The Mysterious Island: Containing "Dropped from the Clouds," "Abandoned," "The Secret of the Island"
by Verne, Jules
- Used
- good
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Oneonta, New York, United States
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About This Item
The Worthington Co., 1888. Handsome "Franklin Edition" of Verne's classic trilogy, with brown cloth boards featuring black embossed decoration on front cover and spine. Illustrated frontispiece. Pages browned and slightly brittle, but are holding up well. Mild edgewear. Spine shows some fading. Overall a good crisp copy. Former owner's name on front endpaper, dated Nov. 28, 1888. Approximately 5 x 8 inches with 656 pages.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Illustrated.
Synopsis
The Mysterious Island is a novel by Jules Verne, published in 1874. The original edition, published by Hetzel, contains a number of illustrations by Jules Férat. The novel is a sequel to Verne's famous Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and In Search of the Castaways, though thematically it is vastly different from those books.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Popeks Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 701014
- Title
- The Mysterious Island: Containing "Dropped from the Clouds," "Abandoned," "The Secret of the Island"
- Author
- Verne, Jules
- Illustrator
- Illustrated
- Format/Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- The Worthington Co.
- Date Published
- 1888
- Keywords
- Fiction, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Classics, Antiquarian Illustrated
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About the Seller
Popeks Books, IOBA
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Oneonta, New York
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