The Purchase of the North Pole
by Verne, Jules
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Rochester, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Sampson Low, 1894. iv. 143pp. 1894 - early reprint, the first english edition being 1891; all plates present; dark green pictorial boards with gilt title to front board and spine; spine slightly grubby; binding edgeworn, with dented board corners; pages tanned; stain to first 31 page edges. Hard Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Baggins Book Bazaar Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 051601
- Title
- The Purchase of the North Pole
- Author
- Verne, Jules
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Publisher
- Sampson Low
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1894
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- Novel
Terms of Sale
Baggins Book Bazaar Ltd
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About the Seller
Baggins Book Bazaar Ltd
Biblio member since 2007
Rochester, Kent
About Baggins Book Bazaar Ltd
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- 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....
- 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...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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...