Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea
by Jules Verne
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- G+ (Good Plus)/No Jacket
- Seller
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Buffalo, New York, United States
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About This Item
Chicago and New York: Belford, Clarke & Co., 1887. Hardcover. G+ (Good Plus)/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. The "Caxton Edition". Maroon cloth with elaborate decoration and lettering stamped in black and gilt. Minor edgewear and rubbing; spine ends and corners lightly bumped. Minor soil to text block. Binding a little tender (front hinge also cracked), text clean. Interior quite toned. Brown/cream floral eps. Not illustrated. Gift inscription to second blank. No stickers or stamps. Not ex-library. 349 pp.
Synopsis
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea is a classic science fiction novel by French writer Jules Verne published in 1870. It tells the story of Captain Nemo and his submarine Nautilus as seen from the perspective of Professor Pierre Aronnax. The first illustrated edition (not the original edition which had no illustrations) was published by Hetzel and contains a number of illustrations by Alphonse de Neuville and Édouard Riou.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Albion Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001829
- Title
- Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea
- Author
- Jules Verne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - G+ (Good Plus)
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Belford, Clarke & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Chicago and New York
- Date Published
- 1887
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
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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- Spine
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- Text Block
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- 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"...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- G+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good. Good is defined as "describes the average used and worn book...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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