The King's Fifth by Scott O'Dell [FIRST EDITION] • 25th Printing / 1994 • Houghton Mifflin

The King's Fifth by Scott O'Dell 

FIRST EDITION • 23rd PRINTING [1994] HOUGHTON MIFFLIN CO.

Loose source novel for "The Mysterious Cities of Gold", the classic anime Television series that aired on Nickelodeon in the 80's and early 90's.

Hardcover with dust jacket in good condition. 

*Front of dust jacket has significant surface tearing in 2 areas.  Otherwise, clean and in tact.  Housed in a new archival quality jacket protector.

Book on the other-hand is mint.  Looks and reads like new. 

While awaiting trial for murder and withholding from the king the obligatory fifth of the gold found in Cibola, Esteban, a seventeen-year-old cartographer, recalls his adventures with a band of conquistadors.