verne jules illustrated léon benett (3 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Illustrated by Benett, Leon; Riou, Edouard (illustrator). First Italian Edition. Two parts in one. 383pp + index. Contemporary half cloth over marbled boards, black label lettered in gold on the spine. With ninety-eight wood engravings by Leon Benett and sixteen wood engravings by Edouard Riou. Light wear to extremities, owner's name on half-title and title, old tape mend to one leaf, mild foxing. Still, a very good copy. In the Italian language. ; Octavo.

Hardcover. Illustrated by Benett, Leon; Philippoteaux, Paul (illustrator). Uniform Edition. xviii, 432pp. Bright red decorated cloth stamped in black on the front and in gold and black on the spine. Frontispiece and numerous illustrations and facsimiles of ancient drawings. In two parts. Translated from the French by Dora Leigh. Light fading to spine panel, small faint spot to front panel, light edge wear, two loose leaves. A very good copy. Taves and Michaluk V067. ; Octavo.

First UK edition hard back binding in publisher's original sea blue | green coloured cloth pictorially decorated in black, white and gilt to the spine and the front cover, publisher's blind stamped device to the rear cover, all page edges gilt. Thick 8vo. 8'' x 6''. Contains two parts in one of [vii] 193 and 199 pages respectively, with a double-page map of the Mediterranean dividing the parts, tissue paper-guarded frontispiece, over 100 full-page single-sided monochrome plates between both the parts, 32 page publisher's catalogue dated October 1886. Mathias Sandorf was first serialised in Le Temps in 1885, and it was Verne's epic Mediterranean adventure. It employs many of the devices that had served well in his earlier novels: islands, cryptograms, surprise revelations of identity, technically advanced hardware and a solitary figure bent on revenge. He dedicated the novel to the memory of Alexandre Dumas, père, hoping to make Mathias Sandorf the Monte Cristo of Voyages Extraordinaires (The Extraordinary Voyages) series. Sporadic foxing throughout, particularly to the prelims up to page 3, and the rear end paper, recased with rubbing to the original preserved covers, now sound, square and stable. Member of the P.B.F.A. STORIES FOR BOYS.