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The Fur Country; Or, Seventy Degrees North Latitude
by Verne, Jules
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Northridge, California, United States
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About This Item
Boston: James R. Osgood. Good. 1874. First Edition. Hardcover. Original pictorial blue cloth stamped in gilt, brown endpages. Presume first American edition. Spine ends, edges, corners worn; fray to points/edges, shallow losses to spine ends. Hinges cracked, scattered foxing. PO gift inscription to half title page dated Christmas 1873. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 334 pages .
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- Bookseller
- curtis paul books inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45529
- Title
- The Fur Country; Or, Seventy Degrees North Latitude
- Author
- Verne, Jules
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- James R. Osgood
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1874
Terms of Sale
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Northridge, California
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- Cloth
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- Cracked
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- Gilt
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- Half Title
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- First Edition
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