[Seas and Oceans] Keraban the Stubborn by Jules Verne. Illustrations by Benett. Paris, Bibliothèque d'Éducation et de Récréation, J. Hetzel et Cie, sd (ca 1903). Large double in-8°. Publisher's full red illustrated cardboard binding "with initials, gilt without JV". Spine with six boxes. Edges gilt. Blue endpapers. Printed by Gauthier-Villars. Superb copy close to mint condition! Extremely rare in this condition. This is, with Hector Servadac (cf. Weissenberg Museum Sale 2 p. 77), one of the only two titles published in 1903 in the form of a double volume (except for the "essay" Nord contre Sud: cf. Weissenberg Museum Sale 1 p. 105).

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