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Authors: Sean Kelly, Ted Mann Title: The Secret Subtitle: A Treasure Hunt Publisher:   Bantam Country: USA Date: Nov 1982 Format: Paperback Class Number: 818.5407 Genre: Reference, Fantasy, Non-Fiction ISBN-10: 0553014080 Cat#: 01408 Rating: Rate Collection:   I Own It     I Want It  Community:  1 Owns Price Guide: Valuation Page » Search eBay #AD  » Search Amazon #AD This site contains affiliate links for which we may be compensated.

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Second imprint on spine besides Bantam: Byron Preiss

A guidebook to fantastical creatures, containing clues to a real-life treasure hunt contest that had 12 figurines buried at different locations across the United States, each worth more than $10,000US.

Trade paperback, 224 pages.

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ppint. 16th Dec 2023		non-fiction: a bestiary of mythological animals and monsters, their circumstances and the non-human races associated with them; plus an account of the designing and creation of the twelve ''treasures'' and the clues to finding the twelve places in the u.s.a. where they were hidden/buried. refer to ''masquerade'' kit williams (1979), q.v. for the likely major inspiration for this book, the creation of modern treasures and their burial, & the treasure hunt clues.
23skidoo 16th Dec 2023		I wonder if anyone ever found the figurines and what became of them after this challenge had run its course? There were a few books like this in the 1980s. Oddly, it has some similarity to the modern-day hobby of geocaching, only without the prize aspect.
ppint. 16th Dec 2023		sculptress of the ''treasures'': joellen trilling, photographer: ben asen book packager & book packager editor: byron preiss
ppint. 16th Dec 2023		bantam doubleday dell bantam books imprint tp/b first printing, first edition cover art by john jude palencar (unsigned, credited) cover price $9.95, $10.95 canada interior illustrations by overton loyd (?lloyd?), john jude palencar, john pierard 224pp. including titles, indicia, interior illustrations etc.

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