THE PROBLEM OF ATLANTIS.
by Spence, Lewis
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Deerfield, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Brentano's, n.d.. second edition. hardcover. Very good. Tall octavo, (approx. 5 7/8" wide by 8 7/8" tall) dark blue cloth covers with gilt titles xv [1] 232 pages. With sixteen full=page black and white plates. Offset browning on front endpapers, and former owner book plate on front paste-down endpaper. "The purpose to this book is not so much to demonstrate the former existence of an Atlantean continent as to place the study of the whole problem on a more accurate basis than has yet been attempted in recent times." -- from the preface to the first edition. This copy also has a preface to the second edition. No dust jacket. 092715C Occult, Myth, Imaginary Places, Lost Continents
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- Bookseller
- Alkahest Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000019674
- Title
- THE PROBLEM OF ATLANTIS.
- Author
- Spence, Lewis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- second edition
- Publisher
- Brentano's
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- n.d.
- Keywords
- Occult, Myth, Imaginary Places, Lost Continents
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Alkahest Books
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Deerfield, Illinois
About Alkahest Books
Alkahest Books was established in1984. We started as an open shop on Central St. in Evanston, IL, and sold books there until 2002 and later were part of Chicago Rare Book Center which closed in 2017. We are members of the Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association, and IOBA and sell both online and at book fairs. International customers should ask for a shipping quote before ordering as the rates given are only for smaller books.
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- First Edition
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- Octavo
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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