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A Floating City and the Blockade Runners
$750.00
Jules Verne
New York; Scribner, Armstrong, & Co., 1874. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. 8vo. Hardcover. Very good. Original green cloth covered boards with beautiful gilt and black title and illustrations to front board and spine. Minor bumping to corners and spine ends. Minor chipping to spine ends. Light rubbing to front board and minor rubbing to rear board. Ownership inscription to front free end paper. Minor foxing throughout though text and illustrations remain bright. Beautiful illustrations throughout. 286 pages + 8 pages of ads.Â
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New York; Farrar & Rinehart, [1934]. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING WITH LOGO ON COPYRIGHT PAGE. 8vo. Very good. Hardcover. Lacks dust jacket. Orange cloth covered boards with gilt title to front board and to spine. Fading to spine. Bumping to spine ends and corners. Inscription to previous owner on front free end paper. Light foxing and browning to end pages. Binding is tight. 308 pages.
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