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New York: William L. Allison, 1111 Presumed early reprint, (probably unauthorised.) Hard cover, 12 mo, in blue publishers' cloth with title and author's name blocked in gold to the spine, pattern printed end papers, frontispiece plus 9 of the twelve listed full page illustrations. Lacking Table of Contents for Part II (pages are there.) Quality of type and illustrations suggest anastatic printing, i.e. pirated copy. (7) (1-334 pp.) (1). This edition does not specifically appear in Arthur B. Evans's bibliography of Verne's works online, but the wording is consistent with the first English translation from the original French by N. D'anvers, the pen name of Nancy Bell, and her dedication page appears among the prelims, dated 1873. Other later editions were translated by others. Originally serialized in France during 1872 and 1873.**Condition: Very Good. Light marks to boards, very slight fraying at tail of spine. Pages quite toned. Hinges in order, and otherwise clean with no writing.**This adventure… Leer más

New York: Lovell, Adam & Co., 1876. Hardcover. Good. . Decorative brick cloth cover shows minor wear, tear, and rubbing. name of former owner on the front free endpaper. Pages are tanned with minor chipping and foxing.

Good+ HC, no DJ. Light brown, diagonal rib-grain cloth over boards; covers stamped with decorative frames - black on front, blind on rear; front cover with central gilt stamped pictorial design; spine gilt stamped with titles and publishers device; pale yellow end papers. Clean, square, lightly scuffed covers and spine; both covers bumped at lower fore corners; some rubbing at spine sides and ends with small splits at ends; rear cover has thin scrape marks near top edge and several small stains near lower edge; tightly bound; very light foxing on few prelim pages; clean interior with slight general age darkening; leaves remain supple. 12mo, 334 pp; 100 illustrations.

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1874. Hardcover. Octavo, x, xiii, 334 pages. In Good minus condition. Bound in the publisher's tan cloth bearing gilt and black lettering to the spine. Slight rubbing wear exteriorly. Boards have moderate plus wear exteriorly including fraying to the edges, age toning to the spine, some soiling wear and cocking to the spine. Decorative borders and designs in black and gilt. Text block has slight age toning to the edges. Shaken binding with cracking to the hinges. Missing rear end paper exposing repairs to the rear pastedown. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Slight wear interiorly with some marks. Illustrated. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column D, ND-D. 1375771. FP New Rockville Stock.

Boston: James R. Osgood. 1871. good+. Hardcover. 334pp; b/w frontis with tissue guard; b/w plates; lovely gilt & black decoration & lettering front & spine; wear to extrems of cover; chips top of spine; small prev. owner bookplate on front endpage .

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1888. Cloth. Near Fine. 8" by 5.5". Not Stated. The seventh edition in English of this exciting adventure novel by Jules Verne, illustrated throughout. The seventh edition of this work in English.'The Fur Country' is an exciting adventure novel in which a group travel to Northern Canada and the Arctic Circle with the intention of creating a new trading post for their company.First serialised in 'Magasin d"Éducation et de Récréation' from September 1872 to December 1873, this novel was first published in French as 'Le Pays des Fourrures' in 1873. Illustrated with a frontispiece, and ninety-nine plates.Collated, complete.Two pages of publisher's adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. A few light marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with a few scattered spots. Near Fine

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1874. First US Edition. Hardcover. Good. xiii, 334 p., interspersed with plates. 21 cm. Frontispiece, 99 other full page plates, and a vignette on last page. Green cloth with black and gilt impressing. Front has gilt image of snarling animal beside prostrate man and spine has solitary figure gazing downwards. Mylar wrap (removed for photo). Corners worn, spine ends chipped and torn. Hinges cracking internally. Foxing to frontispiece and title. One signature jutting out a bit. Printed November 1873 wth a postdated title page listing 1874, so possibly the first edition in English since the London edition was also issued that month. N. D'Anvers was a pseudonym for Mrs. Arthur (Nancy) Bell, who translated at least two other Verne books. This fun story about northern Canada includes fur traders, polar bears, avalanches, dog sleds, Aurora Borealis, wolves, and, of course, "Esquimaux" in kayaks. Myers 27. Taves & Michaluk V010.