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Thistleton, Francis (William Henry Fleet).. Prospectus for How I Came To Be Governor of the Island of Cacona.. Arion Press., 1989.

Price: US$25.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 8vo. 8 pp., illus. Very good in stapled paper wraps. This is an advertisement for a book, not the book itself.

Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.

Thistleton, Francis; Pseud. of William Henry Fleet. How I Came to be Governor of the Island of Cacona. The Arion Press, San Francisco, 1989.

Price: US$80.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: A few minor marks to covers. Light rubbing to boards.

Seller: RZabasBooks, Toronto, ON, Canada

Thistleton, the Hon. Francis (William Henry Fleet). How I Came to Be Governor of the Island of Cacona. Arion, 1989.

Price: US$124.95 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: No DJ. Limited to 325 copies. Unread. No markings in book. Binding is tight.

Seller: Orca Knowledge Systems, Inc., Novato, CA, U.S.A.

THISTLETON, Francis, The Hon. [William Henry Fleet]. How I Came to Be Governor of the Island of Cacona. Arion Press, San Francisco, 1989.

Price: US$125.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Introduction by Robertson Davies. Illustrated with small yellow-tinted vignettes. xiii + 204 pages. Small 8vo, green cloth-backed brown boards. San Francisco: Arion Press, 1989. A fine copy. One of only 325 copies.

Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Thistleton, Francis (pseud. of William Henry Fleet). How I Came to Be Governor of the Island of Cacona. Arion Press, San Francisco, 1989.

Price: US$125.00 + shipping

Description: One of 325; reprint of the scarce 1852 edition. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Humour. Inventory No: 044478.

Seller: Pazzo Books, Boston, MA, U.S.A.

(Arion Press) Thistleton, Francis [William Henry Fleet]. How I Came to Be Governor of the Island of Cacona.Introduction by Robertson Davies. Arion Press, San Francisco, 1989.

Price: US$125.00 + shipping

Description: Limited edition, one of 325 copies. xiii, [i], 204, [1] pp. 19-century Canadian political satire re-issued by the Arion Press. Green cloth with printed spine label over tan boards printed with map of Cacona

Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.

Thistleton, the Hon. Francis (William Henry Fleet). How I Came to Be Governor of the Island of Cacona. Arion Press, San Francisco, 1989.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: xiii, 204 pp. No jacket, as issued. One of 350 copies printed. Introduction by Robertson Davies. A thinly-veiled satire of Canadian politics in the mid-nineteenth century. A reissue of the original 1852 edition.

Seller: Persephone's Books, Gastonia, NC, U.S.A.