![]() ![]() Brown end-papers with tissue guard for frontispiece still clean and securely attached. Spine decoration shows explorers journeying with two lanterns. ![]() Gilt cover still brilliant and lustrous, with spine decorations all intact. Brown pictorial cloth hardcover binding showing the explorers aboard their raft. However, it remains a magical 2nd American edition of this iconic Jules Verne story, with 15 full-page illustrations by Riou, and a beautiful title page decorated with a vignette for an additional illustration. The lesser quality of the book can be seen in the offsetting of the sheets, broken type, limited number of illustrations, cloth binding, and more lax attention to detail. ![]() This edition was intended as a cheaper of version of Verne s second book, published in order to compete with the 1873 1st American edition by Scribner Armstrong. ![]() FULL TITLE: A JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH (2nd American edition) Language English (original French) Written by Jules Verne Published by Henry L Shepard & Co, Boston, 1874 Illustrated by Edouard Riou DESCRIPTION: This is the 2nd American edition of The Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne, published by Henry L. ![]()
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