1880 JULES VERNE FIRST U. S. EDITION EXPLORATION BY SEA
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Up for auction is a very scarce first U S edition of a comprehensive travel book written by Jules Verne (the famous French science fiction author). This book is the first U S edition and in the original binding from 1880. Very difficult to find and quite scarce in the first edition. "Great Navigators Of the Eighteenth Century" by Jules Verne. Published in New York by Charles Scribner's Sons 1880- on title page. T is absolutely no doubt that this is the First American Edition of this work and it has been researched extensively. It is in the original first edition binding of decorated cloth lettered in gold. One of the best travel books on old voyages you will ever read as it was written by one of the very best- Jules Verne. This book deals extensively with Captain Cook and his 3 voyages to Tahiti and a large section of this book is on this subject as well as other great sea voyages of the 18th century. The book is loaded with old engravings and maps- dozens and dozens of them and all full page blank back plates. This is a very hard to find book and that is the gospel on that one- Try to find one in half way decent shape for under $400. and consider yourself lucky- it is a highly collectible work first and formost because it was written by the great science fiction author Jules Verne and secondly because it is a great travel book on
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