Verne, Jules
Dropped from the Clouds [and:] The Secret of the Island
£1,008
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 19 June 2024 from 10:00 BST
Description
Translated from the French by W. H. G. Kingston. London: Sampson Low, 1875. Volumes 1 and 3 in The Mysterious Island trilogy, first editions in English in book form, 8vo, original blue and red pictorial cloth gilt over bevelled boards, all edges gilt, viii 310, viii 299 pp., Dropped from the Clouds with 50 wood-engraved plates including frontispiece, half-title, 40 pp. advertisements, The Secret of the Island with 51 wood-engraved including frontispiece, iv 40 pp. advertisements, both works slightly rubbed, spines rolled, Dropped from the Clouds with occasional finger-soiling, school prize plate to front pastedown, rear inner hinge cracked, light adhesive residue to rear pastedown, plate facing p. 132 loose at head, The Secret of the Island with small puncture-mark to spine, plate facing p. 132 loose and spotted, plates facing pp. 84 and 222 loosening at head or foot (2)