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701 - VERNE, Jules *The Meteor Hunt*. [...]. Illustrations by George Roux. Chromotype plates. [- *The Danube Pilot*. Illustrations by George Roux]. Paris, Hetzel Collection (1908), 2 works in 1 large 8vo volume (stitched; significant foxing and water stains in the margins; marginal tears without loss on a few leaves). Standard publisher’s cardboard binding. Engel, red cloth with polychrome decoration, front cover featuring an elephant with the title in the fan, back cover type Q, spine with lighthouse type F, gilt edges (slight water stain on front cover, spine faded with lighthouse vignette partially worn, headbands worn, corners slightly rounded, inner bands slightly cracked). First and only collective edition, illustrated with 11 color frontispieces (incomplete: plate no. 2 of “La chasse au météore,” between pp. 64–65). Ref. Bottin 163–166 (only the cardboard binding and edition described). — Jauzac 309–310.
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VERNE, Jules *The Meteor Hunt*. [...]. Illustrations by George Roux. Chromotype plates. [- *The Danube Pilot*. Illustrations by George Roux]. Paris, Hetzel Collection (1908), 2 works in 1 large 8vo volume (stitched; significant foxing and water stains in the margins; marginal tears without loss on a few leaves). Standard publisher’s cardboard binding. Engel, red cloth with polychrome decoration, front cover featuring an elephant with the title in the fan, back cover type Q, spine with lighthouse type F, gilt edges (slight water stain on front cover, spine faded with lighthouse vignette partially worn, headbands worn, corners slightly rounded, inner bands slightly cracked). First and only collective edition, illustrated with 11 color frontispieces (incomplete: plate no. 2 of “La chasse au météore,” between pp. 64–65). Ref. Bottin 163–166 (only the cardboard binding and edition described). — Jauzac 309–310.
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