Sale 659: Fine & Rare Books with three important ancient sculptures from Gandhara (#659) 11/15/2018 11:00 AM PST CLOSED!

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Lot 202 of 230:
To the Moon and around it by Jules Verne, q874  

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$2,812.50
Estimate:
$800 - $1,200

Title:
From the Earth to the Moon, Direct in Ninety-Seven Hours and Twenty Minutes: And a Trip Round It

Author:
Verne, Jules

Place:
New York

Publisher:
Scribner, Armstrong & Co.

Date:
1874

Description:

viii, 323, [4] ad pp. Illustrated with 80 wood-engraved plates. (8vo) 20x12.7 cm (7¾x5", original blue cloth pictorially stamped in gilt and black. First Illustrated American Edition.

This is the first obtainable American edition; it is preceded by the 1869 Newark edition, of which only one copy is known. Myers 26.


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Condition:
Spine a bit darkened, rubbing to ends and corners; very good or better condition.


 
Item number:
296452
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