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The Floating Island or The Pearl of the Pacific.
by VERNE, Jules
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
LONDON, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Sampson, Low, Marston and Company, London., 1896. First U.K. edition and first edition in English. No translator given. Octavo. pp viii, 382. Seventy-nine illustrations. All edges gilt. Green pictorial buckram blocked in gilt, black, blue and white, bevelled edges.Short tear to fore-edge of front free endpaper. Front hinge cracking. Spine and edges rubbed. Good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Ellis bookseller
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- VERNEJUL014462
- Title
- The Floating Island or The Pearl of the Pacific.
- Author
- VERNE, Jules
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Sampson, Low, Marston and Company, London.
- Date Published
- 1896
- Keywords
- fantasy science fiction french
Terms of Sale
Peter Ellis bookseller
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Peter Ellis bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
LONDON
About Peter Ellis bookseller
A shop in one of the last remaining bookselling enclaves of London, with a carefully selected stock of modern first editions, art and illustrated books, travel literature and other subjects. Known for books in fine condition.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- 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....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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