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Verne (Jules) Abandoned
£80
London, Sampson Low, [c.1920].
8vo. Original red pictorial cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 2/6.
An attractive jacketed edition of this mysterious islands tale by Verne.
In stock
Book VG+; jacket a little chippy but overall VG.
Jacket artwork initialed ‘M.L.P.’
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