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The Mysterious Island (Scribner's Illustrated Classics for Young Readers)
by Verne, Jules; Wyeth, N. C. (Illustrator)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG/No Jacket
- Seller
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. First Thus 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. VG/No Jacket. Wyeth, N. C. . One of a lovely series of classic books for young readers illustrated by famous artists of the day, each with a colorful paper pastedown to the front board. These have recently been reissued, making these original editions more highly collectible, particularly when they contain color plates, like this one, which has decorative endpaper, a full-color illustration to the title page, + 9 full-page color plates throughout text by N. C. Wyeth. Orig. published in this format in 1920, this is a 1940 edition, in 493 pages,The book is a hardcover octavo with black cloth-covered boards with front paper pastedown & gilt lettering to spine. Condition is VG: front pastedown has slight edgewear, with a ragged inner edge near bottom. All pages are creamy white with moderate tanning & the occasional spot or smudge, else unmarked. All plates are pristine, with white margins. Moderate shelfwear externally, including modest rubbing & bumping to all corners & spine tips, with some fraying. Front hinge is cracked, exposing underlying webbing. Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023784
- Title
- The Mysterious Island (Scribner's Illustrated Classics for Young Readers)
- Author
- Verne, Jules; Wyeth, N. C. (Illustrator)
- Illustrator
- Wyeth, N. C.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus 5th or later Printing
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1940
- Keywords
- ILLUSTRATOR ILLUSTRATED CHILDREN YA COLLECTIBLE COLLECTOR shipwreck adventure
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children-Young Adult (YA) / Collectible Series; Illustrated Books/Illustrators; Fiction; Nonfiction; Poetry;
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Glossary
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- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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