Description: "Mariners Renegades and Castaways: The Story of Herman Melville and the World We Live In" by C.L.R. James. First published 1953. 1978 BEWICK/ED, Detroit. Apparent first edition first printing thus (no edition or printing detail called out on copyright page). 170 pages. Trade paperback. According to the CLRJames.uk website: "The central thesis of Mariners, is that Melville was the first great critic of capitalism and totalitarianism on a world scale." Cyril Lionel Robert James, who sometimes wrote under the pen-name J. R. Johnson, was a Trinidadian historian, journalist, Trotskyist activist and Marxist writer. Rare edition. Photos are of the actual book on offer. See the photos for additional insight into content and condition of this classic of Caribbean thought in the 20th century.
Price: 75 USD
Location: Lisle, Illinois
End Time: 2024-11-23T04:53:51.000Z
Shipping Cost: 7.25 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Binding: Softcover, Wraps
Place of Publication: Detroit
Language: English
Signed: No
Author: C.L.R. James
Personalized: No
Publisher: Bewick/ED
Topic: Literature, Colonialism, US History
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Year Printed: 1978
