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Classics Illustrated "Pitcairn's Island" Cover

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Classics Illustrated  Pitcairn's Island  Cover
<B>Mort Kunstler - Classics Illustrated #109 "Pitcairn's Island" Painted Cover Original Art (Gilberton, 1953).</B></I> The slam-bang action of Charles Nordoff and James Norman Hall's naval adventure novel is captured in this hard-hitting cover scene. Nordhoff and Hall served together as U.S. Air Service pilots in World War I and had a highly successful literary partnership that lasted nearly three decades. They produced several bestsellers and are best known for their high-seas adventure, dubbed the "Bounty trilogy." <B>Pitcairn's Island </B></I>lays out a tale of drunkenness, betrayal, murder, and vengeance and it features the fate of Fletcher Christian, the mutineers, and a handful of Tahitians, who take refuge on a remote island in the Pacific. This art has an image area of 13" x 17", and the piece is in Excellent condition. <BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)