New York: Worthington Co, 1888. Hardcover. 12mo. Red cloth, heavily decorated in black and gilt. 324pp. Very good. Front flyleaf an appropriate vintage replacement and delicate front inner hinge neatly, archivally strengthened; text block lightly age toned as usual; "Printed Matter" inkstamped on bottom page edges. Tight, handsome, elaborately embossed "Franklin Edition" of this 1885 potboiler by U.S. Grant's military secretary (1831-95). Just a reprint edition, but attractive and seldom seen.

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Bookseller: Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 23947
Title: Conspiracy: A Cuban Romance
Author: BADEAU, Adam
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Worthington Co
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1888
Bookseller catalogs: Books; American Literature;

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Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Reprint: Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
Hinge: The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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...
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Text Block: Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....