From the Earth to the Moon Direct in 97 Hours 20 Minutes; Five Weeks in a Balloon : Voyage of Exploration and Discovery in Central Africa
by Verne, Jules
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Sorn, East Ayrshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd, 1876. Half Leather. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A lovely copy of this contemporary bound book. Two volumes bound as one160pp; 189pp. From the earth to the moon has 7 full page illustrative plates as called for and Five weeks in a balloon is illustrated with numerous drawings in the text. This book was published in 1876 as the author's illustrated edition. Translated from the original French. Bound in original contemporary leather with marbled boards. 5 bands to the spine and gilt embossed lettering to the two title blocks on the spine. Cloth page divider still attached at the head of the spine. There is rubbing to the head and tail of the spine and to the board corners, leaving the leather with slight loss and a little rounded. Light fading to the leather spine. There is loss of the edges of the title blocks with some loss of the gilt lettering. A very slight split to the head of the spine between the rear board and spine strip. Previous owners gilt name and address sticker to the head of the front paste down with a small red sticker with the number 34 within it. A neat sepia ink name inscription to the reverse of the front end paper with a stamp G.E.T. to the tail of the same page and also to the tail of the reverse of the rear end paper. Some foxing to the reverse of the front end paper, preliminary blank page, title page and last few pages of the book. Occassional scattered light foxing elsewhere. Otherwise the book is clean and tight. A very good tight copy.
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- Bookseller
- Trumpington Fine Books Limited
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 217187
- Title
- From the Earth to the Moon Direct in 97 Hours 20 Minutes; Five Weeks in a Balloon : Voyage of Exploration and Discovery in Central Africa
- Author
- Verne, Jules
- Format/Binding
- Half Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1876
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾&quo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- LITERATURE
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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- Marbled boards
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- 12mo
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- Rubbing
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- Tight
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- Cloth
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- Edges
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- Gilt
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- Tail
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- G
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- Spine Strip
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- Title Page
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- Spine
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