Faraway by J. B. Priestley 1932

Faraway
J. B. Priestley
Harper and Brothers, 1932
Tenth Printing
Copyright 1932
450 pages

The front hinge is weakening, the pages are clean but tanned and there is a name and date 1934 written on the front end paper. The cover is scuffed, faded and edge worn. Acceptable. Hardcover.

When William Dursley finds his long lost and ailing Uncle Baldwin on his doorstep one wintry night, his life is changed forever. His uncle reveals an incredible story of a distant island in the South Pacific, filled with a precious uranium ore, worth millions of pounds.

Initially skeptical, William is soon fired by his uncle's enthusiasm. But nothing prepares him for his uncle's sudden death---or for his own reckless decision to set off on a hazardous voyage in search of this uncharted, mythical paradise.  (#0000288)