By the Gods Beloved
by Orczy, Baroness [Emmuska / Emma Magdalena Rosalia Maria Josefa Barbara]
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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North Providence, Rhode Island, United States
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About This Item
London: Greening & Co Ltd. 1905. Hardcover. First edition [and relatively scarce thus]. Locke [A Spectrum of Fantasy page 170 "Lost race of ancient Egyptian origin discovered in Africa"]. Bleiler [1978 Checklist page 151 coded D for Lost race]. Reginald 11028. Blue cloth with gold gilt lettering and with cartouche pictorial design to the front board, 310+ pages. Reading/filler copy [cloth worn and lightly bumped with fraying to the corner tips, front hinge cracked with the front flyleaf detached but present, rear hinge cracked; but the text is complete]. bx15
Synopsis
In the tradition of Rider Haggard's 1887 novel She, By The Gods Beloved concerns a lost race of ancient Egyptians. The book was first published in the UK in 1905 and was released under the title The Gates of Kamt in the US.
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- Bookseller
- biblioboy (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 71316
- Title
- By the Gods Beloved
- Author
- Orczy, Baroness [Emmuska / Emma Magdalena Rosalia Maria Josefa Barbara]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Greening & Co Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1905
- Pages
- 210
- Size
- 8vo 8" - 9" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- LOST, RACE, ADVENTURE, FICTION, AFRICA
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction / Lost Race;
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- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.