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El Dorado
by Cromie, Robert; Victor Prout [Illustrations]
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
London: Ward, Lock & Co, 1904. First Edition. First edition. 308 pp. with illustrated plates. Bound in publisher's blue cloth, front stamped in pale green, spine stamped in gilt. Very Good+ with light rubbing to edges, pages toned with age, offsetting to endpapers. A rare Lost World adventure tale set in the Amazon. The author was born in Belfast, present-day Northern Ireland and is best known for his 1895 novel The Crack of Doom, which reputedly contains the first description of an atomic explosion.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140942424
- Title
- El Dorado
- Author
- Cromie, Robert; Victor Prout [Illustrations]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Ward, Lock & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1904
- Keywords
- Crack of Doom, Lost World, Lost Race, sci-fi, fantasy, adventure
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
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