First edition

Edmond ABOUT

Trente et quarante

Hachette, Paris 1891, Fort Grd. in-8 (20,5x27,7cm), 297pp., relié.

Illustrated first edition of in-text and inset by Vogel and ornaments by Giraldon (typographic etching). Impression on frozen big vellum. Title page in red and black.
Editor's carton in full chocolate shagreen. Back to false nerves adorned with interlaced numbers 30 and 40. boards decorated [...]

350 €

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Jules VERNE

Michel Strogoff. De Moscou à Irkoutsk, suivi de un drame au Mexique

Hetzel, Paris 1895, Grd. in-8 (18,5x28cm), 370pp., relié.

New illustrated edition of many drawings by J. Ferat, as for other editions, and 8 full-text inserts.
Cartonnage editor said "To the portrait glued" signed Lenègre binder. The peculiarity of this cartonnage is that it is in fact the cardboard portrait for Helix Island whose red cartridges of [...]

1 200 €

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First edition

Henry HAVARD & Louis SIMONIN

L'art et l'industrie de tous les peuples à l'exposition universelle de 1878

Librairie illustrée, Paris 1878 (S.d.), In-4 (23x31cm), 613pp., relié.

First Edition copiously illustrated wood engraved in-text and inset.

Gold edged cardboard cartel in red beveled signed Engel tail. Smooth back richly adorned with various mosaic ornaments of black. Large special plate with the arms of the city of Paris framed by 2 naked victories, 2 [...]

600 €

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First edition

Jules VERNE

L'île à hélice

Hetzel, Paris 1895, Grd. in-8 (18x28cm), 423pp., relié.

First edition illustrated with 80 drawings by Benett and 12 inset color. Catalog D for 1895 attesting to the first edition.
Editor's cartonnage says "To the glued portrait". Plate signed Lenègre on the anchor. Lenègre and co in tail of the back.
Beautiful top plate, with very sharp and [...]

650 €

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First edition

Jules VERNE & Adolphe D'ENNERY

Les voyages au théatre

Hetzel, Paris 1881, In-8 (16,5x24,5cm), 375pp., relié.

First edition. QA catalog in fine.
Special editor's cartonnage, with the first type of theater curtain. Red Percaline.

550 €

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Jules VERNE

Bourse de voyage

Hetzel, Paris 1904, Grd. in-8 (18x27,5cm), 441pp., relié.

New edition. 74 illustration by Benett, including 13 photographs (Barbaspine, Saint Lucia ...), and 12 polychrome insets and a map of the West Indies.
"Au globe doré" typewriter cardboard, with the top plate signed Blancheland, all connected by Engel. Second flat type i, with red straight [...]

600 €

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First edition

Jules VERNE

Le village aérien. Les histoires de Jean-Marie Cabidoulin

Hetzel, Paris 1901, Grd. in 8 (18x28cm), 234 ; 218pp., relié.

First illustrated collective edition, 38 drawings by Georges Roux, 12 large color engravings. A map.
"Au globe doré" type editor cardboard; second board Engel type h. Back to the lighthouse.
Beautiful first plate, with gleaming golds. Small smudges in the sky. Lower wedge furrowed, 2 [...]

650 €

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Jules VERNE

Les Frères Kip

Hetzel, Paris s.d. [1902-1904], Grd. in-8 (18,5x28cm), 459pp., relié.

First illustrated in-8 edition of 59 drawings by George Roux.
Carton editor Hetzel golden globe, signed Blancheland plate, connected by Souze, back to the lighthouse, second board type Engel "h" according to Jauzac.
Some very slight lack of gilding on the globe of the first board. Cardboard [...]

600 €

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