1 vol.
Verne, Jules. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea. Boston: James R. Osgood, 1873. First American edition. 8vo, orig. gilt-pictorial & decorated green cloth; spine separating from back joint, spine ends frayed, darkening to edges of back cover, other light edge wear. Frontis., map, plates. Bdg. just starting to break, a few leaves loose, a few edges chipped. Spine present & almost entirely intact.
With design at center of front cover depicting a school of jellyfish & title on front cover reading "Sea" not "Seas."
The very uncommon first American edition -most copies conjectured to have been destroyed by fire.
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