Jules Verne — An Antarctic Mystery

Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Company, 1899. First edition. Cloth. The first American edition of Jules Verne's epic adventure novel, a continuation of Poe's 'Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym' , translated into English and beautifully illustrated. The first American edition. First published in French in 1897, translated into English by Mrs Cashel Hoey. Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece and sixteen monochrome plates. Collated, complete. An exciting adventure novel by the renowned French novelist Jules Verne, known for his bestselling novels 'Journey to the Centre of the Earth', 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas' and 'Around the World in Eighty Days&apos. This novel was written as a sequel to Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket', and follows Jeorling as he journeys from the Kerguelen Islands after studying the wildlife there.In the publisher's original pictorial cloth. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth. Externally, fading to the spine and extremities, wear to the extremities with loss to the tail of the spine, and the odd slight mark to the boards. Bookplate of 'William Harry Hopkins' to the front pastedown, with cracking to the hinges though they remain firm. Internally firmly bound with generally bright pages and minimal handling marks. Good . Ill.: None stated. Good .