Jules VERNE - La maison à vapeur, voyage à travers l'Inde septentrionale Collection Hetzel, Les voyages extraordinaires, s.d (circa 1905) - New edition and very fine, fresh copy. Publisher's fan boards, "one elephant" decoration, lighthouse spine, Engel polychrome first board, Engel "i" type second board. Illustrated with drawings by Benett. Excellent condition, hinges, jaws, tail and head very well preserved, corners and inner hinges also very fresh. With very little foxing, very minor offsetting of signatures on some leaves, not serious. Collector's copy. Large in-8, 396pp.

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