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A JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTHby Verne, Jules
Book description: NY: Magnum Easy Eye Books/Lancer Books, 1967 Publisher's glossy pictorial wraps. 12mo. 416 pp. Larger type for easy reading. Complete and Unabridged. Minor stains on outside edges only, former owner's initials on fep, else near fine. VERY GOOD. Verne's second novel, a translation of VOYAGE AU CENTRE DE LA TERRE (1864) Not even Prof. Lidenbrock, eminent mineralogist and bibliofile, could have expected to find what lay hidden in ther latest edition to his library. A runic cipher, written in the 16th Cent. By an Icela ndic alchemist - telling of a cavern to the centre of the earth. The terrifying adventure that follows is a fantastic journey through a laval labyrinth inhabited by mammoths, dinosaurs and giant prime val man. For the Professor it provides a breathtaking insight into the history of the planet, for his assistant the journey becomes a rite of passage. [Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 1-94][Bleiler, Science- Fiction: The Early Years 2228][Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s- 1930s 766][Survey of Science Fiction Literature III, pp. 1102-05][Suvin, Victorian Science Fiction in the UK, p. 16. In 333][Bleiler (1978) p. 199][Reginald 14630][Myers 35][Taves and Michaluk V002]. . Soft Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Large Print.
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