To the Sun? by Jules Verne - 1878

David McKay: Philadelphia, n.d., c. 1895. Early Printing. Hardcover. Good +/Without dust jacket (if issue. Sold as a good original reading copy only of a relatively rare title. There is no date but this printing is likely from about 1895. Octavo, 7 1/2” tall, 401 pages plus 36 B&W plates, gilt and brown titles on decorated olive green cloth. A good, generally clean, neat hard cover with moderate shelf wear, light exterior soiling, corners rubbed but no fraying yet, binding solid but some separation at the first and last signatures, paper light to moderately yellowed, some foxing at the rear endpapers and in the gutter of the last signature, with foxing and soiling to the top fore-edge.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The To the Sun?:A Journey Through Planetary Space.

Paperback / softback. New.

Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, Philadelphia, 1878. Hardcover. Good. 8vo, hardcover. No dj, brown cloth. Good- condition. First edition. Ex-library copy, notice affixed to front paste-down, rear pocket removed, No library markings to contents or covers. Fraying to spine ends, binding a bit shaken, endpaper seams tender, still holding. One of Verne's less common titles.

Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1878-01-01. Hardcover. Good. . First American edition, translated by Edward Roth. Green cloth cover with black and gilt illustration/decoration, cover shows moderate wear and tear, edgewear and rubbing, loss at the foot and crown of the spine. Missing the front free endpaper, stamped front pastedown. Name of former owner on the half-title page, minor pencil scribbles in the prelims. Pages are shaken and lightly tanned with minor foxing. The last 2 pages of text have some offsetting due to a contemporary laid-in bookmark, which is included.