Astounding Adventures Among the Comets or Captain Hector Servadac's Thrilling Experiences
by Verne, Jules
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Steelton, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Hurst & Company This rare science fiction adventure title from the author of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and From the Earth to the Moon is in Good condition (click on photo). Although the book is not dated, the covers suggest that the book was published around the turn of the century. The front panel and spine have Americanized Art Nouveau floral designs. The front panel has a pastedown of a Gibson-girl type beauty. The book is bound in red cloth and shows wear and discoloration, including rubbing and fraying at the edges and corners, and a crease in the spine cloth. As for the interior, the binding is secure, even though there is a hinge split before the Contents page. The pages themselves have only light age toning, and are for the most part clean, with an occasional small margin stain. The book measures 5 ¼ by 7 ½ inches and includes 286 pages. . Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Grimalkin Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000913
- Title
- Astounding Adventures Among the Comets or Captain Hector Servadac's Thrilling Experiences
- Author
- Verne, Jules
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Hurst & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Keywords
- Early Science Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- French Literature; Horror, Fantasy and Science Fiction;
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Grimalkin Books
Grimalkin Books is located in Steelton, Pennsylvania, the first town south of Harrisburg. We specialize in older, unusual books and sets, often literary, artistic, or historical. "Grimalkin" is old English for an old gray cat, mainly because the owner, Bob Amsel, is a cat lover. All books subject to prior sale. Payment must be received within 10 days of the order or item will be returned to stock. We accept money orders, bank checks, personal checks (allow time to clear), PayPal or MasterCard/Visa through Biblio's credit card processing service. International orders must be paid in US dollars and can be paid via PayPal, credit card (through ABE), or International Postal Money Order. Your purchase will be carefully packaged to protect it during shipping. Books may not be returned just because the buyer has changed his mind. Only books with actual defects that were not mentioned by the seller in the listing may be returned. Please insure returns for their full value.
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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