Click for full-size.
The Mysterious Island, Part First: Shipwrecked in the Air
by Verne, Jules
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Henry L. Shepard. 1875. Octavo, cloth boards, b&w frontis portrait plate of Jules Verne with facsimile signature, 42 b&w plates, Pirated edition? published in same year as first edition. Rebound in red cloth with paler red design, by Wells Bindery of Waltham Massachusetts in 1942 (small stamp rear free endpaper). Inscription and light red staining to front free endpaper, some minor staining to title-page. and fronts., rubbed to fore-edge of spine, corners lightly bumped and rubbed. Very good condition. The adventures of a group of Americans, who flee the Civil War in a balloon and are cast away on an island, which is eventually revealed to be Captain Nemo's hideout and home port of the Nautilus (from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea). The first part of a three part series. Boards.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Muir Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 102374
- Title
- The Mysterious Island, Part First: Shipwrecked in the Air
- Author
- Verne, Jules
- Format/Binding
- Boards
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Henry L. Shepard
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1875
- Keywords
- Ballooning, Fantasy Fiction, Literature
Terms of Sale
Muir Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Muir Books
Biblio member since 2006
Perth, Western Australia
About Muir Books
MUIR BOOKS. Western Australia's largest and leading rare, secondhand, antiquarian and out of print bookshop, established in 1973 and managed by Rob & Janet Muir together with Tara Surry. We have over 50,000 books in stock. We are located in Perth (precinct of Northbridge), walking distance from the State Library, Art Gallery and Museum.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- 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....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
Frequently asked questions
What did people buy in 2020?
Plague journals, escapist literature, political history: explore our year in review, where we share rare book trends and a gallery of some of the most beautiful and interesting books sold in 2020.
Storing books - laying down or standing up?
Don’t unwittingly damage your growing book collection! Learn about when to store books laying down vs standing up. Read About Safe Book Storage
