Jules Verne - Un capitaine de quinze ans - 1905
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Jules Verne’s French-language novel *Un capitaine de quinze ans* is a 400-page Hetzel reprint from 1905, bound in red publisher’s cloth with gilt edges.
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JULES VERNE. — A CAPTAIN AT FIFTEEN (PARIS, HETZEL, [c. 1905], CLOTHBOUND IN RED CALF-SKIN WITH AN ELEPHANT / FAN, SPINE TO THE LIGHTHOUSE).
Paris: Hetzel Collection, [c. 1905].
Grand octavo. Publisher's red percaline binding with an elephant motif, spine to the lighthouse, edges gilded.
Remarkable copy of one of Jules Verne's most poignant coming-of-age and adventure novels.
Superb copy with the fan binding adorned by the elephant head, with a percaline in excellent freshness. Bright red percaline, colors and gilding on the first cover very well preserved, the fan and elephant head in beautiful condition, spine to the lighthouse clean, second cover with the rosette very clean, corners and caps well preserved. Textblocks well united, bright gilded edges, healthy paper with only rare signs of light aging, illustrations by Henri Meyer very clear.
Superb copy!
JULES VERNE. — A CAPTAIN AT FIFTEEN (PARIS, HETZEL, [c. 1905], CLOTHBOUND IN RED CALF-SKIN WITH AN ELEPHANT / FAN, SPINE TO THE LIGHTHOUSE).
Paris: Hetzel Collection, [c. 1905].
Grand octavo. Publisher's red percaline binding with an elephant motif, spine to the lighthouse, edges gilded.
Remarkable copy of one of Jules Verne's most poignant coming-of-age and adventure novels.
Superb copy with the fan binding adorned by the elephant head, with a percaline in excellent freshness. Bright red percaline, colors and gilding on the first cover very well preserved, the fan and elephant head in beautiful condition, spine to the lighthouse clean, second cover with the rosette very clean, corners and caps well preserved. Textblocks well united, bright gilded edges, healthy paper with only rare signs of light aging, illustrations by Henri Meyer very clear.
Superb copy!
Details
Number of books
1
Subject
Travels
Book title
Un capitaine de quinze ans
Author/ Illustrator
Jules Verne
Condition
Good
Publication year oldest item
1905
Height
28 cm
Edition
Reprint
Width
18 cm
Language
French
Original language
Yes
Number of pages
400
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