Verne (Jules) Dick Sand;
£125
or, a Captain at Fifteen
New York, A.L. Burt, n.d..
8vo. Original pale green cloth. Dust-jacket.
An attractive early Burt edition of this Verne tale revolving around African slavery.
In stock
Cloth slightly soft at head of spine, overall very good; jacket slightly dulled at spine with chip from head of spine, otherwise very good.
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