacket. An adventure novel about the Mongolian descendants of Ghengis Khan, with an appendix, a complete list of characters and a key to pronunciation, a glossary, historical notes, and a bibliography. Tyrone Power (1914 - 1958) was a handsome leading man and starred in many classic films, including Blood and Sand, The Razor’s Edge, The Long Gray Line, The Sun Also Rises, Witness for the Prosecution, and received great acclaim for his role as a down and out con man in Nightmare Alley (1947).

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