Verne's American Gun Club, 1874
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Author: Verne, Jules
Title: The American Gun Club
Place Published: New York
Publisher:Scribner, Armstrong & Co.
Date Published: 1874
Description:
Author: Verne, Jules
Title: The American Gun Club
Place Published: New York
Publisher:Scribner, Armstrong & Co.
Date Published: 1874
Description:
viii, 141 + [4] ad pp. With 24 wood-engraved plates. (8vo) 19x12.3 cm (7½x4¾"), original terra-cotta cloth stamped in gilt.
The first part of From the Earth to the Moon. The book was originally published in two parts in French, then in one volume in English published by Sampson Low in 1873. Scribner, Armstrong produced a one-volume edition in 1874, then, the firm King & Baird of Philadelphia published an unauthorized issue of the first part, titled "The Baltimore Gun Club." Scribner, Armstrong quickly produced the present edition in competition with that volume, containing twice the number of illustrations. Quite scarce. Myers 26. Manuscript bookplate, "Private Library of D. M. Smith," to front pastedown.
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Spine faded, leaning, wear to ends and corners; occasional soiling within, a few hinges sprung, very good.
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