From the Clouds to the Mountains Comprising Narratives of Strange Adventures by Air, Land, and Water

Boston: William F. Gill, 1874.

Price: $500.00

Hardcover. First American edition thus, with this title, in the first state of the binding. Contemporary bookplate of Ellis H. Roberts on the front pastedown, with a roughly contemporary pencil owner name on the first, white, blank leaf, a few tiny tears at the crown, and a little light rubbing, still a bright, very good plus copy. Roberts was the Treasurer of the United States during the terms of Presidents McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt.

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Item #74049 From the Clouds to the Mountains Comprising Narratives of Strange Adventures by Air, Land, and Water. Jules VERNE.

Jules Verne
birth name: Jules Gabriel Verne
born: 2/8/1828
died: 3/24/1905
nationality: France

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French author whose writings shaped the development of modern science-fiction. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literaturemore