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ASTYANAX: AN EPIC ROMANCE OF ILION, ATLANTIS & AMARACA
by Brown, Joseph
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Chamblee, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
US: Broadway Publishing Co, 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Hudson, William Lincoln. First Edition, bound in the original dark red cloth with gilt particulars and decoration to spine and title debossed to front cover. Referred to as a "lost race novel," this fantastical 1907 text explores the journey of an ancient Trojan who journeys to ancient Mexico. Pages are clean and unmarked. Contains four folding maps. Black-and-white illustrations throughout by William Lincoln Hudson. Boards are clean, with light wear to extremeties. Text block is clean. Binding is tight and square.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Atlanta Vintage Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55291
- Title
- ASTYANAX: AN EPIC ROMANCE OF ILION, ATLANTIS & AMARACA
- Author
- Brown, Joseph
- Illustrator
- Hudson, William Lincoln
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Broadway Publishing Co
- Place of Publication
- US
- Date Published
- 1907
- Keywords
- Literature
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Atlanta Vintage Books
Biblio member since 2007
Chamblee, Georgia
About Atlanta Vintage Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....