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Michael Strogoff, The Courier of the Czar; Translated by W.H.G. Kingston, With Numerous Illustrations
de Verne, Jules
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London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1877. First English Edition. Full leather. Very good. The first English edition of Michael Strogoff, The Courier of the Czar by Jules Verne.. Octavo, ix, [3], 377pp, [3]. Finely bound in three-quarter red morocco, pebbled cloth-covered boards. Five raised bands, title in gilt on spine with embellished compartments. Top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. No additional printings listed. Solid text block, light wear to corners, some soiling to cover, faint foxing to endpapers and fore edge. Lacking publisher's catalogue at rear. Previous ownership bookplate to front flyleaf. Complete with 89 full page plates, including frontispiece. Features two fold-out map of the title character's delivery route through Russia. (Myers 40) (Taves and Michaluk V015) This copy was translated by Agnes Kinloch Kingston, but published under her husband's name, W. H. G. Kingston. The first edition was originally published one year earlier (1876) in French, by Pierre-Jules Hetzel of Paris.
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- Título
- Michael Strogoff, The Courier of the Czar; Translated by W.H.G. Kingston, With Numerous Illustrations
- Autor
- Verne, Jules
- Ilustrador
- The first English edition of Michael Strogoff, The Courier of the Czar by Jules Verne.
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Full leather
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Muy bueno
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First English Edition
- Editorial
- Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1877
- Palabras clave
- Jules Verne, Verne, Jules Verne first edition, Jules Verne signed, The Mutineers: A Romance of Mexico, Jules Verne From the Earth to the Moon, From the Earth to the Moon, Twenty Thousand Leagues, Journey to the Center of the Earth
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- Morocco
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
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- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Octavo
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