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William Le Queux. Two Novels, including:... (Total: 2 Items)
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William Le Queux. Two Novels, including: The Great God Gold. Boston: Richard G. Badger, The Gorham Press, 1910. Octavo. viii, 301 pages. Publisher's black boards blind-stamped in single rule on the front cover and with the publisher's mark on the back cover. The front cover is lettered in gilt and the spine is lettered in green. Some bumping to the corners, some rubbing to the covers, a few notations on the endpapers. Altogether a very good copy. British author William Tuffnell Le Queux (1864 - 1927) was a master of the thriller and espionage genres, a mastery which he displays in this work, also known as Treasure of Israel. [and:] The Eye of Istar: A Romance of The Land of the No Return. With illustrations by Alfred Pearse. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company Publishers, [1897]. Octavo. 382 pages. Six illustrated plates plus the frontispiece. Publisher's green and tan weave textured boards with an intricate vine like illustration in tan, black, and silver on the front cover and spine. The front cover and spine are lettered in black and silver. Previous owner's book plate on the front pastedown endpaper. Some bumping to the corners, slightly darkened spine, rear hinge beginning to crack but still sound. Altogether a very good copy.Auction Info
2008 June Grand Format Books & Manuscripts Auction #683 (go to Auction Home page)
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June, 2008
4th-5th
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