• Publication: The Devil-Tree of El Dorado: A Romance of British GuianaPublication Record # 270979
• Author: Frank Aubrey
• Date: 1896-10-00
• Publisher: Hutchinson
• Price:
  6/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
• Pages: xx+392
• Format:
  hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
• Type: NOVEL
• Notes: 1st ed. -- xx, 392 pages, [8] leaves of plates Publ date (inferred) and from notice NY Times 1899-10-31 and the next item Price from publisher advertisement The Scotsman -11-02 p2 "The First Edition Was Exhausted on Publication ..." -- "In Cloth Gilt, 6s. // With illustrations by Leigh Ellis and Fred Hyland." -- quotes First Review: ... "Scotsman" (no earlier hit found in that newspaper 2017-01-27) Briefly reviewed Manchester Guardian -11-07 p4 "Christmas Books" (positive) Later, shorter advertisements of the 2nd printing credit illustrations by Hyland only. Reginald probably credits illus. by Hyland only.
• External IDs:
  • Bleiler Early Years: 92
  • OCLC/WorldCat: 35869808
  • Reginald-1: 00623

Contents (view Concise Listing)

• The Devil-Tree of El Dorado • [Monella • 1] • (1896) • novel by Frank Aubrey
•  The Devil-Tree of El Dorado • interior artwork by Leigh Ellis (artist)
•  The Devil-Tree of El Dorado • interior artwork by Fred Hyland