CURSED BE THE TREASURE.
by DRAKE, H.B
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
New York: A.L. Burt Company., 1928 [i.e., slightly later]. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good in Dust Jacket. Early reprint, perhaps the first, of the 1st edition issued by the Macy-Masius Company of New York in 1928. Octavo, original red cloth titled and ruled in gilt on spine and front panel. 310 pp + [2] pp ads at rear. Ink name on front endpaper, dated 1936. Very slight fraying to cloth at head of spine, a very good, bright copy in the original colour pictorial dust jacket which has a small scuff on the spine and a bit of light staining to the rear panel. A nice copy.
¶ The discovery of an ancient manuscript leads the search for buried treasure which holds a horrible curse.
¶ The discovery of an ancient manuscript leads the search for buried treasure which holds a horrible curse.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Thompson Rare Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 310599
- Title
- CURSED BE THE TREASURE.
- Author
- DRAKE, H.B
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- A.L. Burt Company.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1928 [i.e., slightly later]
- Bookseller catalogs
- Historical Fiction;
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About the Seller
Thompson Rare Books
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Hornby Island, British Columbia
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...