Jules Verne, The Fur Country; 70 woodcut plates 1880s
"The Fur Country; or, Seventy Degrees North Latitude", by Jules Verne. Translated from the French by N. D'Anvers (pseudonym of Mrs. Arthur (Nancy) Bell), with 70 original full-page woodcut illustrations by Jules-Descartes Ferat and Alfred Quesnay de Beaurepaire; published by William L. Allison, New York, 1873 [probably later, 1880s printing].
In 1859, Lt. Jasper Hobson and other members of the Hudson's Bay Company travel through the Northwest Territories of Canada to Cape Bathurst on the Arctic Ocean on the mission to create a fort at 70 degrees north of the Arctic Circle. The area they come to is very rich with wildlife and natural resources. Jasper Hobson and his party establish a fort here. At some point, an earthquake occurs, and from then on, laws of physics seem altered (a total eclipse happens to be only partial). They eventually realize that they are on an iceberg separated from the sea ice that is drifting south. Hobson does a daily measurement to know the iceberg's location. The iceberg passes the Bering Strait and the iceberg (which is now much smaller, since the warmer waters have melted some parts) finally reaches a small island....
US: Priority (c.2-4 days) ------------- $12.50
Canada: Priority (c.2-6 weeks) ------ $27.50
World: Priority (c.2-8 weeks) ------- $37.50
Condition Report: Hard boards, original publisher’s cloth, gold stamped spine [wear], 5.1/2” x 8”; floral decorated endpapers [antique book shop ex-libris inside front cover, pencil signature on title page, reinforced hinges and eps are slightly damaged at the hinges: see photo]; 334 pages + plates with woodcut illustrations, some are printed on one side only, others on both sides, [signed in plate by the artist and wood engraver]; pages and plates on heavy stock paper; a little soiling, good+/ very good condition.
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"The Fur Country; or, Seventy Degrees North Latitude", by Jules Verne. Translated from the French by N. D'Anvers (pseudonym of Mrs. Arthur (Nancy) Bell), with 70 original full-page woodcut illustrations by Jules-Descartes Ferat and Alfred Quesnay de Beaurepaire; published by William L. Allison, New York, 1873 [probably later, 1880s printing].
In 1859, Lt. Jasper Hobson and other members of the Hudson's Bay Company travel through the Northwest Territories of Canada to Cape Bathurst on the Arctic Ocean on the mission to create a fort at 70 degrees north of the Arctic Circle. The area they come to is very rich with wildlife and natural resources. Jasper Hobson and his party establish a fort here. At some point, an earthquake occurs, and from then on, laws of physics seem altered (a total eclipse happens to be only partial). They eventually realize that they are on an iceberg separated from the sea ice that is drifting south. Hobson does a daily measurement to know the iceberg's location. The iceberg passes the Bering Strait and the iceberg (which is now much smaller, since the warmer waters have melted some parts) finally reaches a small island....
US: Priority (c.2-4 days) ------------- $12.50
Canada: Priority (c.2-6 weeks) ------ $27.50
World: Priority (c.2-8 weeks) ------- $37.50
Condition Report: Hard boards, original publisher’s cloth, gold stamped spine [wear], 5.1/2” x 8”; floral decorated endpapers [antique book shop ex-libris inside front cover, pencil signature on title page, reinforced hinges and eps are slightly damaged at the hinges: see photo]; 334 pages + plates with woodcut illustrations, some are printed on one side only, others on both sides, [signed in plate by the artist and wood engraver]; pages and plates on heavy stock paper; a little soiling, good+/ very good condition.
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