Un Neveu d'Amérique ou Les Deux Frontignac, comedy in three acts by Jules Verne. Paris, J. Hetzel et Cie, sd (1873). In-18. IV-120 pp. Bound in half red cloth with corners. Smooth spine with gilt fillets and cold fillets bearing the author's name and the title, "Verne / Un Neveu d'Amérique", stamped in gold. Cream endpapers. Jaspered edges. Printed by J. Claye. Cuts rubbed. Endpapers split. Small light spotting on the cloth on the 1st plate. Otherwise, a good copy of this very rare booklet which appeared in paperback and had only one edition.

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