The Devil-Tree of El Dorado

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Overview:

Title: The Devil-Tree of El Dorado
Author: Frank Aubrey
Year: 1897
Publisher: New Amsterdam Book Co.
Price: $1.50
Pages: xx+392
Binding: Hardcover
Type: Novel
Title Reference: The Devil-Tree of El Dorado
Notes: 1st US ed. Cover image and some data from Project Gutenberg #43944 transcription

The Library of Congress links e-copy at HathiTrust Digital Library (HDL), and OCLC: 5695978 (better, 1985 microfiche copy OCLC: 12794286) Those library records report details that match HDL title page image (below): -- "The Devil-Tree of El Dorado: A Novel" -- "New York : New Amsterdam Book Co. ; London : Hutchinson, (c)1897" Publ date (inferred) and price from review SF Chronicle 1897-04-11 p4, listing NY Times 1897-04-17 pBR7 "Books Received", same-day coverage of Roraima based on the preface "just published in the United States" (Cin. Enquirer reprint from NY Journal) HDL provides full view of one copy with original cover (matches that displayed here) -- title page credits "Leigh Ellis and Fred. Hyland." -- t.p. verso: (c) 1897 by US publisher -- Preface, p.v-xv, subheading "Shall Roraima be Given Up to Venezuela?", signed "Frank Aubrey" ("Shall the mysterious mountain ... become definitely Venezuelan territory? That is the question that hangs in the balance at the time these words are begin written ...") -- Contents, xvii-xx, lists named chapters I-XXXVI -- List of Illustrations, xx, 8 (frontispiece plus 7 plates not included in the pagination) -- novel spans p1-392 -- only the 8 illustrations? (at a glance)