The Lost City Or The Boy Explorers in Central Asia
by Ker, David
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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North Providence, Rhode Island, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers 1884. Hardcover. First edition. Bleiler [1978 Checklist, page 113 but citing an 1885 Harper edition as the first]. Gray pictorial cloth with gold gilt lettering/partial background, 173 pages plus 8 pages of ads at the rear. A uncommon lost race novel apparently not cited in Locke, Reginald or Tuck, and with the wrong edition cited in Bleiler. Rear hinge cracked, frontispiece and two other [out of a total of eleven illustrations] missing, See photos. clphE
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- Bookseller
- biblioboy (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 868385
- Title
- The Lost City Or The Boy Explorers in Central Asia
- Author
- Ker, David
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1884
- Pages
- 173
- Size
- 12mo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- LOST, RACE, ADVENTURE, FICTION, BOYS', JUVENILE, FICTION, CENTRAL, ASIA
- Bookseller catalogs
- FICTION / Action & Adventure; Fiction / Lost Race;
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
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- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.