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Jules Verne. The Chase of the Golden Meteor. Grant Richards, London, 1909.
Price: US$253.61 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: London: Grant Richards, 1909. First UK edition of this collectable book by Jules Verne, 292 pages plus 24 full page B/w drawings, some light rippling to a few of the illustrations, quite minor. Book has some light foxing to margins of pages throughout, Boys Brigade prize sticker on front endpaper. Outer boards are a little darkened,on spine, illustrated front boards are clean,small light bumps to two corners Overall a pleasing example of a collectable edition SEE IMAGES. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. First UK Edition. Illustrated Cloth Boards. Good Plus/No Jacket. 8 x 5¼ Inches. Hardcover.
Seller: Peter Sheridan Books Bought and Sold, West Molesey, Surrey, United Kingdom
Verne, Jules. The Chase of the Golden Meteor. London: Grant Richards, 1909, 1909.
Price: US$256.17 + shipping
Description: Dec. boards. Illustrated. Closed splitting to 2 1/2" front edge of spine. Slight foxing. VG
Seller: Bookcase, Carlisle, United Kingdom
Verne, Jules. THE CHASE OF THE GOLDEN METEOR. Grant Richards, 1909.
Price: US$268.98 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1909. Very good condition with no wrapper. Blue pictorial cloth, gilt title to front, yellow title to spine. 24 b/w plates. Translated from the french by Frederick Lawton. 292 pages. Spine is a bit browned. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Front joint is a bit cracked. Partially removed presentation plate to front pastedown - some surface paper damage now. Some foxing and browning. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom
Jules Verne. The Chase of the Golden Meteor. Grant Richards, London, 1909.
Price: US$416.28 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: A first UK edition of The Chase of the Golden Meteor by Jules Verne. Illustrated. Jules Gabriel Verne (8 February 1828 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright best known for his adventure novels and his profound influence on the literary genre of science fiction. In a decorative cloth binding. Externally, sound with slight rubbing. There is some damage to the top and tail of the spine. Spine is slightly sunned. Internally, binding is loosening in places. Hinges are tender. Pages are generally bright and clean. There is an ink inscription to the recto of front free end paper. There is also a bookplate to the front pastedown. Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Verne, Jules. THE CHASE OF THE GOLDEN METEOR. Grant Richards, 1909.
Price: US$422.18 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st 1909. Very good condition with no wrapper. Blue pictorial cloth, gilt title to front, yellow title to spine. 24 b/w plates. Translated from the french by Frederick Lawton. 292 pages. Spine bumped and there is a light mark between the title and the author (looks like a small rubbing/possible erasure mark). Corners very slightly rubbed. Endpapers lightly browned. Foxing to contents but overall a super copy of the first English edition. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom
VERNE, Jules.. The Chase of the Golden Meteor.. Grant Richards, London, 1909.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: 292 pp. 8vo, original illustrated cloth. First edition. Tiny embossed ownership stamp on front free endpaper; some light foxing to preliminaries; some minor wrinkling to cloth on the front board. Otherwise, a bright, unworn copy of this nicely bound book.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Jules Verne. The Chase of the Golden Meteor. Grant Richard, 1909.
Price: US$550.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: "The Chase of the Golden Meteor" by Jules Verne. London: Grant Richards, 1909 first UK edition, 24 monochrome illustrations by George Roux, a little minor soiling front and rear, prize label to front pastedown, original pictorial cloth gilt, small mark to rear cover. Nice copy.
Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands
Jules Verne. The Chase of the Golden Meteor. Grant Richards, London, 1909.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First British edition in blue cloth pictorially decorated in yellow, green and blue, spine titled in yellow. Tissue guarded frontispiece, and 23 illustrations. Translated by Frederick Lawton. Taves & Michaluk V060; Myers 9. London: Grant Richards (1909), 292 pps. VG mylar protected copy; modest shelf wear, some foxing to spine, toned endpages, previous owner's info on f.f.e., cracked rear hinge.
Seller: SF & F Books, Chester, VA, U.S.A.
VERNE, Jules.. The Chase of the Golden Meteor.. Grant Richards, London., 1909.
Price: US$832.56 + shipping
Description: First U.K. edition. There was no American edition, even though the novel is set in the States. Translated by Frederick Lawton. pp viii, 292. Twenty-four black and white plates by George Roux, on of which is reproduced in colour on the cover.Edges spotted. Faint spotting to prelims. Tail of spine very slightly bumped. Near fine. A brilliant copy.
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
Verne, Jules. THE CHASE OF THE GOLDEN METEOR. , 1909.
Price: US$875.00 + shipping
Description: Illustrated. London: Grant Richards, (1909). Original dark blue cloth pictorially decorated in ochre, yellow and light blue. First British Edition, and first edition in English. This is a tale of a meteor's close brush with Earth, with the main events taking place in Virginia. The story had first appeared in a French daily journal in March-April 1908 -- three years after Verne's death. Despite the date 1909 on the title verso, this book was actually published in November 1908. Though sited in America, the book was not published in the United States. This is a handsome volume, with one of the 24 Roux plates reproduced upon the decorative front cover. This copy is nearly fine (front endpaper cracked, one tiny nick in the spine head, light foxing throughout on this thick wove paper). Taves & Michaluk V060; Myers 9.
Seller: Sumner & Stillman [ABAA], Yarmouth, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$890.20 + shipping
Description: [Science fiction] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.vii; 292. Navy blue cloth with white titles to spine, gilt titles and colour blocking to upper board. Illustrated with twenty-four halftone plates, including a tissue-guarded frontispiece. Ex-libris stamp front-paste down, spotting throughout, toning and spotting to edges of textblock, rolling to spine. All plates remain in the book. Very good indeed. This novel is one of Verne's later works, and the story follows the epic race to find the falling meteor.
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom