THE AZTEC TREASURE-HOUSE
by Janvier, Thomas (novel); Remington, Frederic (illustrations)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Stephenson, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1898. Attractive copy of this lost race adventure novel about the discovery of an Aztec remnant in Mexico. Locke (A Spectrum of Fantasy, Vol.1), p.122; Bleiler (1978 ed.), p.109. Early printing. Octavo (19cm); red vertically-ribbed cloth, with titling and decorative elements stamped in gilt and dark brown on spine and front cover; top edge gilt; xiii,14-446,[2]pp; with frontispiece and 18 plates illustrated plates by Frederic Remington. Some trivial wear to spine ends, small, faint stain to rear cover, else a fresh, Near Fine copy. Provenance: From the collection of Spectrum of Fantasy author George Locke.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Captain Ahab's Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4082
- Title
- THE AZTEC TREASURE-HOUSE
- Author
- Janvier, Thomas (novel); Remington, Frederic (illustrations)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers, Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1898
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About the Seller
Captain Ahab's Rare Books
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Stephenson, Virginia
About Captain Ahab's Rare Books
Founded in 2010, Captain Ahab's Rare Books specializes in first editions of literature, genre fiction, film-related books and ephemera, zines, manuscript and archival material.
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- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Fine
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- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...