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3 volumes. Dropped From The Clouds: viii-[9]-310+[2 ad] pages with frontispiece and numerous black and white illustrations. Abandoned: viii+304+[8 ad] pages with frontispiece and numerous black and white illustrations. The Secret of the Island: viii+299+[1 ad] pages with frontispiece and numerous black and white illustrations. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 5 1/2") bound in original polisher's cloth with beveled terra cotta cloth boards with an bright unfaded gilt scene to the front and gilt motifs to spine. Dropped From The Clouds is in green cloth; Abandoned bound in blue cloth; The Secret of the Island bound in original brown cloth. Translated by W. H. G. Kingston. (Gallagher, Mistichelli Eerde A33) First American editions.The Mysterious Island (French: L'Île mystérieuse) is a novel by Jules Verne, published in 1875. The original edition, published by Hetzel, contains a number of illustrations by Jules Férat. The novel is a crossover sequel to Verne's famous Twenty Thousand Leagues…

In 'The Mysterious Island', Jules Verne combines adventure and elements of science fiction to tell the story of a group of castaways who endeavor to survive and solve the mystery of their abandoned locale. Using ingenuity and science, the protagonists uncover secrets including the existence of Captain Nemo, the enigmatic figure from 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea'.

The first American Edition was published in 1876.