J. Verne - Le Superbe Orénoque - Les Indes-noires et Le Chancellor, suivi de Martin Paz - Voyages et Aventures - 1867-1898

3 Books by Jules Verne - The Extraordinary Voyages. Crowned by the French Academy
Library of Education and Recreation J. Hetzel et Cie, Paris - Format: 27 x 20 cm
- The Magnificent Orinoco - Frontispiece and abundant illustrations by Georges Roux - 1898 -
Bound by J. Lebègue et Cie, half-red leather with corner protectors, covers imitation 'snake skin,' smooth spine titled and decorated with lines and black tools, 411 pages - Table of contents: see photos -
Condition of use. Due to its age, slight signs of wear may appear, but without severity. The binding is slightly worn, and scattered foxing may be present, but the item is very uniform.
- 2.) The Black Indies - The Chancellor followed by Martin Paz - No date. Around 1877 - Frontispiece and 43 drawings by J. Férat, engravings by Charles Barbant for "The Black Indies" - Frontispiece, drawings by Riou and illustrated by Férat for "The Chancellor" - Half brown percaline binding with corners, marbled boards, smooth spine titled and decorated with gold fillets, jaspé endpapers and guards, 173 and 223 pages - Table of Contents: see photos - Overall good condition, interior still fresh and gatherings very securely attached.
- 3.) Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras - The English at the North Pole and The Ice Desert -
Illustrated with a frontispiece and 150 vignettes by Riou - 1867 - Half brown morocco binding, marbled boards, spine with raised bands, titled and decorated with gold floral motifs, marbled endpapers and guards in brown - 467 pages - Table of Contents: see photos
Condition: scattered foxing appears, but the gatherings are securely attached, and the binding is still fresh.