$25 · Illusion in Java, by Gene Fowler (1st printing, HC 1939)

*PRICE REDUCED* **Browse our huge selection of vintage items and collectibles! Click "View seller's list" in the user profile section of this ad. Click "Next" at the bottom right of the last ad to flip to the next page.** ----------- Price firm Excellent condition 1st edition (1st printing) New York Random House 1939 Hardcover 8 1/4" x 5 5/8" * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To see our entire selection of vintage and antique books, go to: www.usedvictoria.com/classifieds/all?description=1A0B4C9D3E8F2G7 To see our other books of this category, go to: www.usedvictoria.com/classifieds/all?description=1A0B4C9D3E8F2G7+NOVEL * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Novel set in Java that interlaces the folklore of the Javanese people with the story of the young protagonist. An ultra-rarified book, and quite a departure for Gene Fowler, this story of a Javanese music-maker, Ajoks, and his semi-legendary experiences, told in the symbolistic, metaphorical idiom of the people. Ajoks leaves his native tribe and the girl he loves to gather fortune in a nearby kingdom when he takes his magic bull there to cure the ailing emperor, ups and downs en route, his flogging and then near-seduction by the emperor's wife when he reaches the palace. Then when homeward bound he gets fame and fortune playing his bonan for the Regent of a nearby tribe, only to throw it aside for the simpler things of the world. ----- . . . ----- 1A0B4C9D3E8F2G7 dsc00353 books adventure