VERNE, JULES.

The Castle of the Carpathians.

New York Merriam (1894) First American edition. Illustrated throughout by Duplessis. One of the most handsome of the American editions of Verne, bound in publisher's purple cloth stamped in black and gold and with a large illustration of the Nyctalops dragon to the front cover in off-white. "Mr. Jules Verne has the knack of it," said the New York Times in its review of the book. "He knows how to make the scientifically romantic story. You might not know what a 'nyctalop' was, but if you saw one flapping his wings around the dark fortress in the Carpathians, you would run for it. . . ." Rear inner hinge weak, else a nearly fine copy of one of Verne's scarcer titles. (Taves & Michaluck V039).

• USD 3,500.00 > Andere Währungen
• Bestellnummer: 19465

• Antiquariat: Bromer Booksellers Inc. (USA)