THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND: THE SECRET OF THE ISLAND
by Jules Verne
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Livonia, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
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
- Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10711
- Title
- THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND: THE SECRET OF THE ISLAND
- Author
- Jules Verne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Scribner, Armstrong, & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1876
Terms of Sale
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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...
- Spine
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- Gilt
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- Tight
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- Good+
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- 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...