TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA
by Verne, Jules
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1956. 408 pp. Original black cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine, and color pictorial paste-down on front cover. Binding a bit rubbed. Illust. w/ 4 color plates. Contents very nice.. Hard Cover. Very Good+/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by W. J. Aylward. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea is a classic science fiction novel by French writer Jules Verne published in 1870. It tells the story of Captain Nemo and his submarine Nautilus as seen from the perspective of Professor Pierre Aronnax. The first illustrated edition (not the original edition which had no illustrations) was published by Hetzel and contains a number of illustrations by Alphonse de Neuville and Édouard Riou.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23424CH
- Title
- TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA
- Author
- Verne, Jules
- Illustrator
- W. J. Aylward
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1956
- Keywords
- CHILDRENS BOOKS JUVENILE LITERATURE CHILDREN STORIES LITERATURE FICTION GENERAL SCIENCE FICTION SCIENTISTS ADVENTURE SAILORS WHALING SHIPS SUBMARINES SHIPS UNDERWATER EXPLORATION SEA STORIES LITERARY WORKS AUTHORS VERNE JULES 1828 1905 ILLUSTRATED AYLWARD
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- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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About the Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
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