Published in 1910, The Golden Centipede was one of Louise Gerard's earliest novels, a romantic adventure set in West Africa, containing elements of both "lost race" and cryptozoological fiction. Major Sinclair, an adventurous bird-collector, is bound for West Africa when he encounters "The Babe," a youthful criminal with more than one secret. Sinclair is soon caught up in the danger surrounding "The Babe," as a murderous legacy and traitorous alliances endanger plans to locate a lost treasure guarded by a monstrous terror. ...
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Published in 1910, The Golden Centipede was one of Louise Gerard's earliest novels, a romantic adventure set in West Africa, containing elements of both "lost race" and cryptozoological fiction. Major Sinclair, an adventurous bird-collector, is bound for West Africa when he encounters "The Babe," a youthful criminal with more than one secret. Sinclair is soon caught up in the danger surrounding "The Babe," as a murderous legacy and traitorous alliances endanger plans to locate a lost treasure guarded by a monstrous terror. Note: This reprint contains racial epithets, ethnic stereotypes, and colonial attitudes, and may not be appropriate for all readers.
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Add this copy of The Golden Centipede to cart. $15.00, good condition, Sold by Gils Book Loft rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Binghamton, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1927 by Dutton.
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Good+ No Jacket. Book 2987 shelf. Soiled black-stamped orange cloth. Inked name FEP, cracked front hinge. From a smoker's home. Reading copy, still solid.
Add this copy of The Golden Centipede to cart. $18.07, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 2014 by Coachwhip Publications.
Add this copy of The Golden Centipede to cart. $32.65, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2014 by Coachwhip Publications.
Add this copy of The Golden Centipede to cart. $62.75, new condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2014 by Coachwhip Publications.
Add this copy of The Golden Centipede to cart. $300.00, like new condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1935 by Methuen & Co.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Twelfth edition. About fine in fine dustwrapper with a publisher's price sticker on the spine and front panel. "A...mystery woven round a weird West Africa Negro legend." Notable for the lurid jacket illustration of an African native carrying away a white woman dressed in a diaphanous gown, girdled in a giant golden centipede. Very scarce in jacket.
