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HECTOR SERVADAC. By Jules Verne. Translated by Ellen E. Frewer.
by Verne, Jules
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Scribner, Armstrong & Co., published in 1877, but dated 1878., 1878.. Very good. - Octavo, 8-1/2 inches high by 5-3/4 inches wide. Pictorial burgundy red cloth titled and elaborately illustrated in black & gilt on the front cover & the spine. The covers are rubbed with wear to the corners and head & tail of the spine. x, [iv], 370 & [2] pages, illustrated with a full-page frontispiece and 96 wood-engraved plates. A contemporary gift inscription dated 1878, is penned on the front blank. The endpapers and front & rear blanks are soiled and there is some slight soiling to the last couple of pages. Very good.
First American edition. Although dated 1878, the book was actually published in November 1877, simultaneously with the English edition.
Subtitled "Or the Career of a Comet" beneath the title on the spine.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 96372
- Title
- HECTOR SERVADAC. By Jules Verne. Translated by Ellen E. Frewer.
- Author
- Verne, Jules
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York: Scribner, Armstrong & Co., published in 1877, but dated 1878.
- Date Published
- 1878.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- LITERATURE; SCIENCE FICTION; MYSTERY; ILLUSTRATED; NINETEENTH CENTURY; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; 1ST U.S. EDITION; 19TH CENTURY; JULES VERNE; HECTOR SERVADAC; OR THE CAREER OF A COMET; ILLUSTRATIONS; WOOD ENGRAVINGS; PLATES; ELLEN E. FREWER; PICTORIAL COVER
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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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- Octavo
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- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cloth
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- Soiled
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- 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....
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