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The Field of Ice
by Verne, Jules. Illustrated By Riou
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
London and New York: George Routledge and Sons, 1876. Early printing [1876], with Every Boy's Library at top of front cover. Fair to good in an emerald green Victorian cloth binding over beveled boards, printed in gilt and black, 190 pages, 6 engraved plates including frontis. Covers rubbed, mainly at the extremities, with minor fraying to corners and spine ends, hinges internally neatly repaired, text block sound, most plates a little age-darkened, pages clean with a few instances of very light foxing, no names or other markings.. Hard Cover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Synopsis
It was a bold project of Hatteras to push his way to the North Pole, and gain for his country the honour and glory of its discovery. But he had done all that lay in human power now, and, after having struggled for nine months against currents and tempests, shattering icebergs and breaking through almost insurmountable barriers, amid the cold of an unprecedented winter, after having outdistanced all his predecessors and accomplished half his task, he suddenly saw all his hopes blasted.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 043004
- Title
- The Field of Ice
- Author
- Verne, Jules. Illustrated By Riou
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Publisher
- George Routledge and Sons
- Place of Publication
- London and New York
- Date Published
- 1876
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- SCIENCE FICTION FANTASY ADVENTURE ARCTIC NORTH
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Books; Fiction, Literature, Poetry, Literary History;
Terms of Sale
Resource Books, LLC
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About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2004
East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
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