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IN SEARCH OF AN UNKNOWN RACE.
Edition: Reprint.
New York: David McKay, n.d. (ca 1920). Hardcover - A lost race adventure written for boys and set in the Brazilian jungle. Young Van Briscoe finds his uncle in Itambez, a remote pre-Incan city surrounded by volcanoes inhabited by a Lilliputian white race. Despite the fact that it was reprinted many times after its first publication in 1891, it remains quite hard to find - which is the only reason why we are offering this defective copy which is the title page and all of the pages preceding pg 17. 249 pp plus 8 pp of publisher's ads.
Condition: POOR condition (missing several pages) - the tan illustrated boards are in good condition. Price is based on condition.
Book ID: 83945More details Price: $20.00 -
THE FRONT PAGE MYSTERY.
Edition: Reprint.
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, n.d. (c 1931.). Hardcover - A newspaper mystery thriller for young adults. Illustrated by Manning De V Lee. 237 pp. Reprint for The Parents' Institute, Inc as a title in the 'Teen-age Mystery Classics' series, no date (only orig copyright), probably late 50's or early 60's, bound in dark blue cloth with red magnifying glass on front cover with 'Teen-age Mystery Classics' inside, red panel with title in dark blue on spine. One of a series of books published in a uniform binding.
Condition: Very good in dark blue cloth, (slight wear to the cloth covers, contents clean and tight) , no dj,
Book ID: 39691More details Price: $16.50 -
TOM-TOMS IN KOTOKRO
Edition: First printing.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1957. dj. Hardcover first edition - Story of a boy and his father who are forced to flee for their lives to Africa, but still find themselves in danger, illustrated in black & white by A. Douthwaite.
Condition: Ex-library with the usual markings, but overall tight and clean in a very good dj. (crayon scribbles on endpapers & a few other pages)
Book ID: 11784More details Price: $15.00 -
HIGH WIND IN JAMAICA in 'Life and Letters' August 1929, Vol. III, No.15.
Edition: First appearance in print of this work.
Condition: Fair condition only in red and tan wrappers (spine slant, some soiling to the covers and edges of textblock, previous owner's name on front cover.) Nevertheless, quite uncommon and interesting,
Book ID: 38614More details Price: $150.00 -
VALLEY OF THE RAVEN.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 88408More details Price: $18.00