Jules VERNE / Giant Raft Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon 1st Edition

Description: The Giant Raft: Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon [and] The Cryptogram Author: VERNE, Jules [Gabriel] (1828-1905), [GORDON, W.J., translator], [BENETT, Léon, illustrator] Title: The Giant Raft: Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon [and] The Cryptogram Publication: London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1889, 1882 Description: [Amazon Adventure] Complete in two volumes. An early printing and FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH (of part 2). Octavo (19 x 15cm), pp.viii; 244; [4], advertisements; pp.viii; 254. Bound without the catalogues. With 82 engraved plates, including a frontispiece to each volume, by Benett. Publisher's bottle green cloth with gilt titles and black decoration to spines and uppers, coated yellow endpapers. Contents are exceptionally clean, discreet ink ownerships to endpapers, cloth remains bright and fresh. A fine pair, and a remarkable survival in this condition. A Peruvian man decides to use the Amazon river to travel to Brazil to marry off his daughter, and to collect proof that he is innocent of a crime committed long ago. Provenance; H.A.V. Bulleid, M.A. (1912-2009) writer, film-maker and cinema historian, and an amateur bibliographer of Jules Verne. Seller ID: 68524 Subject: Literature, Illustrated & Plate Books Adrian Harrington began trading in 1971, as part of Harrington Brothers on London's fashionable King's Road, after 40+ years of bookselling in the capital, Adrian relocated to Royal Tunbridge Wells. Adrian Harrington Rare Books deal in a wide selection of literature, modern first editions, leather bound library sets, children's and illustrated books and fine and rare antiquarian and old books in all fields. Ian Fleming Bibliographer Jon Gilbert curates our world-class stock of James Bond material, including first edition novels, film posters, original scripts and associated ephemera. Terms All orders ship within two business days. We offer combined shipping on multiple orders. All books and dust-jackets are supplied in suitable archival quality protectors and orders are professionally packed in bubble wrap and high quality cardboard book packs to ensure that they arrive safely. OUR GUARANTEE. We endeavour to describe item as accurately as possible using industry standard grades and our feedback speaks for itself. It is not in our interests to 'overdescribe', but in the unlikely event of a problem we offer a no-quibble refund on all items. Please email if you have any questions, and please view our other items listed.This listing was created by Bibliopolis.

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