Verne (Jules) Scarpante the Spy.
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Kéraban the Inflexible (Part II.)
London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1885.
First UK edition. 8vo. Publisher’s advertisements dated ‘October, 1884’. Original pictorial brown cloth.
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A little minor spotting and marking; cloth very good.
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