YERMAH THE DORADO by Colburn, Frona Eunice Wait - 1/1/1913

New York: Alice Harriman, ( 1913 ). Revised edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo, green cloth, 433 pages The action takes place 9000 years before Christ, at the later site of San Francisco, California. The new Foreword explains how the notes, manuscripts and plates were all destroyed in the earthquake and fires at San Francisco in 1906, and the revisions reflect the use of aeroplanes and wireless telegraphy. [ See Bleiler ]

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2007-09-12. Paperback. Good.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2007-09-12. Paperback. Used:Good.

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Alice Harriman Company, 1913. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Revised. Dust jacket is torn and tape repaired, now in glassine protector. Contents tight with mild age toning, 433pp..

Kessinger Publishing, LLC. paperback. New. 5x0x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

Signed by the author with an inscription to first free page: "For Mr. Lynd Hassain. With the compliments and best wishes of the author. Frona Eunice Wait Colburn, San Francisco, California. March 1, 1923." Green cloth boards with debossed black stamping and gilt particulars to front board and spine. Tan dust jacket with green text protected in mylar. This work of fiction, which is argued to be an example of early science-fiction, follows an Atlantean character living 11,000 years before what is now San Francisco to tell the "real" story of El Dorado. Originally published in 1897, the author slightly revised the content to reflect their experience of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake although did not change the description or the incidents published prior to this edition. No previous owners' names or other markings. Pages bright and clean. Toning from tape placed inside the dust jacket to repair 2 closed tears; small losses to dust jacket; light wear to boards and jacket (see images). 5 1/2 x 8 inches.… Read More

Kessinger Publishing, LLC. paperback. New. 6x1x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

New York: The Alice Harriman Comapny . A clean hardcover in good condition; former owner's name and address (dated 1925) on paste down, mild shelf wear and rubbing, foxing at end papers. Good minus DJ in mylar cover; closed tears at hinge flaps and spine; age-toned rubbing and shelf wear. SIGNED by Colburn. . Good. Hardcover. 1913.