Aventures du Capitaine Hatteras au Pôle Nord

Illustrated edition with 150 drawings by Riou.

Publisher's catalogue by FN bound in at the rear.

Hetzel publisher's binding "aux deux éléphants" type 3, full red percaline binding signed A. Lenègre, rear board type "e" as identified by Jauzac, original blue endpapers, all edges gilt. Manuscript inscription on the title page, upper right.

Spine lightly faded as is common, headbands slightly collapsed and very lightly split at the extremities, lower corners restored.

Scattered foxing.

The Adventures of Captain Hatteras is an adventure novel recounting an expedition to the North Pole, exploring such themes as the ethnographic study of Hyperborean peoples (the Eskimos) and the harsh struggle for survival in an extreme environment.