Adventures in the Land of the Behemoth
by Jules Verne
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Buffalo, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston, MA: Henry L. Shepard & Co., 1874. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Ferat. 1st (pirated) US edition. Russet cloth with elaborate lettering and decoration in gilt and black. Boards moderately edgeworn, frayed, dampstained and dented (interior not affected by water). Dark blue eps lightly creased. Binding sound, text clean. Interior toned, with light foxing and soil. Tissue guarded frontis. B/w plates. Gift inscription to second blank. No stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. 190 pp.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Albion Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003234
- Title
- Adventures in the Land of the Behemoth
- Author
- Jules Verne
- Illustrator
- Ferat
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Henry L. Shepard & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA
- Date Published
- 1874
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Weight
- 2.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Albion Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Albion Books
Biblio member since 2021
Buffalo, New York
About Albion Books
Albion Books deals in fine used, out of print and rare books on a wide variety of topics. Specialties include Buffalo/New York history, science, religion, occult, and foreign language. The proprietor has been in the antiquarian book business since 2006.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...