An edition of The Gold-Bug (1890)

The gold bug

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The gold bug
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An edition of The Gold-Bug (1890)

The gold bug

by

  • ★★★ ★ 3.86 ·
  • 7 Ratings
  • 32 Want to read
  • 2 Currently reading
  • 9 Have read

The discovery of a message in code on a shoreline formerly infested with pirates sends William Legrand and his friends on a hunt for buried treasure.

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Publisher
Printed at The Comet Press
Language
English
Pages
59

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Previews available in: Japanese English Spanish

Subjects
Roman policier, Motion Pictures, Television, Buried treasure, Adapted for Television, ABC Weekend Specials, Fiction, Films, American Detective and mystery stories, Treasure troves, TV Movies, Short stories, Mystery and detective stories, Children's fiction, New orleans (la.), fiction, Charleston (s.c.), fiction, Fiction, general

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Cover of: 黄金虫
黄金虫
2004-07-23
in Japanese
Cover of: The gold bug
The gold bug
1990, Creative Education
in English
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Cover of: The gold bug
The gold bug
1945, Printed at The Comet Press
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The gold bug
1902, Rand, McNally & Company
in English
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The gold-bug
1899, D. Estes & company
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The gold bug
1898, Maynard, Merrill, & Co.
in English
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Cover of: The Gold Bug
The Gold Bug
1891, G. Routledge & Sons
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El escarabajo de oro
xxxx, El Cid Editor
in Spanish
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Edition Notes

"With this edition ... we are happy to resume our tradition of printing a keepsake for our friends, each year. ... we pray that we may have the pleasure of sending you a holiday book for many years to come, in a world undisturbed by the horrors of war"--P. [five].

"This book has been set on the linotype in Electra, a type designed by W.A. Dwiggins. The paper is ivory laid Kilmory Text and the book is bound in Oxford Land cloth. The illustrations have been done by Howard Morris. This edition is limited to 1,200 copies printed for the Friends of The Comet Press"--Colophon.

LC copy has provenance: Gift of Jay I. Kislak Foundation.

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Classifications

Library of Congress
PS2615 .A1 1945

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Pagination
59, [3] :
Number of pages
59

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24485004M
LCCN
2010515464

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MANY years ago, I contracted an intimacy with a Mr. William Legrand.
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