THE ROMANCE OF THE TEN THOUSAND ISLANDS (A FLORIDA STORY)
by A. E. Philips (Edwin Alberton)
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
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About This Item
N Y, N Y And Baltimore: Broadway Publishing Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket. [1909]. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 311, [4] pages; Bound in red cloth with black lettering and embossed decorative designs, a scarce adventure novel by Edwin Alberton. This work features José Gaspar, known by his nickname Gasparilla (supposedly lived c. 1756 1821) , was a purported Spanish pirate, the "last of the Buccaneers," who is claimed to have raided the west coast of Florida during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The volume shows light external age/wear, and is solidly bound with clean pages. The book measures approximately 5 1/2" x 7 3/4" and contains 311 pages plus 3 pages of publisher's advertisements. Author may have been A E Phillips, a druggist and bookseller. .
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- poor mans books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29979
- Title
- THE ROMANCE OF THE TEN THOUSAND ISLANDS (A FLORIDA STORY)
- Author
- A. E. Philips (Edwin Alberton)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Broadway Publishing Co.
- Place of Publication
- N Y, N Y And Baltimore
- Date Published
- [1909]
- Bookseller catalogs
- FLORIDA;
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