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From the Earth to the Moon, Direct in Ninety-Seven Hours and Twenty Minutes: And A Trip Round It
by Jules Verne
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Lynchburg, Virginia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
First hardcover American edition and first combined American edition. Single line advert on the verso of the title page: "Journey to the Center of the Earth, $2.00". Original burgundy gilt stamped cloth cover.
Book is in Fair condition, with spine cover detatched at rear joint, fully attached at front joint. Significant edgewear to spine cover. Spine lightly cocked. Cover boards mostly worn at corners, some bumping. Top edge corner of front cover has some fraying of cloth along top ~1" of edge. Rear cover board has some staining.
Hinges starting. Prior owner bookplate pasted on front endpaper. Older looking prior owner signature in front endpapers.
Pages are intact, some areas weakening. Some spotting throughout. Some smudges, mostly on page edges. Text fully readable.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Givens Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20158
- Title
- From the Earth to the Moon, Direct in Ninety-Seven Hours and Twenty Minutes: And A Trip Round It
- Author
- Jules Verne
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st American Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Scribner, Armstrong & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1874
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- science fiction, jules verne, first american edition, first edition, classics, fiction, antique, antique book, 1874, 1870s, 19th century, space, moon, fiction, classic
- Bookseller catalogs
- First Editions; 19th and Early 20th Century;
Terms of Sale
Givens Books
Books returned on case-by case basis only. No refund on shipping charges.
About the Seller
Givens Books
Biblio member since 2006
Lynchburg, Virginia
About Givens Books
Givens Books & Little Dickens is a family business that has been selling new, used, and rare books in Lynchburg, Virginia since 1976, and educational toys and teacher supplies since 1989. Our used book department strives to provide quality books on a wide variety of subjects. We also specialize in our local Lynchburg and Virginia history.
Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
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