The Fur Country, or Seventy Degrees North Latitude
by Jules Verne (N. D'Anvers, trans)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No DJ
- Seller
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Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
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.
Details
- Bookseller
- Madden Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17398
- Title
- The Fur Country, or Seventy Degrees North Latitude
- Author
- Jules Verne (N. D'Anvers, trans)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No DJ
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Lovell, Adam & Company
- Date Published
- 1876
- Keywords
- ARCTIC, CANADA, HUDSON'S BAY, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, BERING STRAIT
Terms of Sale
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- 12mo
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- Rubbing
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- Gilt
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