Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Boston: Geo. M. Smith & Co., 1873. Second American Edition, Second Issue. Second American edition, second and usual issue, lacking "The End" on page 303, and with Nemo using a sextant on the front cover. Preceded in America by the Osgood issue, of which all but an estimated 30 copies were destroyed in the Great Boston fire. Published by Geo. M. Smith & Company, Boston, 1873. One hundred and ten illustrations from the James R. Osgood & Company edition. Bound in the publisher's original green pictorial cloth with all edges gilt. Front board and spine elaborately lettered and illustrated in gold and black.
The book is in very good minus condition. The boards and gilt lettering are well preserved but partially faded. Moderate surface wear to the boards and edges. First several pages are worn and soiled from handling - with numerous tears at the edges. Christmas gift inscription from 1873 on the first blank page. The textblock is otherwise relatively clean and well preserved, save for a few instances of scattered staining and foxing. A scarce copy of this adventure classic.
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Inventory #(Q4-14). Item #7468
Price: $3,500.00