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A Family Without a Name
by VERNE, Jules; TIRET-BOGNET, G. (illus.)
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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London, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, nd. Rear publisher's list dated 1893. New and cheaper edition". Hardcover. Good. 172, 134, [3], 2-30, [2] p. 19 cm. Frontispiece and 18 other b&w plates. Grey cloth with gold print, brown, black and gold impressing. Some marks and a bit of discolouration to cloth. Red mark on lower spine is the most noticeable. Small label front pastedown. Some spots to text block edges, esp. in rear advertising pages, as well as to title page. Larger spot on rear of plate facing p. 172. Spots on bottom margins pp. 124-6. Small chip at bottom of rear free endpaper. Small tear in top of plate facing p. 151. Ink inscription from 1894 on verso of front free endpaper. Mylar wrap, removed for photos.
Scarce Jules Verne novel set in Canada of all places, complete with wild Indians, musket fire, and Sir John Colborne. Illustrator Georges Tiret-Bognet was a French painter and author who illustrated many works by Jules Verne. Myers 19. Taves & Michaluk V036.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- A Family Without a Name
- Author
- VERNE, Jules; TIRET-BOGNET, G. (illus.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- New and cheaper edition"
- Publisher
- Sampson Low, Marston & Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- nd. Rear publisher's list dated
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Historical fiction, Rebellion of 1837,
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