A floating city / The Blockade Raiders / Adventures of 3 Russians and 3 Englishmen by Jules Verne. Illustrations by Férat. Paris, Bibliothèque d'Éducation et de Récréation, J. Hetzel et Cie, dated 1873 on the general title (1875 for the cardboard). Large double in-8°. Two-colored publisher's boards "à la bannière" in purple on a green grass background with the mention "Edition" on the first board and with a second Lenègre board of type "b". Gilded edges. Blue endpapers. Catalog without mention for 1875-1876. Printed by Gauthier-Villars. Original illustrated editions and second double cardboard. Upper spine skilfully consolidated. Spines slightly discolored. Corners rubbed. Otherwise, a fine copy in a rare and remarkable alliance.

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