About this title: The Lost King tells the story of Louis XVII - the French royal who officially died at the age of ten but, as legend has it, escaped to foreign lands where he lived to an old age. Sabatini breathes life into these age-old myths, creating a story of passion, revenge and betrayal. He tells of how the young child escaped to Switzerland from where he ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston
Date Published: 1937
Description: Very good. No dust jacket. Name and date on the free end page, rest of the pages while slightly tanned are clean, no dust jacket. iv, 379 p. 21 cm. read more
Edition: Reprint.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: P. F. Collier & Son, New York
Date Published: 1937
Description: Very good. No dust jacket. 8vo-over 7-1/2"-5" tall. Hardcover no dust jacket. 379 pages. Very clean purple cloth boards with gilt lettering and borders on spine, Blind-stamped design with author's initials on cover. Tight binding, clean pages-no marks-solid text block, very slight soling of page edges due to air exposure. A novel of King Louis XVII, known as the Lost King. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co, Boston
Date Published: 1937
Description: Good in poor dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. Lower and upper spine ends compromised: chipped, fraying. Slight spine tilt. Corners bumped. Back cover stain. DJ in pieces, tucked inside. "N.S. Hope, Sept. 1937" on 1st free endpaper; also "T.A.... iv, 379 p. 21 cm. Born in Jesi, a small city in the Italian Marches, of Italian and English parentage, and educated in Switzerland and Portugal, Sabatini sets many of his novels in Jesi's glamorous history, rich with violence and beauty. This work ... read more
Edition: Edition Not Stated
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: P. F. Collier, New York
Date Published: 1937
Description: Near Fine. No Jacket. 7& 1/2" by 5" Purple embossed binding with gilt title, clean and tight, 379 pages, corners lightly rubbed. read more
Binding: Unknown Binding
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
Date Published: 1937
Description: Acceptable. The dust jacket is very worn. Well used. Still readable but not for the collector. All orders processed within 2 business days. Ships from Foxboro MA. read more
Description: Good. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Good solid copy of the novel set in the French Revolution. Minor marking to covers and a gift inscription, dated 1938. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, New York
Date Published: 1937
Description: Signs of marks or writing removal to front free endpaper, with stamp-shaped duck sticker, of all things, pasted to other side of the free endpaper. The first text page is the title page, so it is possible a half-title or blank is missing (the same at the back, with last text page against free endpaper). Cover of book is fine and bright. Jacket with chips at spine ends, not price clipped. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Hutchinson, London
Description: Good. Hardback. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Yellow cloth titled in black on spine. Tight and square, a strip of clear tape applied to front board and rear corner, owner's name and 'withdrawn' stamp and code no. in front endpaper (no other library marks), tidy pages. read more
Edition: Edition Not Stated
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston
Date Published: 1937
Description: Very Good- in Good+ jacket. Ex-Library One stamp and ex-libris on front inside cover, otherwise no other markings. Dust jacket taped to book and has edgeware along with 1" x 1 1/2" sticker shcok on bottom spine. Text near fne. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Hutchinson, London
Date Published: 1947
Description: Very Good in Good jacket. Hardback. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Red cloth stamped in black on spine. Tight and tidy, sunning to spine tips, name in front. Dust jacket is unclipped, small gaps at spine ends and rear edges, corner rubbing, tiny scuffs on spine, bright, protected in a clear plastic cover. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Hutchinson, London
Date Published: nd. ( c 1937)
Description: Hbk; Good only/ No dj; 415pp with 36pp Publishers Catalogue dated Autumn 1937; Internal hinge cracked but firm; Yellow covers with faded title on spine; Ghost of Boots label on the front & back pastedown. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton and Mifflin, Boston
Date Published: 1937
Description: Very Good with no dust jacket; Black boards with orange lettering. Light wear along spine edge and corners; spotting to back board. Spine slightly dulled. Page edges browned. Christmas gift inscription on front endpaper. read more
Edition: 1st ed.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Hutchinson, London
Date Published: n.d. (1937)
Description: Fair hardback (no dustjacket). Publisher's catalogue dated Autumn 1937 at rear; 7cm split in cloth at back spine joint; spine title badly faded. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Book Club, London
Date Published: 1937
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Contemporary undated Book Club edition from 1936/7, 12mo, 415pp, VG Copy in VG DJ lightly frayed at extrems. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co, New City, N.Y.
Date Published: 1937
Description: No Dust Jacket. Hardback. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Black cloth cover with orange lettering, clean, unmarked with bumped front corners, edge wear, else very good +++. read more
Description: Very Good. Collectible-Very Good Dust Jacket Condition: VERY GOOD 1ST U.S. Edition. Cover surfaces and edges has rubbing and fading. Spine is cracked. Light browning on pages, page ends and edges. Light dirt discoloring and staining on page ends and edges. Dust jacket surfaces has light rubbing. Dust jacket has mylar cover. Content and text remains intact and in great shape. Content binding is secure. A GREAT BUY! read more
Edition: First edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, 1937 1st Am. ed, Boston
Date Published: 1937
Description: A fine hardcover book in a very good dustjacket. The jacket shows slight edgewear but has no chips greater than a few millimeters. read more
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