A Goddess of Africa: A Story of the Golden Fleece
by RATHBORNE St. George
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- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Charlottesville , Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Street & Smith, 1899. . 12mo, white wrappers; front printed in red and black; back in black. Price 25¢ rubber-stamped on front cover Originally published in 1897 this is No. 101 in the Eagle Library Series.Rathborne was a dime novelist, and an author of boys' books. He used many pseudonyms. The present work is set in South Africa and deals with the Boer War. First edition. Later issue with cancel title leaf tipped in on stub with 1897 copyright notice of F. Tennyson Neely on verso. 267 pp. Lost race novel (in Blyer). An ancient race of Caucasian origin in a mysterious city in an unexplored region south of Algiers, in a waterless region known as the "Sands of Death".
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- Bookseller
- Franklin Gilliam :: Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2528
- Title
- A Goddess of Africa: A Story of the Golden Fleece
- Author
- RATHBORNE St. George
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- New York: Street & Smith, 1899.
- Pages
- [xviii] and 267 +advertisements on [3]
- Keywords
- JUVENILE FICTION
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About the Seller
Franklin Gilliam :: Rare Books
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Charlottesville , Virginia
About Franklin Gilliam :: Rare Books
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Shipping, handling and insurance are charged at $7.50 for the first volume; $2.00 for each additional volume.
Mastercard or Visa, or by check in U.S. funds. Virginia residents please
add 5.3% sales tax.
New customers unknown to us, please send check with order. Libraries will be billed in any manner suited to their budgetary requirements.
Shipping, handling and insurance are charged at $7.50 for the first volume; $2.00 for each additional volume.
Glossary
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...