Verne (Jules) The Castaways of the Flag.
£75
The Final Adventure of the Swiss Family Robinson
London, Sampson Low, Marston, n.d..
8vo. Original red pictorial cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 2/6.
A decent early jacketed edition of this extension to the adventures of the Swiss Family Robinson.
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Prize plate dated 1928 to front pastedown; cloth VG+; jacket spine dulled and chipped, some other chips and tears at edges.
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