A. Lacroix, Verboeckhoven & Cie

First edition.

Some light foxing.

Contemporary half aubergine sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with gilt and blind fillets, gilt friezes at head and foot, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.

Our copy is enhanced with a photographic portrait of Victor Hugo (Souvenir du 16 septembre 1862) which he has countersigned in ink, serving as frontispiece; as well as an autograph inscription signed by Victor Hugo added on a blue paper leaf: "A mon vaillant et cher compagnon d'épreuve C. Berru",

Camille Berru (1817-1878), French journalist, was editor at l'Indépendance belge, a Brussels daily newspaper directed since 1856 by the Ma

First edition.

Full blue percaline binding, smooth spine gilt with a central floral motif, date and double gilt rules at foot, brown shagreen title label with minor scuffing along the left edge, original wrappers preserved, slightly later binding signed in blind by Pierson.

Ink initials on the front endpaper and upper wrapper, serving as an ex-libris.

A handsome copy, tastefully bound by Pierson and virtually free of foxing.

New édition which conforms to that of 1851 corrected by Eugène Sue.

Half navy blue shagreen bindings, spines slightly faded with five raised bands decorated with gilt floral motifs, marbled paper boards, blue paper endpapers and pastedowns, some corners slightly bumped. Some light foxing.

Handsome set in charming uniform binding.

First edition of the French translation for volumes 2, 3 and 4; second edition of the French translation for volume 1. (Not listed by Gay).

A few occasional spots, not affecting the overall freshness of the copy.

Bound in uniform olive green half percaline, smooth spines with gilt floral device and double gilt rules at foot, boards covered with decorative patterned paper, mauve endpapers and pastedowns, inner hinges discreetly restored with adhesive or partly split, all edges red.

Illustrated with 53 black plates comprising 92 engravings, 4 chromolithographs, a fine folding map of Northern and Central Africa showing the explored areas and the route taken, and a frontispi

First edition, with no edition statement.
Contemporary half chocolate shagreen bindings, spines with raised bands; marbled paper boards, with laid paper endpapers and pastedowns. Spines evenly lightened. Edges rubbed. Wear to headcaps and bands. A few spots of foxing, notably on the fore-edge. A good copy.
Without doubt, just after The Man Who Laughs, Hugo’s greatest novelistic achievement, depicting on the island of Guernsey the struggle of a solitary man against the ocean.