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Fredonia Books (NL), 2001-01. Paperback. Good.

Fredonia Books (NL), 2001-01-01. Paperback. Used:Good.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Adventures in the Land of the Behemoth.

Paperback / softback. New.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2009-09-24. Paperback. Good.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2009-09-24. Paperback. Used:Good.

Boston, MA: Henry L. Shepard & Co., 1874. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Ferat. 1st (pirated) US edition. Russet cloth with elaborate lettering and decoration in gilt and black. Boards moderately edgeworn, frayed, dampstained and dented (interior not affected by water). Dark blue eps lightly creased. Binding sound, text clean. Interior toned, with light foxing and soil. Tissue guarded frontis. B/w plates. Gift inscription to second blank. No stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. 190 pp.

Printed in 1874, assumed first pirated US edition, 'tenth thousand' printing, published by Henry L. Shepard, this book is in fair condition. Text is clean save some thumbing and foxing, binding is solid with wear to edges, back hinge wearing, rubbing to back board, some discoloration, portion of top of spine cover is missing as seen in picture. Gift inscription in front of book (dated 1897). Really neat old book

Kessinger Publishing, LLC. paperback. New. 6x0x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

Kessinger Publishing, LLC. hardcover. New. 6x0x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

Boston:: Henry L. Shepard & Co.,, 1874.. First pirated edition (see Gallagher A26).. publisher's green gilt cloth.. Cloth slightly frayed at the tips of the corners and extremities of spine; short cracks to both (inner) hinges; but a tight, sound, and generally attractive copy.. 8vo,. Fully Illustrated by Ferat..

Boston, MA: Henry L. Shepard & Co., 1874. Book. Good+ condition. Hardcover. Early edition. Octavo (8vo). 190 pages of text. Original hardcover binding heavily rubbed and shelfworn, with minor bumping to corners, and a large stain to bottom corner of rear board; large chips to top and bottom edge of spine; protected in custom stiff archival mylar. Inner hinges are starting to loosen. First pirated edition. Contains 20 black & white illustrations. Measures 7+5/8 inches in height. Minor smudging to a few pages..

Boston: Henry L. Shepard & Co., 1874. First American Edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. Ferat Engravings. Original brown gilt designer cloth with green endpapers. Front cover and spine are clean and bright, but back cover has a large brown dampstain which, however, does not affect the text or integrity of the binding. In all other respects a solid, clean, bright and still attractive copy of a very scarce Verne title in its first American publication.

Henry L. Shepard, 1874 ex library cover, front board is bright, back spine has library number, pocket has been ripped off the front ep leaving a mark, some minor library numbering, somed edgewear. Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. Hardcover. Good.

Henry L. Shepard, 1874 ex lib, spine marked contents marked with usual, book card roughly torn out of endpaper, contents intact, binding bright, corners bumped, ist US Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Good.

Henry L. Shepard & Co, 1874. First American Edition. hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Henry L. Shepard & Co.; Boston, 1874. Hardcover. (Unauthorized) First US Edition. A Very Good, brown cloth binding with profusely illustrated front board and spine, binding intact, some handling/scuffing to boards, rubbing along board edges, some crimping to spine edges, previous owner embossed stamp on title page else unmarked, crease top corner page 173/174, some age toning to pages, few small soiled specks to text block edges, top text block edge a bit dusty, some wear to board corners, few small dents to board edges, moisture stain bottom rear board buckram, without Dust Wrapper. A nice and overall clean copy. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches]. 190pp., b&w illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. Please Note: Depending on site, actual book for sale may differ physically from picture listed. Additional scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.

Boston: Henry L. Shepard & Co, 1874. 8vo., decorative red cloth, spine and upper cover stamped in gold and black, gilt hippopotamus on upper cover and spine. 190 pp., 20 full page wood-engravings, including frontispiece with tissue guard. Second American Edition. Three Englishman, three Russians and their guide-a bushman named Mokoum-set out to measure the arc of a meridian in the Kalahari Desert and encounter the wild beasts of South Africa and a war between England & Russia.  First published in London under the title Meridiana: The Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians in South Africa (Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle, 1873). An edition for distribution in America consisting of Sampson Low sheets, with a Scribner title page inserted (with mention of Sampson Low) appeared in 1873 as well. The first proper American edition was published by Scribner, Welford and Armstrong, New York in 1874. This second American edition, published by Henry Shepard of Boston, appeared in the same year as… Read More

Henry L Shepard, 1874. Second U.S. edition, first Shepard Edition [Fourteenth Thousand]. Very Good. Front hinge just starting. Light foxing to front and rear end papers with diagonal crease and edgewear to ffep, otherwise internally clean and crisp, save some loss to p. 120. Fraying and wear to head and foot of spine and corners with light soiling in spots. Spine faintly toned. In custom mylar cover.. Red cloth pictorially and decoratively stamped in black and gilt. This edition of Adventures in the Land of the Behemoth was published without authorization (i.e. pirated) simultaneously with the Scribners authorized first edition.

Boston, MA: Henry L. Shepard and Co, 1874. First of this edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Jules Ferat. Boston, MA: Henry L. Shepard and Co., 1874 (matching dates on title and copyright). Second edition, an unauthorized edition published simultaneously with the authorized Scribner, Welford, Armstrong edition (NY). Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.[2] 190 [2]. With 20 wood engraved plates and a frontispiece by French artist and illustrator, Jule Ferat. Publisher's brown cloth, elaborately decorated in gilt and black. Dark endpapers. Very light wear to head, heel and corners. Very good. An exceptionally bright, clean and tight copy of this pirated edition of the novel also known in English as 'Meridiana' or 'The Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians in South Africa'. [Behemoth: A primal unconquerable monster of the land".] Copy of J. H. Patten with his signature at top of title page. Possibly the NY born, "Hon. J. H. Patten", South Dakota pioneer who was part of the… Read More

Boston, MA: Henry L. Shepard & Co., 1874. [African Adventure] SECOND US EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.[2] 190 [2]. With 20 wood engraved plates, including a frontispiece. Publisher's brown cloth with titles and decoration in gilt and black to spine and upper. Dark blue endpapers. Lightly browned throughout. Some wear to cloth, particularly to head and tail of spine. Very good. A group of Russian and English scientists travel through the Kalahari desert in order to accurately measure the circumference of the Earth, only to discover in the middle of their work that their two countries have gone to war... Essentially a pirate copy, consisting of a slightly abridged version of the Frewer translation published by Scribner the very same day in the US. Although it was billed as one of the cheapest ever books produced in the US at that time, priced at $1.00, it is a handsome looking beast, though it is printed on inferior paper with fewer illustrations than would be usual for a Verne first edition at this… Read More