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A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth
by Verne Jules ( A Version by Isabel C. Fortey )
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+ in Good+ dust jacket
- Seller
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Carmarthen, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Blackie & Son Limited. Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1947. New Edition. Hardcover. Shiny blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titling to the spine and front panel has a bright gilt illustration of a booted climber/hiker with rifle and shoulder bag slung over his shoulder. A similar vignette figure in b/w is on the title page. Book is tight and square, all hinges in and out secure, with slightly 'pushed' spine ends from storage - negligible. In the original publisher's pictorial dust- jacket. 'BLACKIE'S FAMOUS BOOKS' printed on the foot of the d/j spine. On the rear cover is printed 'A Selection from Blackie's Library of Famous Books' & at the foot is the legend 'Uniform with this Volume'. The dust-jacket has some closed tears and a few light marks but is NOT price-clipped, still showing the price 4/6 net. The d/j is now in a new protective clear - removable - bookfilm plastic cover and looks VG. NOT dated, but earlier than the later green cloth/black titled versions. UNillustrated, and that would add to the assumption of a publication date of probably just post war ? Page fore-edges have some scattered foxing (tan spotting) . Internally a former owner has written a recommendation in purple on the front free endpaper - "8 1/2. V. Good Adventure Book" - o/w no other inscriptions or marks inside. 224 pp. A Version of Jules Vernes' classic 'A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth' by Isobel C. Fortey. See Images. ; Blackie's Library of Famous Books; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
Synopsis
Journey to the Centre of the Earth, also translated as A Journey to the Interior of the Earth, is a classic 1864 science fiction novel by Jules Verne. The story involves a German professor (Otto Lidenbrock in the original French, Professor Von Hardwigg in the most common English translation) who believes there are volcanic tubes going toward the center of the Earth.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 119886
- Title
- A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth
- Author
- Verne Jules ( A Version by Isabel C. Fortey )
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ in Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- New Edition
- Publisher
- Blackie & Son Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1947
- Keywords
- A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth, Jules Verne ( A Version By Isabel C. Fortey ), Blackie's Library Of Famous Books
Terms of Sale
Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
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About the Seller
Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
Biblio member since 2006
Carmarthen
About Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
Retired Member of the P.B.F.A, and the WBA. In business for 42+ years to date, mainly working from home nowadays, and formerly exhibiting at Major London Book Fairs, and some Provincial ones within reach of the M4! View by Appointment ONLY Please, as I may be unavailable on the day you call. Happy to see customers but they have to be able to squeeze through the book aisles/piles! Unfortunately no wheelchair access. Currently only working part-time.
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- 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...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- VG
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