New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1924. First edition. 8vo, 365pp. Red cloth ruled and lettered in gilt. Spine cocked, some dulling to spine, neat owner's name in pencil on ffep else nearly fine. First edition in English, translated from the original French by Moreby Acklom. A lost race adventure novel described in the American Mercury Magazine that year as "...weird, mysterious and exotic... A romance of high adventure in Indo-China which has the gripping illusion of reality."

Bleiler (1978) pg. 60. Reginald 04943.

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Bookseller: Peruse the Stacks (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 5005
Title: The Red Gods (Les Dieux Rouges)
Author: d'Esme, Jean (Jean Marie Henri d'Esmenard)
Format/Binding: 8vo, 365pp. Red cloth ruled and lettered in gilt. Spine cocked, some dulling to spine, neat owner's name in pencil on ffep else
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First edition
Publisher: E. P. Dutton & Company
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1924

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