Verne, Jules. Captain Antifer. R. F. Fenno & Compan, New Yorky, 1895.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Variant binding? Light green cloth stamped in gilt and green, with pale red borders. 75 full page illustrations and accuracy was not an issue in this binding as the list of illustrations calls for 74. Additionally, some precede the page listed, some follow the listed page, a few are a full leaf past the listed page and 1 or 2 are two full leaves past. In one instance there are two different illustrations back to back, but the listing only mentions one. The volume is The volume is lightly edge rubbed, has some soiling, is spine toned, and the gilt is fading. Both hinges are cracked, exposing the webbing, and there is an occasional chip and tear to the lightly toned leaves.
Seller: Trilby & Co. Books, San Jose, CA, U.S.A.
Verne, Jules. Captain Antifer. R.F. Fenno & Company, New York, 1895.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: Badly stained covers and spine. Bumped and worn corners. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: The Country Bookshop [Member VABA], Plainfield, VT, U.S.A.
VERNE, Jules; ROUX, Georges (illus.). Captain Antifer. R. F. Fenno & Company, New York, 1895.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: iv, 319 p. 19 cm. Title page vignette and 74 b&w plates. Green cloth with black and silver impressing. Mylar wrap (removed for photo). Spine ends and corners worn and there is moderate shelf wear to lower edges. Yellow marks at bottom rear. Hinges cracking internally. Inscription on front pastedown. Tear in title, illustrations list and p. 21. Some light stains and thumbing. A treasure hunt where the clues arrive in bits and pieces, leading seaman Pierre Antifer of Saint Malo on a complicated route from Tunisia through northern Europe and back to the Mediterranean. Myers 6. Taves & Michaluk V042.
Seller: Attic Books (ABAC, ILAB), London, ON, Canada
VERNE, Jules. Captain Antifer. R. F. Fenno & Company, New York, 1895.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Description: First American Edition in Scarce Variant Binding. Octavo. Blue cloth over boards, white ink lettering nad decorations on front cover and spine. Very good, very slightly askew, spine darkened, spine ends bumped, rubbing to cloth spine edges, corners lightly bumped, white spotting to rear cover, pages very slightly agetoned.
Seller: Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA, East Woodstock, CT, U.S.A.
Verne, Jules. Captain Antifer. R.F. Fenno & Company, New York, 1895.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: First American edition in cloth. Illustrated. iv, 319 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Myers 6; Michaluk V042; Edwards 42 Green cloth, decorated in black and white. Some very light rubbing to extremities and faint spotting to boards, light waterstaining to lower margin of several leaves Illustrated. iv, 319 pp. 1 vols. 8vo
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.